Karen enjoyed the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 2019 conference in Pittsburgh. She was deeply honored to be named as a finalist for a Goldie award for As the Crow Flies. While at the conference she enjoyed meeting many people—authors, publishers, her editor at Bold Strokes Books, and her very dear readers.
Karen will be attending the Golden Crown Literary Society annual conference this week in Pittsburgh, July 10-14.
If you’re attending, keep an eye out for her and feel free to say hello and introduce yourself. She’ll also be participating in the authors book signing on Saturday from 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Be sure to wish her luck — As the Crow Flies is a finalist in the Romantic Blend category. Hmm… “Romantic Blend” sounds like a good name for a cocktail. Here’s to hoping there will be celebration on Saturday night!
Les Rêveur describes As the Crow Flies as “brilliantly written with great pacing and such interesting and enchanting characters” and gives it 5 stars.
Read the full review here.
As the Crow Flies is a finalist for a Golden Crown Literary Society Award! Known as the Goldies, the awards are presented each year to recognize excellence in lesbian literature.
Catch an ebook or print copy of As the Crow Flies from Bold Strokes Books or Amazon and see why it’s been getting rave reviews.
It’s also available as an unabridged audiobook from Audible.
Drawing attention to the quality of writing, realistic characters, and page-turning excitement, Lez Review Books has given As the Crow Flies a stellar review!
…the perfect story to read on a lazy morning in bed!
Les Rêveur just gave Karen’s most recent story, Cupid’s Bow, five stars!
Read the review.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I hope you enjoy Cupid’s Bow. And by the way, the title comes not from the cherubic archer, but from the shape of…well, you’ll have to read to find out.
Those of you familiar with my books know that my romances are along the lines of magical realism. I have a penchant for juxtaposing fact and fantasy, the ordinary and extraordinary, the magical and mundane. So devising a plot for this “regular romance” (however short) was admittedly a challenge. It felt odd not having a supernatural character set to barge in on my leading lady. All I had were two ordinary women, sitting in the ordinary bar of an ordinary hotel on a snowy February night. No magic, nothing extraordinary, just an intellectual sparring session between an English teacher and an academic.
It wasn’t until later, while editing Cupid’s Bow to Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa’s One Kiss (yes, I have a habit of writing with songs on repeat for hours) that I realized I hadn’t quite met the challenge of avoiding magical elements central to my other stories. The Golden Mean, the rule of three, love at first sight—these things are the “magic” of real life; the extraordinary wonders that underlie the ordinary world, waiting at every corner to influence our thoughts and perceptions.
So if you’re a curious sort, interested in what makes the universe and the human heart tick, then you’ll turn that corner with me—turn the page, as it were—and come in from the snow. We can warm up at the bar with a drink and eavesdrop on these two women meeting for the first time.
Unfortunately, they’re off to a bad start…
Cupid’s Bow is available from Bold Strokes Books and Amazon.
A speed-dating mathematician and a romance novelist English teacher meet in a bar…
No, it’s not the set up to a joke, it’s a charming new romantic short story that will seduce you with intelligence and wit.
Available from Amazon and Bold Strokes Books.
