New contract! Catch the Touch of Blue, paranormal/sweet romance coming soon to Freya's Bower!

New contract! Catch the Touch of Blue, paranormal/sweet romance coming soon to Freya's Bower! It will be in the Dreams and Desires volume 4 anthology, benefits going towards A Window Between Worlds, which provides art therapy programs for battered women's shelters.

Blurb:
An artist named Isobel possesses the ability to see auras around others, a secret which isolates her from the very people whose souls she can see. She meets John, a quirky yet outgoing man who demonstrates not just interest in her paintings, but in her as well. With each encounter he draws her out of her shell, and she finds herself falling for him. But can she risk trusting him with her secret?


It is slated for release in Feb '11. :)




Love & Magic,
Adrianne

Why the Prop 8 ruling is a beginning step, but not the end

When Prop 8 took hold in California, banning gay marriages in that state after they had previously been made legal, a lot of us were cheering on the people who challenged it in court. As of yesterday, we now know that they won and Prop 8 has been declared what it is, "unconstitutional".

But this is only the beginning. There will undoubtedly be an appeal and it's possible the case could go all the way to the Supreme Court. We could be hearing about the ramifications of this for months and perhaps years to come depending on how fast the process moves.

Then there is the other problem: the fact that this law was passed at all. The main argument against gay marriages is that they are "morally wrong" and marriage should lead to babies. What about all of the childless couples out there who either can't or don't want children? Has anyone stopped to think about how disturbing this argument is?

And of course, marriage equality is the tip of the iceberg for people in the LGBT community who are bullied, harassed, assaulted, and even killed on the basis of their sexuality and sexual identity on a regular basis. Even here in "liberal Massachusetts", I have a friend who is a trans woman who was physically assaulted because she is trans. We are a LONG way away from establishing civil rights for all, including the basic right to live without physical harm or death for whom we love and who we are.

I will be honest: growing up I refused to say the pledge of allegiance. Why? Because I feel it's a lie. We are NOT given "liberty and justice for all" and the issue over civil rights in regards to the LGBT community is proof of this. When I heard a young child was taking a similar stand in a news interview, I was thrilled. The sad part is that twenty-five years have passed since I was in school, and people in the next generation still have to take that stand.

The battle also continues in other states where marriage equality continues to be an issue, and some authors have done their best to do their part to increase awareness and fight the good fight. I contributed to an anthology called To Love and To Cherish, which is a collection of stories about women marrying women. Note that I don't use the term "lesbian" as I feel it excludes the segment of women who are bisexual but wind up in a monogamous gay relationship. My own story, "My Big Fat Greek Pagan Lesbian Wedding" is about two women who are Greek polytheists, one who is a devotee of Hera and the other Aphrodite, and the trials and tribulations that unfold for them as they plan their wedding. Between friends and family who try to mean well but sometimes miss the mark and miscommunications between them, I take snapshots of it all. LGBT couples go through the same sorts of issue we all do regardless of our backgrounds, and that was more or less the point of my story.

Proceeds from To Love and To Cherish are donated towards Marriage Equality in order to fight for civil rights.

You can find my story in the anthology in ebook, Kindle, or print format on Amazon.com and other retailers online.

Love & Magic,
Adrianne
www.adriannebrennan.com

For those of you who missed the Crazy Tuesday radio show...

...it's now available for download!

http://lsc.audioacrobat.com/download/b1521881-6305-7f61-9c40-728be7b545ff.mp3

Please let me know if you have problems downloading, and hope you enjoy! Crazy Tuesday was a crazy amount of fun, and once again huge thank yous to both Rowena Cherry and Lillian Caudwell for having me there!

:D




Love & Magic,
Adrianne
www.adriannebrennan.com

I'VE GONE CRAZY! Internet Radio show Crazy Tuesday today from 2-4pm EST!

From 2-4pm EST today, I will be the guest host on Crazy Tuesday, an Internet Radio Show normally done by Rowena Cherry and assisted by Lillian Caudwell. However, Rowena thought I had the right level of insanity to hop on board this month, and so I hope the show meets to expectations. :D

My guest with me for the show is Rhiannon Mills, a fun and talented new writer whose recent debut Immortal Ties, a paranormal erotic romance features "blood and demons and vampires and romance". You can read more about it here.

On the show we talk about the Blogathon I recently hosted to benefit the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, the writing craft including tips on plot, where to start, and the dreaded writer's block. We also discuss our views on Twilight, the vampire myths in fiction, and the romance genre in general.

If you're unable to listen to it when it airs, the program itself will be made available for download after the show.

You can listen to it live or download it after it's over here:

http://www.internetvoicesradio.com

A huge thanks to Lillian for dropping by at the start of the program to chat with me about writing, and to Rowena for inviting me to drop by! :D



Love & Magic,
Adrianne
www.adriannebrennan.com

Blogathon After-party!

It's like those gatherings after a major, major bash. You're hungover, feeling funky. Sense of time utterly destroyed. Panic at the Disco's! "Nine in the Afternoon" begins to have special meaning for you. And so you gather with your friends afterwards for caffeinated drinks and hope the fog begins to lift.

The party has ended, people crashed on my coach and they're still eating and drinking at my place. There's expresso being made and the tea kettle is on. In short...


...donations are STILL pouring in! Total donated on behalf of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center so far is $445 and counting.

So...join the after-party? Please consider sponsoring me and a good cause! There are two contests going on! You are entered to win a copy of one of my books in PDF format if you do one or more of the following:

1) Make a donation

2) Post a comment to one of my blog posts made during the event

So, what are you waiting for??? EVERYONE WINS!! :D

If you wish to sponsor me in any dollar amount--none is too small, every bit counts!--please go here: http://tinyurl.com/AdrianneBlogsforBARCC then email me your receipt at adrianne@adriannebrennan.com so I can keep a running total. If you don't know what to put down for the donation, just put "Adrianne Brennan - Blogathon"

So that people have a chance to catch up on the posts, I will be drawing two winners by the week's end, one from the comments and another from the donations made.


Love & Magic,
Adrianne
www.adriannebrennan.com