Good morning! My name is Kimbar Halvorsen and I'm incredibly excited to be starting out on this exciting new journey. What new journey, you ask? Well, that's an excellent question. The journey is this blog. The journey is all of you - the readers we will be able to engage with along the way.
The journey is Mariel Cove.
What is Mariel Cove?
Mariel Cove is a book, an erotic lesbian mystery written in the format of a TV series by a team of six queer women from a variety of backgrounds. The first book - or rather, the first season - follows the lives of fourteen women who live in a small cove town on the east end of the fictional Conch Island, which lies just off the edge of the mainland of Washington State.
Sex. Scandal. Secrets. That's our motto, and Mariel Cove is full all three of those things, but that's not all it has.
The most important aspect of Mariel Cove is not sex or the mystery. It's the diversity. The characters are as diverse as the writers themselves - these women are not all middle class white women. These women come from different walks of life, come in different body types, skin colors, and nationalities, and come from different backgrounds. These women represent a community as varied as the lesbian community itself.
The plot is carefully woven, the island backdrop is beautiful and wild, and the sex is passionate.
Finally - a lesbian novel by and for real queer women!
Mariel Cove will be released as a complete ebook on April 1st, 2013 on Amazon.com. It will also be released in twelve episodes, with the first episode going for sale on the same day as the complete ebook and subsequent episodes coming out every Monday.
The website for Mariel Cove - where you can learn more about the characters, the writers, the project, and read a free excerpt from the series - is http://marielcove.angelsofanarchy.com/
What should I expect from this blog?
The purpose of this blog is to explore some of the important themes found in Mariel Cove, as well as important topics for the LGBT community at large. The blog will look like this:
Every Monday, starting April 1st, you will be able to read a cast commentary from the authors that will discuss that week's episode. On Wednesday, one of the authors will write a blog discussing some aspect of or theme explored in that week's episode. On Friday, you'll get another post from me on some topic that I feel is equally important.
An example of some topics you can expect to be discussed:
- The changing face of women's music
- Kink and consent
- LGBT youth
Stay tuned before April 1st, though; we're not going to leave you hanging for two weeks. There will be an update each Friday until Mariel Cove is finally released. Until then, check out the website above and get your hands on that free excerpt.
Enjoy =)
Kimbar Halvorsen has been telling stories since she could first string words together and create meaning from them. Since then she's fallen deeply in love with writing... specifically novels, but she's not averse to short stories, poetry, or electronic fiction. She's currently finishing her BA in creative writing at Western Washington University and is in the process of applying for graduate school. Kimbar writes the character Kitty.
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