All right. Quick n' dirty (just how I like it sometimes). Catch me blogging at WOW! Women's World, MySpace, and a new blog that my colleague and writer-in-arms Jove Belle asked me to participate in, Women and Words. A group of us will take turns over there talking about writing, creative process, editing, publishing, and whatever else we can come up with. I got roped into guinea pig role, so my blog, "Road Trippin'," about sense of place in my fiction, is up first. Hope you dig it.

And I have re-done my website. So have a looksee at www.andimarquette.com to find out what that's all about. I have a blog there, as well, that I use to keep people updated on things I'm doing as well as cool writer/editor-related things I come across. I also have a "Newsflash" page that keeps news up for a bit longer than a blog and I have info about my forthcoming books (including synopses and excerpts) and info about my published stories (as well as some freebies). WARNING. My writing contains cuss words and "adult situations." Just sayin'. And my Contact page is way easy to use. Just go on over there, fill out the skinny, and click "submit" and YOWZA I get the email. How cool is that? WOO HOOO!

OH! Check THIS out! A couple of my colleagues in South Africa have put together an online lesbian fiction store/networking site. Ultra Violet Book Café offers reviews, discussions, and sells books. I do believe they're trying to work out some permissions so that they can sell in the U.S., but in the meantime, they have a lot of info and they'll be doing featured monthly authors (including myself, eventually...woooo!). It's slick, groovy, and they're just the nicest people ever. Hope you check it out.

Sunday I'm off to Denver and then to Reno. From there I'll drive 35 miles northeast to Pyramid Lake and the Paiute Indians there. I'm interviewing the coach of a high school girls' basketball team, the team, and hanging out in the community for a day. The team is getting ready to go to NABI--the Native American Basketball Invitational tournament in Phoenix in about 2 weeks (ah, Phoenix in July! Say it with me, now: BLAST FURNACE!). I'll be catching part of that tournament live, watching how the Paiute team fares and eventually and hopefully that piece will become an article in High Country News, where I interned from January through May. And then the end of July, more Phoenix (hooked on Phoenix!) for the GCLS conference.

WHEW! I think that gets y'all caught up! Hope everyone had a reasonably okay 4th if you were here in the States and if not, hope all is well with you and your'n anyhoo!