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giveaway winners!

The giveaway winners for three paperback copies of The Chosen and the Beautiful are Annika K., Jessia O., and Candace H.! I will be sending out an email to...

the annoyances of envisioning a kitchen

First of all, you have one more week to sign up for my giveaway of three paperback copies of Nghi Vo’s gorgeous novel The Chosen and the Beautiful. The...

in which there are some perks

February 26, 2025

First of all, let’s talk giveaways. Next month’s book will be three paperback copies of Nghi Vo’s The Chosen and the Beautiful. The description of this book...

February giveaway winners!

February 12, 2025

It is finally time to announce the winners of my February giveaway of paperback copies of Ann LeBlanc’s incredible novella, The Transitive Properties of...

no accounting for taste (except through voluminous historical research.)

February 6, 2025

There’s still time to enter the giveaway for three paperback copies of Anne LeBlanc’s super fun, delightfully inventive cheese heist novella, The Transitive...

a cheese-filled giveaway + continuing research.

January 23, 2025

I am VERY EXCITED about this month’s giveaway: three copies of Ann LeBlanc’s amazing scifi transhumanist cheese heist novella, The Transitive Properties of...

giveaway winners for January + RESEARCH.

January 17, 2025

Hello! Time to announce the winners of my somewhat-delayed giveaway of paperbacks of Saeed Jones’ memoir How We Fight for Our Lives! [very small drumroll]...

that next giveaway! that new book!

January 8, 2025

Hello friends! For life reasons (had to attend a last-minute wedding in another state!) the giveaway of three paperback copies of Saeed Jones’ memoir How We...

COVER REVEAL (and book giveaway reminder.)

December 18, 2024

Hey! Yes! I have finished painting the cover for A Bloomy Head, and now you too can enjoy it! I did this piece in acrylics. It took some wrestling, but...

book giveaway for January, and also a preorder.

December 11, 2024

The book giveaway for January will be poet and essayist Saeed Jones’ beautiful memoir How We Fight for Our Lives. I first encountered Jones in this beautiful...

giveaway winners. also cheese.

December 4, 2024

Hey! This month’s queer book giveaway is over, and the winners are Sarah S., Jessica O, and Claire E.! All three peeps will be receiving emails from me...

giveaway reminder, a cool book bundle, and some thoughts on flooding.

November 27, 2024

So! I believe several people signed up for my newsletter to participate in my first queer book giveaway of three physical copies of RB Lemberg’s resplendent...

in which we talk acrylics and politics.

November 13, 2024

I decided to take a portrait-painting intensive class this fall: ten sessions of five hours each painting the human face in acrylic. This isn’t the kind of...

another sale + more cheese.

August 24, 2024

First of all: another sale! Today my book The Dragon Under the Hill is part of the Narratess indie authors’ sale for $1.99 on Amazon. This sale features...

a sale and also some cheese.

August 16, 2024

It is time once again for the biannual Queer Your Bookshelf sale, wherein you can get a whole host of queer indie books for $0.99 a pop! I always pick up a...

the romance of it all: Portuguese, forty-seven books, and two manuscripts

It is the writing/art newsletter of Sharon J. Gochenour/Juniper Butterworth, returned to your inbox after a long hiatus! For the past two months, I have been...