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Letters from London: Pride and Progress

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Pride - David Dawson

There’s a lot to celebrate this year. Fifty years since the Stonewall riots in New York. This was a major landmark in our history. It’s an event that led to decades of change around the world. Now, it’s not only legal to be LGBTQI in 125 countries, but we can get married in 32 of them. Of course, that means there are 70 countries where being LGBTQI is illegal. And nine countries where it’s punishable by death. We’ve still got work to do. Here in London, I attended Pride at the end of June. My boyfriend and I held hands as we walked through Soho, and later along the South … Read more

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10 reasons self-published authors should be terribly proud of themselves

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Peacock - Elizabeth Andre

You wrote a book. You wrote a book that you are willing to let other people read. You wrote a book that you are willing to let strangers read. You wrote a book that you consider good enough for people to pay for the privilege of reading. You wrote a book and identified the team of people (editors, proofreaders, cover designers, book designers, beta-readers, general supporters) that you needed to get it out into the world. You didn’t wait for someone else to tell you that you were good enough to publish. You bring stories to the world that traditional publishing may not recognize as marketable or saleable. You publish … Read more