by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Mar 22nd, 2010
“Large brown velvet moths settled upon each of her breasts. An orchid opened on one shoulder, a striped gecko displayed the inside of its mouth on the other. South Sea islands showed up on her belly and disappeared into the shaved split between her legs. A sea serpent slid down her thigh. Constellations unfurled on [...]
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Feb 16th, 2010
Oh, yes, it IS Fat Tuesday and that is a day of absolute deliciousness.
So in honor of Fat Tuesday and the Big Easy, we offer up a tasty bit of Amy Thigpen’s yummy look at Maw Maw and the Treme and the steamy music scene in “the City that Care Forgot.” This is just an [...]
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Feb 15th, 2010
Love in the dark??? Here’s a little excerpt from DEAD LOVE, due out this Fall from Stone Bridge Press. Check it out at www.deadlovebook.com. There’s a limited edition hardcover with a Manga supplement available too!
“You might imagine, as I would have if it had not happened to me, that a near-zombie girl would just stand [...]
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Feb 4th, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010, 5:30pm
@Book Passage in the San Francisco Ferry Plaza
Left Coast Writers® and Book Passage host a reading and pre-Valentines Day treat.
Editors Linda Watanabe McFerrin and Laurie McAndish King introduce the Hot Flashes Sexy Little Stories & Poems writers in
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Aug 10th, 2009
We love Bill Keener’s poetry … and he really knows his chocolate. He has a new book out: Gold Leaf on Granite. Sample his work with this:
Taste the Heart of Darkness
In the hall of the mountain chocolatiers,
I saw their creamy magic, stared down at
giant shining paddles dipping in tandem,
churning great vats into a molten brown
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Aug 1st, 2009
Lolo’s Boudoir in connection with Joy of Romance, Inc. is offering a series of Love Lessons this fall: Love Secrets: Archetypes, Chemistry and Passion.
• Reconnecting with your sensual self
• Revealing your full self
• Remaining YOU in relationships
on Thursday evenings from monthly. They culminate in a Sensual Symposium on January 14th.
For dates, cost and to register, [...]
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Jul 29th, 2009
We have fallen in love with composer/pianist Tiana’s debut CD, Butterfly in the Snow. It is dreamy, romantic, and passionate and it wraps listeners in a kind of magic. Great on a cold gray day; a spring morning; a sultry summer’s eve; a starry, starry night; alone or with favorite companions—you will find it addicting.
“Often, [...]
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Jul 23rd, 2009
A stimulant and aphrodisiac perhaps, delicious certainly—chocolate has been pleasing people for thousands of years. The Aztecs and Mayans called it the gift of the gods and served it in a drink called cocoatl made from the beans of the cacao tree which flourished in the Amazon. Aztec emperor Montezuma was reputed to drink 50 [...]
by Linda Watanabe McFerrin on Jul 6th, 2009
WRITING SEXY STUFF
with Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Sat, August 22, 2009, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: James Presho House, Oakland
$120 ($95 for Left Coast Writers or Registration by 8/01)
http://www.hotflashessexystories.com
If you have trouble steaming up the page, this is the workshop for you. Spend a day with poet, travel writer and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin loosening up and [...]
by Laurie McAndish King on Feb 3rd, 2009
Saturday night, February 7, at 7 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA
(415) 927-0960
Please join us for the book launch party for An Erotic Alphabet sponsored by Left Coast Writers. Author Laurie McQueen will discuss the joys and perils of writing and editing erotica, and read a few rhymes from An Erotic Alphabet.
Wine will be [...]