A Livestream Book Launch Party on October 2, 2018

You're invited!

Please join me on Tuesday October 2, 2018 over at facebook live - I'm LeeWind on Facebook - during a time you can hopefully make work:

9am - 10am Pacific / Noon-1pm Eastern
and
Noon-1pm Pacific / 3pm-4pm Eastern

I'll explain all about how the community can come together with the goal of getting "Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill" to hit the Amazon Kindle bestseller list. (It's a big goal, but let's go for it!)

There will also be a special announcement about the audiobook of "Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill"!

Stay tuned, and thanks for your support.

The light in me recognizes and acknowledges the light in you,
Lee

It's another Livestream Event for "Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill" - $5 Bill Origami Demo and Q&A with author Lee Wind

UPDATE:
Here's the link to watch the recording of this $5 Bill Origami Demo:

https://www.facebook.com/leewind/videos/10214739519418138/

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Hi Community,

A lot of people watched our first livestream (instant antiquing), and I hope you can join me for this Facebook Live event today, Saturday March 3, 2018 at Noon Pacific time. (Just an hour from my posting this!)

You should be able to see it here:
https://www.facebook.com/leewind/videos

It's all to celebrate the "Queer as a Five-Dollar Bill" Kickstarter, and our barn-raising to together donate more than 720 copies of the YA novel to empower LGBTQ and Allied Teens.

I hope you can join in the fun!
The light in me recognizes and acknowledges the light in you,
Lee

ps- if the timing doesn't work for you, I'll post the link this afternoon so you can watch the recorded show.

Livestream Event for "Queer as a Five-Dolllar Bill" - Instant Antiquing Demo and Q&A with author Lee Wind

UPDATE: The live event went great, and you can watch the recording here: You can check out the video recording here: https://www.facebook.com/leewind/videos/10214628586084874/

Hi Community,

I hope you can join me for this Live event today, Monday February 19, 2018 at Noon Pacific time.

You should be able to see it here:
https://www.facebook.com/leewind/videos

And if you're on Facebook, you can access the livestreamed video from the event page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1565897090190780

What will we be doing?

In the first chapter of my YA novel, our main character Wyatt is doing one of his chores for his family’s Lincoln Slept Here Bed and Breakfast – instant antiquing brand-new laser-printed documents (copies of the Emancipation Proclamation) to make them look old and more “authentic,” even though everyone knows they’re not. It’s something they sell in their B&B’s Lincoln and Civil War Memorabilia Alcove.

To write this scene, I had to figure out exactly how Wyatt would do it. So I experimented in my kitchen lab (okay, my kitchen) and, with some help from my brother John Wind, came up with the perfect recipe.

In this livestream event, I’ll demonstrate cooking-show style how you can make your own instant antique, and answer questions about the novel and the ongoing (and already past its goal) Kickstarter campaign to empower LGBTQ Teens with a secret from history!

I haven't done a Facebook Live event before, so here's hoping the technology learning-curve is smooth. Here's also hoping you can join us!

The light in me recognizes and acknowledges the light in you,
Lee

p.s.: If the timing doesn't work for you to join live, the recording will be available on my Facebook timeline, and I'll share it here after the livestream.

A Teen's Facebook Bully Button Campaign - End Cyberbullying on facebook!

This is a cool project.




I just voted.

Add your voice to mine and to Emily-Anne Rigal's (the 19-year old who came up with this great idea) to change the landscape and make Facebook a safer space where cyberbullying isn't tolerated.

Go to Stop Bullying: Facebook Bully Button Campaign to learn more.

Namaste,
Lee

Special Saturday Post: "Who's Your Harry Potter Boyfriend" - And why this Facebook Quiz Made Me SO Mad

With the new Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 movie debuting here in the U.S.A. this weekend, this post couldn't wait.

Yesterday, on Facebook, I saw this quiz:




Your Harry Potter Boyfriend (Girls Only)

Girls Only?

Why?

Why make this fun quiz about which fictional character would be someone's boyfriend only okay if you're heterosexual? Why leave the gay boys out of it?

With the Yule Ball coming up, why can't WE say which Harry Potter guy we'd like to ask us? (There are lots of options...)

The only possible purpose "Girls Only" serves is to reinforce the idea that even in the magical alternate universe of Harry Potter, it's only girls that are supposed to crush on boys.

Come on, people - Dumbledore is Gay, as J.K. Rowling stated though sadly, really only addressed head-on outside of the seven books:

JKR: My truthful answer to you... I always thought of Dumbledore as gay. [ovation.] ... Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald, and that that added to his horror when Grindelwald showed himself to be what he was. To an extent, do we say it excused Dumbledore a little more because falling in love can blind us to an extent? But, he met someone as brilliant as he was, and rather like Bellatrix he was very drawn to this brilliant person, and horribly, terribly let down by him. Yeah, that's how i always saw Dumbledore. In fact, recently I was in a script read through for the sixth film, and they had Dumbledore saying a line to Harry early in the script saying I knew a girl once, whose hair... [laughter]. I had to write a little note in the margin and slide it along to the scriptwriter, "Dumbledore's gay!" [laughter] "If I'd known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!"

Shouldn't it be okay if us fans are Gay, too?

Let's notice how even in our fandom, prejudice can thrive - and let's address it.

Come on, fellow Harry Potter fans, recognize and celebrate that some of us are GLBTQ. And with that sense of larger community, enjoy the movie.

Namaste,
Lee