Lee Wind Newsletter Issue #14 - June 1-15, 2012

[Lee Wind]

Hi, and welcome to the fourteenth edition of my newsletter!

It's organized into four sections, 

1.  New on the "I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I Read?" Blog

2.  Speaker Visit News

3.  Children's Literature, SCBWI and Publishing Updates

4.  Current Inspiration

I hope you find it useful and inspiring.

Thanks for reading!

Namaste,

Lee

p.s.  If you'd like to be in touch, please don't hit reply - just send me an email directly at iamle...@gmail.com  Thanks!

1.  New on the "I'm Here. I'm Queer.  What the Hell do I Read?" Blog:

Books:

The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth - Awesome NonFiction on bullying & 'outsider' status http://bit.ly/LaFYuS

Drummer Girl - High School Identity Politics! http://bit.ly/LoahAK

Brooklyn, Burning - Teen Life on the Streets and Beyond Genders http://bit.ly/K5zeMh

Culture & Politics:

Everybody Wants To Say "I Do" - Country Music Video  http://bit.ly/L8vaQ1

JC Penney's Gay Dad Ad for Father's Day http://bit.ly/LrO5SL

Obama's GLBTQ Pride Month Proclamation! http://bit.ly/LA0c29

A decent apology to the queer community from Jason Alexander http://bit.ly/LjjRSJ

President Obama's #GLBTQ Pride Month Proclamation! http://bit.ly/LA0c29

Gay-Straight Alliance Info:

Wade Davis, former NFL player comes out about being Gay and helping #glbtq youth http://bit.ly/LjjLuy

Gender 101, episode 32: Nenu and Frankie on being Gender Queer AND Persons of Color http://bit.ly/NhEdz5

Gender 101, episode 33: Gender Queer Panel on being "Enough" http://bit.ly/K5zpaf

More to learn... notes from LA Gay Pride http://bit.ly/MvOiX3

2.  Speaker Visit News:

Check out the soft launch of my NEW Speaker Visit Website (with new look/functionality!)… http://www.smashingstereotypes.org

3.  Children's Literature, SCBWI and Publishing Updates 

What would YOU do with $2,000 to promote your book? #SCBWI Book Launch Awards! http://bit.ly/LaGtVP

More news about e-publishing your out of print titles #scbwi http://bit.ly/McgBbh

SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner Profile: NY's Orel Protopopescu for THEONIOUS MOUSE http://bit.ly/NNMsjY

SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner Profile: WA's Kirby Larson for THE FRIENDSHIP DOLL http://bit.ly/K2sPAB

SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner Profile for UK/Europe @authorsaragrant http://bit.ly/K5zAlZ

4.  Current Inspiration:

“If the path before you is clear, you‘re probably on someone else’s.”

- Joseph Campbell, as found on http://suracenter.com/blog/2012/05/dharma-fantasy-real-life/

Lee Wind, M.Ed.

Blogger, Author, Speaker

Founding Blogger of "I'm Here. I'm Queer. What the Hell do I Read?"  (Voted Best GLBT Book Blog, BBAW 2009 and 2011) at http://www.leewind.org

Official Blogger for SCBWI: THE BLOG at http://scbwi.blogspot.com/ and Captain of SCBWI Team Blog

Co-Regional Advisor, SCBWI Los Angeles 

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