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A German-born, Paris-educated author, writing coach and relationship expert.

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My latest book, co-authored with my life-companion Kim Chernin, is Lesbian Marriage: A Sex Survival Kit.

My award-winning photobiography, Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures (Algonquin), is back in print with 360 photos (many unknown), and 3 times as many quotes, anecdotes, excerpts from her work.

Check out my blog-homage to her: "Why Do Something If It Can Be Done: Quoting Gertrude Stein." You can also find it here on She Writes.

Also available as a Kindle book: True Secrets of Lesbian Desire. A book for all committed couples who want their passion to last!

These are videos from the first feminist-lesbian multimedia show in Europe: IN THE BEGINNING...OF THE END, which I wrote and created (with painter Maj Skadegaard) in 1980-81. The place: Paris and Copenhagen. Produced on film by the Canadian Film Board.

Very retro excerpt: a gender-bending "Valse Triste" by Sibelius...

• Gertrude Stein: In Words and Pictures
• Lesbian Marriage: A Sex Survival Kit (with Kim Chernin)
• True Secrets of Lesbian Desire: Keeping Sex Alive in Long-Term Relationships
• Sex and Other Sacred Games (with Kim Chernin)
• Cecilia Bartoli: A Passion of Song (with Kim Chernin)
• The Grasshopper's Secret: A Magical Tale

ANTHOLOGIES:

• Identity Envy: Wanting to Be Who We Are Not
• Seductions: Tales of Erotic Persuasion
• Resurgent: New Writing by Women
• The Best of the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review
• 50 Ways to Support Lesbian and Gay Equality
• Gender and Society

I am a writing coach (German and English) with over 25 years of experience in private practice, working in every genre with every kind of writers, from beginners to professionals, from the first word on the page to the finish-line. My offices are in San Francisco, San Rafael and Pt. Reyes, but I also do email, phone and Skype sessions, in the States and in Europe.
Being a practitioner of intuitive listening and common sense conversation for individuals and couples has been a useful tool in my toolbox for helping other writers unblock their creative potential and playfulness (I love using this tool box myself...).

I am a Provost at UIL, the University for Integrative Learning, guiding students of any age in write their papers and dissertations (B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees) about their life-long learning: the ideal degree program for born writers! (More info on my website.)