Janet Mason, author

Lately, I’ve been consciously taking care of my mental health. Perhaps this is because we are increasingly living in a toxic society—so it seems to me. Perhaps it is because I am a writer and the flip side of having the muse come to me and insisting that I write a novel in a few months, leaves a huge swirling void inside of me, where negative emotions can and do linger. Read more on https://wix.to...

Excerpt from my interview in Adelaide Literary Magazine about the real-life inspiration for my novel CINNAMON, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom. Read more... https://wix.to/1ZDsK0n

I thought I’d post this week about a very interesting book I found on holistic eye care titled Enlivening Consciousness.learn more on my author blog: Holistic Eye Care — Enlivening Consciousness— More reasons to #govegan #amreading | Janet Mason, author

This morning, I participated in a Unitarian Universalist service on security, both inner and outer security. In my reflection, I lead a short Buddhist exercise on feeling more secure in side, how my Buddhist skills helped me handle the harassment of my novel  THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders  (Adelaide Books; New York & Lisbon; 2018), and how compassion is always the healthy choice.read...

As a result of the ongoing harassment of my novel  THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders , I have decided to bring you excerpts of  THEY  on a regular basis. Thinking about the psyche of the harasser, brought to mind my late mother’s saying: “ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star What You Say Is What You Are.”read more on my author blog: The Serpent — a reading from THEY and some thoughts on hate — “twin...

dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom , (published in 2024 by Adelaide Books – New York and Lisbon). This piece takes place at the local ThanksLiving gathering (a vegan celebration of Thanksgiving) where the narrator Jody hears Dr. Will Tuttle speak. Although the novel is fiction, I did hear Dr. Will Tuttle speak at our local ThanksLiving celebration and I credit this (along with knowing...

This week I decided to share an excerpt from my novel  THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders  (Adelaide Books – New York & Lisbon). Although the novel was published in 2018, it has recently come to my attention because it has been seriously harassed online by white supremacists who have harassed me with a barrage of homophobia, antisemitism, and the threat of book burnings. As a practicing B...

Since the presidential election this past November, I’ve been increasingly harassed online for my novel  THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders  (Adelaide Books NY/Lisbon; 2018). For the most part, I’ve ignored it. But this time the harassment was so bad, threatening me with book burnings, going to hell and with antisemitism. I know we’re living in a time of increased hatred, including anti-LGBTQ...

This morning, I participated in a Valentine’s Day service at Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy, and offered the following reflection on inclusion, including insights on the diversity leading up to the election still being here—in spite of everything; thoughts on a possible spike in people becoming healthy vegans in light of an already over burdened “health”care system threatening to become worse...

This week, I decided to post this excerpt from my novel  Cinnamon: a dairy cow’s path (and her farmer’s) to freedom  (published by Adelaide Books in New York and Lisbon) which I first wrote five years ago. This section is based on my partner’s description of The Cow Sanctuary. I later visited the sanctuary several times. The Cow Sanctuary, where cows and other animals can live out their natural li...

You can read this reflection or view it on my YouTube video (also on my blog) at: A writer’s origins—a #UU reflection honoring Sonia Sanchez #Poetry #amreading | Janet Mason, author

You can read this excerpt from my novel CINNAMON, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom on my blog or view the YouTube video (also on my blog) at: CINNAMON Chosen as one of top LGBTQ Christian Books of the year—#amreading #faithfullylgbt | Janet Mason, author

You can read this reflection on my blogpost or view the YouTube video (also on my blog) at: Becoming Stronger Through Presence — a #UU reflection #Buddhism #amreading | Janet Mason, author

Read an excerpt from my novel Cinnamon, a dairy cow's (and her farmer's) path to freedom on my blog (or view the YouTube video (also on my blog) at: ”a rippling tradition” — CINNAMON and religion #FaithfullyLGBT #plantbased #amreading | Janet Mason, author

You can read the review on my blog or see the review on a YouTube video (on the same page): Trigger, Poems by Maria Fama — revisiting the past and present #amreading #poetry | Janet Mason, author

This weekend, I participated in a Unitarian Universalist service on pluralism and the origins of Memorial Day and mentioned my most recent novel Cinnamon: a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom which was just published by Adelaide Books (New York/ Lisbon). The You Tube video of the talk is below and the text is below that. read more on my blog: Being many things at once and a new novel:...

This is an excerpt from my novel  Cinnamon: a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom  published in the Spring of 2024 by Adelaide Books (Lisbon and New York). The recording of the reading is below on YouTube and the text is pasted below that. read more on my blog: ”Moo River” — #amreading from a new #novel CINNAMON: a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom | Janet Mason, author (wo...

Today I’m posting an excerpt from my novel, CINNAMON. The recording from YouTube is below and the text is below that. The novel is pro-cow and pro-farmer. Enjoy! read more on my blog: Telling It Like It Is — reading from CINNAMON a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom #amreading #govegan #LGBTQauthors | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)

I’m posting the first chapter from my novel CINNAMON, a dairy cow’s (and her farmer’s) path to freedom. The novel is pro-cow, pro-farmer and this first chapter is told by Cinnamon, the cow. Below the You Tube video is the text. Enjoy! more on my blog: ”Wow! Look at her go!”—reading from Cinnamon; #amreading #vegan #sanctuary | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)

This is excerpted from my essay titled The American Sappho: In Pursuit of a Lesbian Emily Dickinson originally published in the Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly HLFQ in 2002. more on my blog: A Lesbian reading of Emily Dickinson—#LGBT #LesbianLit #amreading | Janet Mason, author (wordpress.com)

Second Chances and Loving Artemis: #LGBT #addictions #amreading April 20, 2024 by  Janet Mason When I heard that the I Heart Sapph Fiction website was featuring books that spoke to the topic of addiction and that my novel  Loving Artemis, an endearing tale of revolution, love, and marriage  (Thorned Heart Press; 2022) was being published, I decided to post an excerpt. This is from the ending of th...

A Cash Cow I wandered back to my place next to Spice’s side and before she could ask me how it went, I said to her matter-of-factly, “Tell me what you know about money.” She blinked her big eyes in surprise. The fringe of her thick lashes seemed to lengthen. “Money?” she asked. “What makes you ask about that?” “I heard Sunflower talking about it one day,” I replied. “I had never heard the word bef...

THREE FIGS Direct from the store on a hot July morning you bound brilliant and sunny through the front door in your hands three green plump figs wrapped in leaves the first of the season brought into the grocery from a neighbor’s tree It’s still too soon for our backyard tree to bear its large purple figs we will pick in September you in the yellow Italian soccer shirt, I in the matching blue, del...

As I was saying recently to a friend, after five years of being a healthy vegan, it makes sense to me that what we eat affects our health, that the animals deserve not to be eaten and not to suffer in any way, and that we all need to be concerned about the planet. Despite my decades of conditioning (some would say brainwashing), going to a healthy plant-based diet opened my eyes and changed my lif...

When I heard that the I Heart Sapph Fiction website was featuring books that spoke to the topic of time travel and that my novel  THEY, a biblical tale of secret genders  (Adelaide Books – New York and Lisbon; 2018) was being featured, I decided to do this excerpt from Book Two where the main character Tamar is reincarnated and reborn along with her twin Yeshua. more on my website Traveling throug...