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Added new section - Mary's Creative Designs - I've listed all the book covers I have done for ECW Press, Justice House Publishing and Renaissance Alliance Publishing and ordering information for the books.

Buy this book from The Open Book! In this sequel to "Laguna Nights," Alexis Dorian and Samantha Riley have affirmed their love for each other. Both women harbor the inner feeling that this may not be the first lifetime they have spent together. They possess the gift of love, but as they continue to discover more about each other, they realize just how little is actually understood of the intricacies of soul connections. Although Samantha is a firm believer in reincarnation, Alex remains skeptical of its validity until she suddenly finds herself fact-to-face with facts too genuine to ignore. While celebrating Samantha's birthday, the women embark on a camping trip to one of the spiritually mystical areas of Sedona, Arizona. The lovers soon discover that sometimes it only takes a little rain to open the ancient door of knowledge and take the first step down the path to reawakening old beliefs.

Emily Thomas is a successful New York attorney who enjoys a happy home life with her beautiful partner. Beth Sayers was the childhood best friend with whom she shared big dreams as they grew up in Pueblo, Colorado. Inseparable by age nine, together they learned about life, each other, themselves, and most importantly, love. When Emily hears of Beth's death at the age of 34, after more than a decade of estrangement, she must piece together her tumultuous past and come to terms with the defining relationship in her life. Why had her friendship with Beth deteriorated and what part of herself had she lost with it? "First" is Emily's journey back to Colorado, back to her childhood, and back to face the ghost of a woman who had captured her heart and never really let it go.

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Devlin Kerry has a very bad feeling about this Thanksgiving: Cassandra Wolfe is taking her home to meet her parents. Dev doesn't want to go, but her demon does ... and so does Cassie's. That's going to mean trouble. And that's not even counting Cassie's family, including a loathsome brother-in-law, three savage preschoolers and a dog named Buster. As for what happens at Thanksgiving dinner ... well, more than just the turkey may be DOA this year. Then it's Christmas, and it's Dev's turn to take Cassie home to meet the family. Unfortunately, that means taking the demons again, too. Monica and Vanessa are no angels, but they're full of holiday spirit. Dev knows that can mean nothing good. But even demons at Christmas aren't as bad as Dev's family. And even the family isn't as bad as the giant snake in the kitchen, which isn't as bad as the bats in church, which aren't as bad as Aunt Kitty at the dinner table. You get the idea ... there's no place like Hell for the holidays.

The Amazon Queen - LM Townsend

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This novel is a story of every woman whether she is mother, daughter, sister, lover, queen or goddess. The characters here fight not only to survive but also to leave behind a legacy for their children, a code of honor that lives on even in the hearts of amazons today. This, too, is a tale of love and growth. It's about finding that spark of divinity that dwells within each of us and kindling it to grow into that inner light by which we are guided into becoming the best people we can be. Begin the journey --- take a journey to another time and place. Step back into a world where Greek gods still roam the earth, where Pegasus still flies and magic is very much alive and working. Venture forth and enter a doorway back to the time of the Ancient Mothers, a place where we can all be Amazon Queens if we but wish it so.

Buy this book! The most comprehensive biography available, "Bette Midler" brings the dynamic redhead to vivid life. Grounding his research in dozens of firsthand interviews with Midler's friends and associates, "New York Times" best-selling celebrity biographer and pop culture critic Mark Bego herein explores Midler's consistently gutsy --- and often headline-grabbing --- personal and professional choices. Never content to rely on past successes, Midler has been involved with musical theater, charity work, conservation, stand-up, television, and even film production. From her beginnings as a chorus member in Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof" through her very eventful life during the early years of the twenty-first century, "Bette Midler" is an indispensable portrait of the Divine Miss M --- in public and private.

Leanne from Kiwi Attic has a goldmine of photos of Lucy in her first outting with Dave Dobbyn. The photos (just two of them above) are $4 each with $5 postage regardless of the quantity you order. http://kiwiattic.bizland.com/Xena/otheritems/tourphotos.htm

On this special day for many Christians I have one request. For those that pray, please do so for a very special friend Susan Mullarky. She is a good friend to many Xenites and she isn't going to be with us for very long. If you don't pray, please spare a moment and think of her. We are spread all over the world and what I've found in this fandom is that we do come together when it matters. This is one of those times. We can't stop the inevitable but we can keep Susan in our thoughts and prayers.

I want to take the time to wish everyone a safe holiday season and a small reminder that if you drink, please don't drive.

I'm pleased to say that we all raised more than $11,000 for Carole at a time when she needs it most. My heartfelt thanks goes out to all the help we've received - the donors, the bidders, the promotional hands and MaryD for her overworked server<G>. We'd also like to thank those of you that sent in your monetary donations or purchased Carole's book - every little bit helped. I know many of you wrote about your own battle with cancer or those of a loved ones battle. Although I didn't have time to reply while running the auction as I would've liked, let me take the time to thank you for sharing your stories with us. We too wish you the best of everything and appreciate your kind and supportive words.

This site will soon be moving to it's old home at http://carolegiorgio.tripod.com on Dec. 26th so you may still make donations or purchase Carole's books until the end of January.

Sincerely,CN Winters, Proud to be a Xenite<G>

Now here's a few words from Carole herself:

Hello to Everyone: I’m sitting here in front of my monitor with my fingers on the keyboard, and although words are spinning around in my brain, they don’t seem to want to come out in full sentences. Words like Thanks . . . Wow . . . Family . . . Friends . . . Goodness . . . Generous . . .

Unbelievable . . . Heartfelt and . . . Overwhelmed. Perhaps the word that jumps out the most is overwhelmed, yet that shouldn’t be a surprise to me or to anyone reading this message. The people of the Xenaverse have always overwhelmed me when it comes to generosity, goodness,
helpfulness, and giving a sense of family to all who open their hearts, minds, and arms to receive it. The cross section from which all the donated items were received still gives me goose bumps. I marvel at all of the people, many of whom I shall probably never meet in person, who have given so freely to my family and me.

There was such a variety of items to bid on including: the written word from many, many bards; drawings from talented artists; music and video CDs from the computer literate among us, autographed pictures given directly from Xena actors themselves as well as items given up for auction by fans who had most likely purchased them as collectibles for themselves. There were many specialty items that came from as varied a realm as we all come from: Xenites, readers, bards, artists, crafts people, a new publisher, and even one of the producers/writers of Xena whose initials are SS <g>. In addition to donated items, I received many monetary donations. Then commenced the bidding! I could fill the page with the words “Thank You,” but for some reason they don’t seem to say enough. I know you’re sitting there thinking––Two words would never be enough for a bard. Bards always need to embellish, change, stretch, overcompensate, and elaborate on what is already perfect. Well, you’re right! But I could write an essay on the way my heart felt when the auction first went into existence and what I felt when CN Winters and Karyn Carrico told me they were going to handle the entire project for me. I could tell about how my heart skipped a beat when the site went up and how it fluttered as I watched object after object being added to the pages.

Tears fill my eyes, as I type this even now, when I think of how loving and giving you all are to someone whom you may or may not even know, but whose plight has touched you somewhere in your humanity. You have all responded far beyond what I would have anticipated, but knowing what a great group of people you all are, I suppose I shouldn’t be at all surprised. But, here I am rambling again . . . I’m a member of the Xenaverse, I should know better (grin).

Perhaps it is time to just fall back on those two familiar words that, in actuality, can encompass everything that is in my heart. So, with a lump in my throat (that is hard to convey across the Internet), and with a heart bursting with gratitude, I want to stand and applaud all of you. Then I want to reach out and touch each and every one of you with my heartfelt . . . THANK YOU!

Carole Giorgio AKA Womynbard

Firstly the new logo is the work of the talented Lucia depicting the three major sites under the AUSXIP banner - The main AUSXIP site (Anything and Everything Xena & Gabrielle - the side bar is magenta), The ROC File (chronicling Renee's career post Xena - the side bar is teal) and The Lawless Files (chronicling Lucy's career post Xena - side bar is royal blue). What better way to depict this than to have Lucy and Renee along with Xena & Gabrielle in the what's new logo and Lucia has once again created something quite special.

The Lucy artwork was from a picture in the NZ New Idea of a very relaxed Lucy at home. It's one of my favourite Lucy photos. The Renee picture has been slightly altered by Lucia to match Lucy's stance and it's taken from the Coffee Talk 2 photos.

December 15 saw the 6th anniversary of AUSXIP :) It seems like only yesterday I sat down to tape this tv show for a friend and haven't stopped. The show may be gone and into the annals of history but this show lives on for many. It been majorly cool to be a part of this fandom for 6 years. Here's too another 6 years! Cheers everyone.

Battle On!
MaryD

Lucy recently dressed up as a man for a dare - she sported a moustache and a goatee. She said that she resembled her brother, Daniel. Welll..I found a grab of Daniel (from When Fates Collide & Destiny - he was the Roman guard who broke Xena's legs on Caeser's orders). So I put them together :-)

Xena has an opportunity to catch up with a bit of her own past - unfortunately, the past definitely wants to outrace her.

Uber Author Lori L. Lake was recently interviewed at the Fanlaw.org site. Lori is the author of Gun Shy, Under The Gun, and two non-Uber stories: Ricochet In Time and Different Dress (the latter will be published in May). To read the interview, go to: http://psylockelaw.home.mindspring.com/Who's.htm

Xenaverse News

For US Xenites
December 15 at 9:00 - A tour of New Zealand with Karl Urban on the Travel Channel.
More on Karl Urban
In the new US TV guide issue (Dec 14-20) there is a small but good picture of Karl Urban from "The Lord of the Rings". There is also a very small quote from him about the movie in the two page (pages 44 and 45) article

11 December

Many thanks to those who voted in the poll about the merging or not merging the three what's new pages. 86% voted the what's new page to remain as is. I won't be splitting up the new sections and this page will remain as is.

Thanks again for everyone's imput.

MaryD

Lucy News

This is a little different - there is a petition underway to have a wax figure of Lucy/Xena put in the Wax Musuem of Madam Tussauds - the petition requests the following:
We as the undersigned believe that Actress Lucy Lawless deserves a Xena Warrior Princess wax figure done by Madame Tussauds..Mrs Tapert/Lawless has earned so much love and respect from her fans and friends we believe Xena/Lucy should go down in history by having her beautiful likeness captured in wax..this is our gift to Lucy and Xena we urge you to take this idea in consideration and hopefully someday give Xena fans their wax figure....Thank you,
Xenites from around the World!
To sign the petition go to: http://www.petitiononline.com/warrior1/

Graphics Archive

Added three October Photo Club photos of Xena and Gabrielle from Endgame to X&G Gallery #5
Added two October Photo Club photos of Gabrielle from Endgame to Gabrielle Gallery #3
Added two October Photo Club photos of Xena from Endgame to Xena Gallery #9

The Bard's Corner

Classic

The following story was missing from the site and has now been restored.

Added Nothing Remembered (Complete) by Gina Darrt

Conqueror

Added The Last Conqueror - Part 15 (Unfinished) by Kamouraskan & Lariel

XXE Updates

Updated newspaper section about the White House Security Advisor being called "Warrior Princess" by her staff.

Xenaverse News

Hudson Leick is providing the voice to a new PS2 game coming soon. It's a sort of spooky Tomb Raider variant, with HL doing the main character. Apparently there's over 200 pages of script involved. More on http://www.gamespy.com/e32002/ps2/primal/
Many thanks to Mark for the information

Star Trek Fiction

The Star Trek (TNG, DS9 and Voyager) Fan Fiction site is back up and running again. If you write trek and would like your work added to the site - please send your submissions to webmaster@ausxip.com
Click here for submission guidelines

9 December

I want to thank everyone for their concern about the Sydney bushfires. We seem to be in this situation way too often and this time it was started by some idiot who has been charged with arson. If you wish to find out more - The Sydney Morning Herald is a good online paper to keep you updated. http://www.smh.com.au/

Lucy News

More on the NZ Herald article about Lucy's attendance of the Louis Vuitton Party. It seems E! Entertainment interviewed guests and will have a special on it.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storyprint.cfm?storyID=3008338

ROC News

Added new ROC Alert for the movie "The Flood Who Will Save Our Children" for the US

The Bard's Corner

Janice & Mel

Added I Never Knew (Jan/Mel / Complete) by KG MacGregor

Uber

Added The Right Thing (Uber / Complete) by SX Meagher

Graphics Archive

Added Xena Gallery #8 from The Return of the Valkerie

8 December

Lucy News

Lucy is going on a Summer Holiday Tour singing with Dave Dobbyn. The Sunday Star Times (NZ) has an interivew with Lucy about the upcoming singing tour.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/print/0,1478,2132831a6621,00.html

The Summer Holiday Tour dates are:
Dec 26 Taupo Great Lakes;
Dec 27 Papamoa Sports and Recreation Club;
Dec 28 Coroglen Tavern;
Dec 29, 30 Tauranga Baycourt Theatre;
Dec 31 Waihi Beach Hotel;
Jan 2 Silverdale Wade Hotel;
Jan 3 Mangawhai Tavern;
Jan 4 Duke of Malborough Tavern, Russell;
Jan 5 Kaitaia Community Centre,
Jan 8 Parthenon, Wellington;
Jan 11 St James, Auckland.

According to the Sunday Star Times Lucy may be contemplating a new TV show in LA:

Despite the musician's encouragement, Lawless says the tour isn't the beginning of a new career. Acting is still her gig; she's contemplating a "400-year contract" for an American TV one-hour drama show, although the hours required won't leave her much time to mother. She may aim for a reduced contract that allows as much time in New Zealand as in LA, and then there's always film.

There is also a second article about the upcoming singing tour on the Stuff.co.nz site
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2132879a10,00.html

The 1998 NZ movie "I'll Make You Happy" which Lucy appeared in (as herself) is now available on DVD from Amazon.com for $26.96 (US)

How to order the new Xena: Warrior Princess The Complete Illustrated Companion - you can now pre-order from Amazon.co.uk where they state that it will be published March 2003 although the previews magazine indicates it will be available in December 2002.

December Bookstore Appearance
Saturday, December 21, 2002 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
R.L. Johnson
C.A. “Mindancer” Casey
Lori L. Lake
and
Special Guest Star (and Roadie) Gabrielle Goldsby, whose book Wall of Silence will be published by Renaissance Alliance Publishing in 2003.

In Other Words Women’s Books
3734 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
503-232-6003

Drop by and visit with four Xenaverse favorites. Bring your books for signing or buy their books from In Other Words and support a good feminist bookstore. You can also order the books from the online Turning The Page store via the links below.

R.L. Johnson, author of Take Time Out
C.A. Casey (Mindancer), author of the Emoria Series
Future Dreams, Past Echoes & Present Paths
Lori L. Lake, author of the Gun Series & Ricochet in Time
Gun Shy - Second Edition Under The Gun and Ricochet In Time

3 December

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A new book is going to be available soon - Xena: Warrior Princess: The Complete Illustrated Companion. Complemented by over 150 photos, this fully-authorized guide to all six seasons of the groundbreaking Xena: Warrior Princess features a complete episode guide, character and behind-the-scenes information, and details of Xena fandom.
Click here for more information & scans of variant covers for the book

Turn the Page will be undergoing some updating over the next few days. If you don't see a favourite book by your favourite author - please email me on webmaster@ausxip.com and I will add it.

Love's Tender Warriors
(formerly posted as Golden Tiger on the web)

by Radclyffe

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Drew Clark, ex-Marine and martial arts master, is the new instructor at the Golden Tiger dojang. Intense and aloof, she hides dark secrets and unhealed wounds beneath her warrior's exterior. Sean Gray is the young psychologist and senior student who threatens to bring down the barriers Drew has erected around her heart. Battle hardened and world weary, Drew discovers that Sean wields a weapon she has no defense against--tenderness. Together, two women who have accepted loneliness as a way of life learn that love is worth fighting for and a battle they cannot afford to lose. Based upon the web story, Golden Tiger, the print version has over 130 added pages and more than double the action and romance

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While on patrol on a hot August night, Minnesota cop Dez Reilly saves two women from a brutal attack. One of the women, Jaylynn Savage, is immediately attracted to the tall dark, and deadly cop-so much so that she joins the St. Paul Police Academy. As fate would have it, Dez is assigned as Jaylynn's Field Training Officer. Having been burned in the past by getting romantically involved with another cop, Dez has a steadfast rule she has abided by for nine years: Cops are off limits. But as Jaylynn and Dez get to know one another, a strong friendship forms. Will Dez break her cardinal rule and take a chance on love with Jaylynn, or will she remain forever gun shy? GUN SHY is a glimpse into the day-to-day work world of police officers. It contains excitement and adventure as Jaylynn learns the ins and outs of the job and Dez learns the ins and outs of her own heart.

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"Under the Gun" is the long-awaited sequel to the bestselling novel, "Gun Shy", continuing the story of St. Paul Police Officers Dez Reilly and Jaylynn Savage. Picking up just a couple weeks after "Gun Shy" ended, the sequel finds the two officers continuing to adjust to their relationship, but things start to go downhill when they get dispatched to a double homicide–Jaylynn's first murder scene. Dez is supportive and protective toward Jay, and things seem to go all right until Dez’s nemesis reports their personal relationship, and their commanding officer restricts them from riding together on patrol. This sets off a chain of events that result in Jaylynn getting wounded, Dez being suspended, and both of them having to face the possibility of life without the other. They face struggles–separately and together–that they must work through while truly feeling "under the gun."

Here's an absolute blast from the past - this is one of the first articles to appear about a new show called Xena: Warrior Princess and as the TV Guide called Lucy "A Blade Stunner" <g>