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A reader has posted this lovely review of Yours Truly, Diane Woods: 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase A Wonderful Painfully but Humorously Honest Account of Growing Up Trans in the 60s Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024 “This memoir often made me laugh, but occasionally was so real and painful thatContinue reading “Latest Amazon Review of My Memoir”

According to Amazon, my latest book is the #1 New Release in LGBTQ+ Biographies & Memoirs. Really.

The ratings for Yours Truly, Diane Woods, have changed again. Gone is that 1 Star rating, apparently removed by Amazon, for reasons known only to them, but supplanted by a new 5 Star rating, and an accompanying lovely review of the book by a reader: Richard A. Kastl 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase WonderfulContinue reading “Amazon Ratings, continued”

So far, on Amazon, Yours Truly, Diane Woods, has gotten five 5 Star ratings on Amazon. And one 1 Star rating. Huh. Someone really didn’t like my memoir. Don’t know why, they didn’t say. Ah, well.

Has been really kind and appreciative. So far, 5 Star ratings on Amazon by readers, and a lovely review from a reader in France (in French, no less, which Amazon kindly translates.) It means so much to know my modest little efforts resonate with readers. If you keep reading, I’ll keep writing!

Just got it’s first Amazon reader rating, 5 stars! And it’s currently at #40 on Amazon’s list of LGBTQ+ Biographies & Memoirs! It’s called Yours Truly, Diane Woods, for those interested.

In that it’s my own crazy, stranger than fiction story, called Yours Truly, Diane Woods. Just released for the Amazon Kindle. Just your average autobiography about a boy from the south side of Chicago who grew up to be a woman, wife, and sometime author. Readers of my trans novels may well see where someContinue reading “New Book is a Change of Pace”

I’ve now got 16 chapters, or ‘episodes’ of my life story posted to Kindle Vella, for those with an interest of a bit of trans history from ancient times. But I’ve also been posting photos from those days on my Patreon page, providing visual history of those days. Most of these early pictures were takenContinue reading “My Story”