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So my sister, Melissa, and my niece, Mallory, were in Seattle, visiting for me for a few days and my niece asked if we could go to a bookstore so she could pick up a new book, since she had finished rereading one of those Twilight sagas for the umpteenth time. She didn't want any of the gay-themed books I tried to press upon her. What can I say? It breaks my heart...

Anyway...

Being the good host and uncle I am, we trekked out to University Village, where there's a huge Barnes and Noble store. ...

Today, New Orleans scribe and editor, C.G. Royale clues us in on her plan for world domination...and how and why she settled for writing instead.

Why I Write
By C. G. Royale

I came up with several answers to the question why I write. My first night pondering the topic over margaritas at the corner bar resulted
in a list of about five reasons -- mostly tongue-in-cheek -- including
the fact that I'd always wanted to be a rock star, but no one would
play with me, so I figured writing was the next best...

Today, I'm pleased to give you Jesse Fox, a writer and publisher of "dark gay erotic romance." She shares with us what inspires her...and what makes her give in to that obsession we call writing.

Why Do I Write?
By Jesse Fox

That's an excellent question.

Most people will admit life isn't easy and we all have ways of dealing with the daily stresses. I began writing at eighteen when I went out on my own, mostly bad poetry, and for me it was cathartic. Simply a way to deal with those stresses bot...

Note: this review originally appeared as part of my column, "Grimoire" at Dark Scribe magazine.

Horror literature is filled with tropes. Look at all the rules, traditions, whatever-you-want-to-call 'em surrounding vampires and werewolves. There's a whole 'nother set of well-worn paths when it comes to writing about haunted houses. It can make a confused horror fan wonder if there really is anything new under the sun.

The answer is yes and no. Even I, as a horror writer, will admit that somethin...

Everyone hates to move, right? And everyone probably has his or her own personal nightmare story about a move gone bad.
But I'd have to say that one would be hard pressed to top the moving-story-from-hell experienced by Adam and Robert. According to the Dallas Voice, the couple had decided to pack up all their belongings and move from Washington State to Dallas so they could be closer to family. Like many other people in the US these days, the couple had been affected by woes like...

Lesbian Fiction
A Field Guide to Deception, by Jill Malone (Bywater Books)
 
Gay Fiction
Lake Overturn, by Vestal McIntyre (HarperCollins)
 
Lesbian Debut Fiction
The Creamsickle, by Rhiannon Argo (Spinsters Ink)
 
Gay Debut Fiction
Blue Boy, by Rakesh Satyal (Kensington Books)
 
LGBT Children's/Young Adult
Sprout, by Dale Peck (Bloomsbury USA)
 
Lesbian Mystery
Death of a Dying Man, by J.M. Redmann (Bold Strokes Books)
 
...

I'm thrilled to report that I woke up to a glorious, 5-star review of my gay erotic collection, TALES FROM THE SEXUAL UNDERGROUND on Rainbow Reviews. It's one of the best reviews I think I've ever gotten. The reviewer, Indigene, says:

"While this collection as a whole is categorized as erotica, and many of the stories just downright sizzle, being the sexual underground, a few of the stories are inherently dark and by degrees unsettling. Having honed his craft as an author of the...

I've been thinking a lot lately about book promoting. I have also been thinking about Betty White, good recipes for baked tilapia, and why some people say "reoccuring" when they mean "recurring." But none of those latter topics seem like a good enough subject for a blog...not yet, anyway.

See, when I was a little boy growing up on the banks of the Ohio River, I dreamed of being an author. And the one thing that never crossed my mind in any of those fantasies was book promotion. Back then, it n...

Start stocking up for summer reading!

Current Releases from MLR Press
See our booth at the coming Book Expo America Exhibit in NYC May 26-28th.
Meet Editor Kris Jacen, Artist Deana Jamroz and author/publisher Laura Baumbach!

Title The Code Author David Juhren ISBN# 978-1-60820-169-3 (print) $14.99 978-1-60820-170-9 (ebook) $6.99 Release Date May 2010 Cover Artist Deana C. Jamroz ...

[image error] Today, we have multi-faceted m/m romance and horror author AM Riley with us. AM gives us a fascinating glimpse into her creative process. Read on...

Why I WriteBy AM Riley
I have always loved the sound of my own voice. And, by 'my own voice' I mean the one in my head, not that nasal, Chicago accented, sound that comes out of my mouth whenever I speak.
The voice in my head. The androgynous, cynical worldy weirdo, has been driving me crazy with commentary since I was seven and stayed for...