Jamie Freeman's Blog, page 14

My story "The Ambivalent Gardener and the State of Grace" about a former Gator football player who comes rather dramatically out of the closet will be included in Muscle Men, a new anthology by editor Richard Labonte coming in June from Cleis Press.

When I got the email from Richard I had just started playing with this story with the idea of expanding it to novella or novel length.  It's transforming into something bigger.  We'll see where that takes Jericho Thomas, former Gator football player.

Just finishing up the edits on a story about a charming threesome.  I like them so much, I may have to move on to a sequel.  I'll let you know if my guys get picked up for publication.  In the meantime, I hope you find this photo as inspiring as I did.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a superhero.  I tried and tried to fly.  But no dice.  Keep trying, man.

This is terrifying, heartless and wildly inaccurate in so many ways I literally had to watch it twice to make sure I'd heard it properly. This is yet another in a long line of hateful proclamations from a guy who's giving American Christians a bad name. Why do people continue to buy advertising time during his show? And why does the show appear on ABC Family (a Disney-owned network)?

Napoleon III was elected President in 1848, forty-five years after Haitian independence.  He later became dicta...

I'm working on an erotic story about beauty.  I am working through an exploration of the ways in which Gen X-ers and Millennials view beauty.  What has reality television and American Idol done to change the way we view ourselves?  I think there is a fundamental generational difference that I plan to plant at the heart of this piece.  We all love the same way; hearts find hearts in the darkness.  But beauty happens in the light of day, in the warm glow of candle light, or under the cool regar...

There are rumors of snow here in North Florida.  The temperature is plunging and I drove home from work under a bleak snow sky.  Time to put on a vat of chili and watch the weather out the window. 
Praying for snow down here in the world below the Bible Belt.

My parents are among my greatest fans.  I talk to so many people in this industry (specifically writing erotica or m/m romance) whose families either don't know what they write, don't care, or don't support their work.  It makes me feel blessed.  My parents encouraged me to start submitting stories for publication a couple of years ago.  They are among the only (four) people on the planet who have read my unpublished Jude novel.  And they keep buying the books and commenting on my work.

In Jun...

A nice review of Marriage of True Minds on Bitten By Books.


Although I've been working on a Christmas story, I think my next piece is going to be on the dark side.  I have another alternate future Civil War piece in mind.  And I'm thinking through a piece about exploitation, aging and fading beauty.  This photo suits my mood. 

Thank you to the dark mind of Massimo Faccini.

Wishing you and yours all the very best in 2010.  -Jamie

If you love this guy, be sure to check out Noble Works Cards.  They have some of the funniest (and sexiest) cards available anywhere.  Merry Christmas.