Meet The Carter Seagrove Project, four authors who have come together to collaborate and find a larger audience. I met them through Twitter and at first was taken aback by how many followers they had. Then I looked at their webpage and found that they also dip their collective toe in film projects. To me, …
That Flat Earth Theory
There's something romantic about the ancient idea that the world is flat. A thousand stars watch us through a veiled curtain that shields us from the unknown. That curtain is shaped like a dome that traps our dreams for other people to tap into and see the visions we once saw. Then there's the sun and …
Plotter or Pantser?
I was asked this question for an author interview recently and had to look it up, even though I worked out what it meant without quite knowing how pantser worked into the concept. For those still uninitiated, a plotter plots their books before they type a single letter, and a pantser flies by the seat of …
Guest Post – Michael Vance Gurley
Today's guest blogger, Michael Vance Gurley, has a new book out through Bold Strokes. He was born in a Chicago hospital that was quickly condemned and torn down. He grew up and worked in the shadow of Capone’s house in a union hall, where he first discovered a love of gangsters and the Roaring Twenties. Being an …
Review equals publicity
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the importance of reviews to an author. In fact, next week, Bold Stroke's author Michael Vance Gurley has his own views on the topic as my guest blogger. But this week I want to share some experiences I've had in the past month regarding reviews. Reviews equal publicity. Part …
Guest Post – André Bégin
There's a lot of people you meet on social media. A lot of creative folk among them. Today's guest blogger knows me through Twitter, and like me, he likes to blog. In his post he talks about the importance of 'dressing up' your content. Anyone who who's familiar with my social media feeds knows I like …
Someone out there, give me a review!
Last week's guest blogger, 'Nathan Burgoine, once posted his Christmas wish list on his own website. Quiet simply, he wanted reviews. Any author with a book newly released understands his sentiment. When my ebook Nate and the New Yorker came out, I spent weeks searching for reviews. Any writer will admit that this becomes a habit. You're …
Guest Blog – ‘Nathan Burgoine
This week I'm pleased to introduce a writer who I met several years ago at the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans. His name is 'Nathan Burgoine and to me, his quiet but charming manner stood out in a crowd of queer writers, and although I didn't spend as much time with him as I should …
Jerry L. Wheeler, what is Gay Lit?
I met this week's guest at the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival several years ago. At the time I was fairly new to the gay lit scene and didn't realise his importance. He's edited countless books for queer authors, including my new ebook. He also puts together anthologies of gay writing, and shares his own short …
Amos Lassen, What is Gay Lit?
When the first edition of my first novel was released, Amos Lassen was its first reviewer. My Boston editor-in-chief gave a copy to Amos, where the review is published among his views on other books and movies. According to his site, he came out when teaching at a rich boy’s private school and when he did, …
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