Drama Queens with Love Scenes is a decade old. My tale of two friends who end up in the theatre district of the Afterlife went through eight drafts before Charles River Press initially published it in December 2012. So, on this very important milestone, I thought I'd share ten facts about my first novel. 1. …
Adding Adult Themes
The second novel in the Actors and Angels Series is not like your usual sequel. This book is called Drama Queens and Adult Themes, and follows Drama Queens with Love Scenes. The idea for the plot of the second book came from the first - I know that's stating the obvious, but bear with me. The …
Interview with an angel.
Many reviewers have fallen in love with my insecure angel, Guy. This came as a surprise to me as he is one of the co-stars in my first novel, Drama Queens with Love Scenes. Yet bloggers have called him the ‘emotional anchor’ of the first book, while one critic was disappointed with his love interest in …
Dreaming up a Gay Angel
One evening a friend asked me about my writing. I talked about my surprise at how my gay angel character, Guy, seemed to win many readers’ hearts. And as the night flowed with much conversation and wine, I had an epiphany. You see, back in the mid-80s when I moved to Sydney,... I met a …
The Importance of Being Guy
Thanks to the team at 'The Novel Approach' for allowing me to guest blog at their site. Below is what I wrote about writing both novels, and some reviewers' fascination with my Angel character. Sometime over ten years ago I decided to write a novel. In my early years I loved writing stories but gave …
My Mystery Man
This is my chance to say farewell to a man I never met. He was my poster boy for my novel, Drama Queens with Love Scenes. He's a model photographed by Ivan Bliznetsof who put a face to my marketing for the last couple of years. Yet I don't know his name. Lost without a brand. …
Gay Angels
About ten years ago I read Elizabeth Knox’s original novel, The Vintner’s Luck. In it a failed wine maker and family man, Sorban, meets a male angel who he develops a relationship with, over a considerable period of his life. They talk, they make love, and they talk some more. Of course, other stuff happens …
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