Tomorrow I’m going to feel a sense of déjà vu as my first novel gets relaunched for the third time. My last publisher closed down, so I was very lucky that NineStar Press decided to re-contract my works. An author's first novel is special. It’s the one they sweated over. It’s the one that was redrafted …
Redefining Gay Storytelling
Recently we subscribed to Dekkoo, an online gay streaming service. While it doesn't have the big name movies or television shows, what it does offer is an insight to the up and coming filmmakers with the web at their disposal. Most of the content is already free online elsewhere, but finding it curated in one …
Writing Tips – Matthew Bright
This week's writer's tips come from Matthew Bright, a man of many talents. He is a designer, an editor and a writer. Like me he doesn't feel comfortable writing in third person, but soldiers on regardless. I've decided my next novel will be in third person, so I'll have to go to him for tips. …
Writing Tips – The Carter Seagrove Project
About a month ago author Alp Mortal wrote a guest blog about the joys of collaboration as part of the Carter Seagrove Project. You can read that post here. The project is a collective of mostly writers who have also extended their creative tentacles to include a photographer, a filmmaker, and anyone else in a bid to explore …
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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 …
Ulysses Dietz, what is Gay lit?
I'm pleased to have Prism Book Alliance reviewer, Ulysses Dietz, at our round table discussion on gay literature today. Ulysses grew up in Syracuse, New York, where his 'Leave it to Beaver' life was enlivened by his fascination with vampires, from Bela Lugosi to Barnabas Collins. He studied French at Yale, and was trained to …
Sandy Lowe, what is Gay lit?
Please welcome my second guest to discuss gay writing today, Sandy Lowe. This fellow Australian is a Senior Editor with Bold Stroke Books, and has a Master's degree in Publishing from the University of Sydney. In her capacity as Senior Editor, she reviews submissions and proposals, edits and develops content for publication, and oversees publication production. …
What is Gay Lit?
I'm excited. Why? Over the coming weeks I'm going to publish a very special Q&A blog series looking at gay themed literature. And to help me are several guests who have their own unique insights. You'll meet a reviewer, a representative from a major GLBT publisher, and an author who co-produces a podcast about modern gay writing. …
The 78’ers Apology
In 1986 I came to Sydney. A month or so later I was in a taxi one night on my way to god knows where, and during this trip my driver passed a street that looked like paradise. It was filled with young gay men my age. Oxford Street was alive with guys going from bar …
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