This is an interesting year of me. It's one of those years where things just seem to fall in place. My day job is moving forward with opportunities, and I got signed up to a new publisher after my former one folded. I even got a contract for my non-queer novel which, although I had …
The First Novel
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 …
Guest Blog – Christian Baines
I'd like to welcome back Christian Baines to my website. When asked to join the team of authors sharing their thoughts on writing, Christian took a unique approach, and I'm glad he did. Today he offers perspective as he calls for certain characters in gay fiction to be fleshed out more honestly. Plus he'd like to offer one reader …
Writing Erotica
From Top to Bottom is a short tale about three sexually adventurous men who, um, well, decide to become more sexually adventurous. I originally wrote this for my last publisher who, when first contacting them, was told that erotica and romance are what sell best. I wrote a romance that has been both praised and …
Writers Tips – ‘Nathan Burgoine
This week's Writer's Tips comes from a Canadian writer who has guest blogged here before. Last time he spoke about the importance of speaking up. You can read that post here. I first met him at the Saints and Sinners Festival in New Orleans, but due to my jet lag I didn't get to socialise …
Writers Tips – Technology with Nic Starr
Last week we met Nigel Bartlett, an author who resides in Sydney that I met at Melbourne's Queermance Festival. Nic Starr also lives here in Sydney and I met her at the same event. Nic dips between indie releases and romances for Dreamspinner Press, but I'm not going to say too much more about her …
Writing Tips – Nigel Bartlett
This charming author resides in my own city, Sydney, but I met him in Melbourne. It was during the Queermance Literary Festival, a small event for us gay themed writers down-under. He also has the sexiest website for a writer I've seen so far. It's perfect! Everything you need to know is on one page. Meet …
Writing Tips – Historical Fiction with Michael Jensen
I met Michael Jensen online. He was part of a trio who organised a unique promotional opportunity for gay themed writers like myself. It was a fiction giveaway which resulted in gaining subscribers to our newsletters (so as a bit of shameless self promotion, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter - click here). But …
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Writing Tips – Erin Quinn
You meet a lot of people through social media. Whether you ever meet them for real is another story, but this week's author sharing writer's tips is someone I know through Twitter. And she's a fan of a romance novella of mine so I know she has taste. Meet Erin O’Quinn (Bonita Franks), a writer of …
Writing Tips
Last year I had the pleasure of inviting several authors to my blog to share their writing tips. We began with erotic author, Max Vos, and finished with a post that summarised the best tips from all the guest bloggers. This year we're about to do it all again and we'll even include tips for writing historical fiction, …
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