Ryan Field's Blog, page 372
March 3, 2014
Author Career Crisis; Trans Peeps on Jared Leto; Ellen Breaks Twitter; Ender's Game & Orson Scott Card
Author Career Crisis
This is interesting because we hear so much babble (I can't think of a better word) about there never being a better time for writers than now. The article gets into the many mid-list authors and even bestselling authors who are trying to figure out ways to survive and maintain viable incomes with so many changes happening in publishing.
The piece goes into more detail and names a few writers as examples. This paragraph sums things up well:
Thomson is a...
This is interesting because we hear so much babble (I can't think of a better word) about there never being a better time for writers than now. The article gets into the many mid-list authors and even bestselling authors who are trying to figure out ways to survive and maintain viable incomes with so many changes happening in publishing.
The piece goes into more detail and names a few writers as examples. This paragraph sums things up well:
Thomson is a...
March 2, 2014
Disney Dumps Boy Scouts; Dancing with Cats; Audible Lowers Royalties
Disney Dumps Boy Scouts
Due to the ban the Boy Scouts of America have with regard to not allowing openly gay leaders and employees, Walt Disney World in Florida has discontinued contributions to local Boy Scout chapters. (You can be an openly gay Boy Scout...until you're eighteen, and then it stops.)
Disney World, located in Orlando, did not make an announcement regarding its dumping of BSA. Reuters reports that the news came via an email to local members from Scouts' Central Florida Coun...
March 1, 2014
Nude Gay Resort; Best Gay Sex Stories
Nude Gay Resort
I think a lot of things like this are usually underplayed for various reasons. But we've been to many gay resorts over the years and most have been clothing optional. And there's always a few at these places who choose not to wear clothing. But this story is all about a nude gay resort specially geared toward nudity. It's a detailed story about a gay guy who went to his first nude resort, with all the surprises that come along with it. It's also very well written.
I looked...
I think a lot of things like this are usually underplayed for various reasons. But we've been to many gay resorts over the years and most have been clothing optional. And there's always a few at these places who choose not to wear clothing. But this story is all about a nude gay resort specially geared toward nudity. It's a detailed story about a gay guy who went to his first nude resort, with all the surprises that come along with it. It's also very well written.
I looked...
Brokeback Mountain Shirts; St. Patrick's Parade Boston; 21 Gay Music Icons
Brokeback Mountain Shirts
Two shirts worn by Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain recently sold for over fifteen thousand dollars. The name of the buyer hasn't been disclosed. The shirts were worn during the point in the film where Ennis tells Jack he's not going to sleep with him anymore.
It was eight years ago this weekend that Heath Ledger lost the best actor Oscar for Brokeback Mountain to Philip Seymour Hoffman of Capote.
Both men played gay characters that year and both actors died tragic...
Two shirts worn by Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain recently sold for over fifteen thousand dollars. The name of the buyer hasn't been disclosed. The shirts were worn during the point in the film where Ennis tells Jack he's not going to sleep with him anymore.
It was eight years ago this weekend that Heath Ledger lost the best actor Oscar for Brokeback Mountain to Philip Seymour Hoffman of Capote.
Both men played gay characters that year and both actors died tragic...
February 28, 2014
Gay NFL PLayers; FREE Gay Excerpt: Second Chance Four
Gay NFL Players
This isn't something too shocking. But it's newsworthy in the sense that straight men are often stereotyped and people don't even realize they are doing it. In other words, big, strong NFL players are supposed to be straight and follow certain stereotypes. Some people expect this, and when they find out that this stereotype is as far off as any other they usually do wind up in shock. Retired football star, Deion Sanders, proves my point in this article.
'He's...
This isn't something too shocking. But it's newsworthy in the sense that straight men are often stereotyped and people don't even realize they are doing it. In other words, big, strong NFL players are supposed to be straight and follow certain stereotypes. Some people expect this, and when they find out that this stereotype is as far off as any other they usually do wind up in shock. Retired football star, Deion Sanders, proves my point in this article.
'He's...
February 27, 2014
Prince Harry's Army Bud; 50 Shades 100M Sold; African American Pastors Attack Obama
Prince Harry's Army Bud
James Wharton, author of bestselling Out in the Army , was up for an award with Out in the City Magazine and he backed out, graciously, to offer his support to someone else.
But now he has pulled out and thrown his support to British Army Major Damian Jenkins.
He credits Jenkins, an openly gay doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps, with making the top ranks of the armed forces more LGBTI-friendly.
Wharton told GSN: ‘I was at the very bottom of the ranks, I was a trooper...
James Wharton, author of bestselling Out in the Army , was up for an award with Out in the City Magazine and he backed out, graciously, to offer his support to someone else.
But now he has pulled out and thrown his support to British Army Major Damian Jenkins.
He credits Jenkins, an openly gay doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps, with making the top ranks of the armed forces more LGBTI-friendly.
Wharton told GSN: ‘I was at the very bottom of the ranks, I was a trooper...
"Looking" is Renewed; Paula Deen on Michael Sam; Eric Himan on Arizona Gay Hate Law
Looking is Renewed
HBO gay TV show, Looking, was recently renewed, according to this article. As the show has progressed, the ratings have continued to rise...in spite of some negative reviews I'll never understand. Sometimes viewers make the strongest statement, and in this case it's with higher ratings. In my own small way I've posted positive things, and I've tried to pass it on to all the readers I know who love to read m/m romance. (I'm not sure how, but you can watch online, too.)
Nick H...
HBO gay TV show, Looking, was recently renewed, according to this article. As the show has progressed, the ratings have continued to rise...in spite of some negative reviews I'll never understand. Sometimes viewers make the strongest statement, and in this case it's with higher ratings. In my own small way I've posted positive things, and I've tried to pass it on to all the readers I know who love to read m/m romance. (I'm not sure how, but you can watch online, too.)
Nick H...
February 26, 2014
Texas Ban Unconstitutional; Heidi Cullinan on Promotion/Marketing
Texas Ban Unconstitutional
In Texas a federal judge ruled the ban against same sex marriage unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia based his decision on "Supreme Court precedent."
“Today’s court decision is not made in defiance of the great people of Texas or the Texas Legislature, but in compliance with the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court precedent,” Garcia wrote in the order. “Without a rational relation to a legitimate governmental purpose, state-imposed inequality can fin...
In Texas a federal judge ruled the ban against same sex marriage unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia based his decision on "Supreme Court precedent."
“Today’s court decision is not made in defiance of the great people of Texas or the Texas Legislature, but in compliance with the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court precedent,” Garcia wrote in the order. “Without a rational relation to a legitimate governmental purpose, state-imposed inequality can fin...
Alec Baldwin Article New York Magazine; Gay Marriage Gains Support; Oscar Poll & Judy's Kids
Alec Baldwin Article New York Magazine
Last summer seemed to be the perfect proverbial storm for celebrity mishaps with regard to questionable statements and comments. I posted about Alec Baldwin here several times, and about Paula Deen, here. Since then, both have been dealing with fallout from these incidents. And now Alec Baldwin has an article coming out next week in New York Magazine explaining himself in detail, with a few interesting observations that are hard to ignore.
'Am I a homopho...
Last summer seemed to be the perfect proverbial storm for celebrity mishaps with regard to questionable statements and comments. I posted about Alec Baldwin here several times, and about Paula Deen, here. Since then, both have been dealing with fallout from these incidents. And now Alec Baldwin has an article coming out next week in New York Magazine explaining himself in detail, with a few interesting observations that are hard to ignore.
'Am I a homopho...
February 25, 2014
Extent of AZ SB 1062; Cutting Aid to Uganda; LinkedIn for Publishing
Extent of AZ SB 1062
I'm sure most have heard about Arizona law, SB 1062, but like me most don't know the extent of this law and how many it could affect. Or what the ramifications could be.
I'm not even going to try to paraphrase all this. It's something that could be a legal mess if AZ Gov. Jan Brewer doesn't veto it this week.
Second, SB 1062 does much more than ADF admits. Businesses of course must comply with state and local law. SB 1062 radically expands RFRA’s limit on government action t...
I'm sure most have heard about Arizona law, SB 1062, but like me most don't know the extent of this law and how many it could affect. Or what the ramifications could be.
I'm not even going to try to paraphrase all this. It's something that could be a legal mess if AZ Gov. Jan Brewer doesn't veto it this week.
Second, SB 1062 does much more than ADF admits. Businesses of course must comply with state and local law. SB 1062 radically expands RFRA’s limit on government action t...
