Ryan Field's Blog, page 436

Anti Gay Remarks; San Francisco 49ers' Chris Culliver: "We Don't Got No Gay People"

Excuse this rant, but it seems there have allegedly been anti-gay remarks made by donkey cornerback Chris Culliver in a recent interview with Artie Lange.

"I don't do the gay guys man," Culliver said, according to Yahoo. "I don't do that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do."

Idiot. The triple negative speaks for itself: "No, we don't got no..."

And this is an idiot that we pay to see so he can make millions of dollars and sl...

Premiere Party at Allromanceebooks.com

There's an interesting event happening over at Allromanceebooks.com right now, with a Premiere Party, where the focus is on "Reading is Sexy." If you have a webcam it's the perfect opportunity to connect with other readers and authors.

From my inbox:

Join us for a Video Premiere sure to convince you: Reading Is Sexy
ARe is hosting a party to celebrate the launch of a very special video and you're invited!

Join us for the debut of, Reading is Sexy tonight, January 31st. The party will take...

Guys in Sweat Pants; Anthony Romero; "Queer" Book Bashing at Barnes & Noble

I like to post as much LGBT content here as I can, and a new web site that's about to be launched called "Guys in Sweat Pants," is something I've been following for a while on social media.

From what I gather, Anthony Romero, someone I've posted about before, is part of this site and I became a fan of his writing through a reader of mine. I'm hoping we see more of his writing in the future.

Right now you can check it out on tumblr, here. And follow them at Twitter with the address below.

All th...

Joel Stein's Awesome Column On Public Shaming

For the past six years, I have been receiving a gift subscription to Time Magazine from someone close to me, and for the past six years I have sent them a thank you note and been gracious about receiving the gift. The only problem is I'm not fond of Time Magazine, because I don't feel as though I'm getting objective news there anymore. In fact, the only reason I don't throw it away every week is because I've come to truly enjoy Joel Stein's Awesome Column and I don't want to miss that one pag...

TJ Wrangler; "The New Normal;" Scott McGillivray "Income Property" Stephen King and Self-Indulgence

Living in Bucks County, PA for the past twenty years surrounded by horse farms like Fashion Farms I have seen and smelled my fair share of horse manure. But I don't think I've ever seen it packaged as quite well as Scott McGillivray does on the HGTV television show "Income Property. But this post isn't about horse manure and I'm not focusing on McGillivray. It's more about self-indulgence and how things that start out with good intentions can often turn sour because of self-indulgence.

It does...

Reading Through the Newest Galleys: Pledges with Cleis Press

For those who might not know, I think the best way to explain galleys in publishing is that they are the final edits...the last chance to look something over and make small changes...before a book goes to print for publication. I do this with everything, including my own self-pubbed books before they are launched as e-books. I actually have my own galleys for my self-pubbed books. It's those last minute details that sometimes make a huge difference.

In this case, I'm reading the galley for an...

Release Date: With This Cowboy I Love So Freely; Boy Scouts of America on Gay Members

I just found out the release date of "With This Cowboy I Love So Freely," will be February 8, 2013. This is an anthology with some of the western themed gay romance stories I've had pubbed with loveyoudivine.com over the years. I didn't even know I'd done enough with them to come up with an anthology, but when the editor said I did and she suggested we do the anthology, I figured it would be a good way for people who don't like to purchase short stories alone to get a collection in a lar...

Cover Preview: The Vegas Shark

Just got the new cover for the next book in the bad boy billionaire series, The Vegas Shark. I did more than a few different things in this book that I will post about more in the future...soon. I'd never really written about a sweet, but clueless, little guy who only wanted one thing in life...to be happy and live happily ever after. I think most of my characters have always had ambitions in life that included some lofty goals. This time I just wanted him to be sweet, sincere, and always get...

Free E-book On Allromanceebooks.com: "A Sign From Heaven Above"

Who: Me

What: I'm offering a free e-book. $0.00 "A Sign From Heaven Above." (Photo to the right)

When: For a week.

Where: On Allromanceebooks, at this link.

Why: Because I love the way Allromance offers promotions all year to readers, and I like their product descriptions even more. And because it's winter, it's dreary, and we all can't be in exotic places with palm trees and beaches covered with white sand.


Description  Although Ricky has been living in his new home in the Hollywood Hi...

Hidden Gaycism; On Pen Names; Elizabeth Glaser AIDS Foundation

The only link I have to this part of the post on "Gaycism" is what I found over at Urban Dictionary, right here. And this mostly because I'm not even sure if what I'm about to discuss exists. This is partly because gay men are still so closeted many things still are not discussed, or taken seriously.

I may or may not have mentioned this before, but I was corresponding with a gay male reader who is Amish the other day and I mentioned to him that my partner, Tony, wasn't completely out of...