Ryan Field's Blog, page 462

Don't Believe Everything You Read About Gay Men

I wanted to write a post about how the word gay came to be used for homosexual. I found basic articles that left me yawning.

I wanted to find something more exciting...something that had a deep serious meaning because in my lifetime I've always used the word gay for homosexual and wasn't even sure why.

In my search for something dramatic, I found wiki had the best answer. The other articles I found agreed with what I'd read on wiki. After reading all this, for me, gay is a word to describe a...

Non-Fic Indie Author Joe Mihalic Releases New Book: Destroy Student Debt: A Combat Guide to Freedom

I had a completely different post planned for today about how CNN is failing in ratings big time. But that can wait. Those who follow my posts know that I like to stick to topics about publishing in a broad sense.

And I think this post covers that well...especially because I DON'T SEE other publishing blogs talking about the successful indie authors that are publishing their own books on Amazon. They almost seem apprehensive about it.

In this case it's blogger Joe Mihalic who started his blog,...

Chase of a Lifetime Finally on Kobo.com

Chase of a Lifetime is finally up on Kobo.com. Don't ask me why, but it took weeks to get this approved and up for sale on Kobo. I would ask Tony every evening at dinner, "What's going on with Kobo and Chase," and he would say, "It's under review." As a side note, this has nothing to do with the fact that its erotic romance. It's their policy for all books...from what I can tell so far anyway.

With each web site where e-books are sold, we've found it's a different process. Amazon and Allroman...

Are We Ending the Age of Internet Anonymity?

If we are ending the age of Internet anonymity a lot of things will probably change. But some things will remain the same. From what I gather in the links below, the purpose of ending Internet anonymity is more about creating laws to protect people on the web just like there are laws to protect people in all aspects of society. Think about it. I know we complain about motor vehicles, but would you really want to live in a society where no one had to have a driver's license, insurance, and re...

50 Shades of Gay: Beekman Boys on Amazing Race; Drag Queen Barbie...

I often talk about the stereotypes and how the mainsream media seems to always focus on certain aspects of the gay community and misses other aspects completely.

But the fact remains that the gay community is filled with diversity on all levels. And some of the stereotypes that are put out in the mainstream are true and they shouldn't be diminished either. So while I do wish that we saw more shades of gay, so to speak, in the mainstream, I also think it's important to celebrate some of the st...

Erotic Romance Takes a Hit Again: So Let's Spin it Around This Time

I came across an interesting blog post written by a web site called "The Bookpushers," where they seem to find excerpts from erotic romances hysterical in that internet-y snarky way that's filled with cute-isms like "WTF-ery" and referring to a penis as a "peen."

Ah well, funny-funny...ha-ha. I'm slapping my knee and twirling my finger.

Just to make it clear: I don't think they've ever reviewed any of my books, so I'm not directing anything in this post to anything they've said about me. What...

The Day You Were Born...

Republican Platform: Gay Marriage

I rarely get political here. I vote as an independent and never strictly down party lines.

But when the Republican party makes this kind of an announcement, they don't really leave me much of a choice this November.

MARRIAGE:

The platform affirms the rights of states and the federal government not to recognize same-sex marriage. It backs a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

According to the article, this is a key part of the Republican platform. I f...

Not All Self-Published Authors Pay For Their Book Reviews...

I've been seeing a lot of articles by some rather loud mouthed bloggers about self-published authors paying for book reviews. Most of these articles have been sparked by this NYT article, where it states that self-published authors are paying huge sums of money for book reviews.

Before I get into this, I'll state up front the majority of my fiction has been published through traditional publishers. In the last five years, a lot of my fiction has been published by e-presses like Ravenous Romanc...

"Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey"

Before I get into Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey I'm linking to an article that talks about future film plans for FSoG, here.

Best selling author E L James has finally broke her silence on whether "Fifty Shades of Grey" will remain a trilogy on the big screen. The film rights were purchased in March by Universal Pictures yet there was no discussion on how many films would be made. Although there has been no official announcement, E L James has taken to her favorite social media outlet,...