Ryan Field's Blog, page 463

Breaking Gay Stereotypes...

While I was reading a blog authored by a straight guy I know, I saw him dealing with a lot of the same stereotypes gay guys have to deal with all the time. In his case, he's getting it in reverse because he's neat, has a well decorated home, and is extremely articulate in everything he does.


And that's the kind of thing we all need to work on a little more...breaking those stereotypes. I found an interesting blog, here, that says this in the title:

A group of LGBTS bloggers share their ideas,...

Philadelphia Bathhouse Caught Fire...

Of course every large city on the scale of Philadelphia has at least one bathhouse that gay men frequent.

I only live 45 minutes away from Center City Philadelphia and I've heard about Club Body Center many times. Though I've never been there personally, I know people who do go.

You can read more about the fire at the bathhouse blog...which I find to be extremely well written.





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Gay Icon: Peter Berlin

As for gay icons, few compare to Peter Berlin. He was one of those men who attracted attention without even trying. Just one image of him can define an era for gay men, an era that I was too young to be part of. But his photos inspired me to write gay erotica, as I'm sure they inspired many others.

From Wiki:

Armin Hagen Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene (born in 1942) is a photographer, artist, filmmaker, clothing designer/sewer, model and gay sex symbol best known by his stage name Peter Berlin...

Apple Awarded 1.051 Billion by Jury

It seems Apple is involved in a legal battle almost everywhere I look these days. I've only been following this one from a distance, but I have to admit I'm a little surprised...knowing how Apple tends to do business from reading about their past records. Steve Jobs himself made comments about stealing ideas and concepts and laughed them off with a quote from someone I can't name now. I read that in his bio and it was one of the things that stuck with me...along with how peculiar he was when...

Chase of a Dream: Which Sells Better, Erotic or Censored Non-Erotic Version

For those who don't know, when I released Chase of a Dream I published two versions of the same book. One was the unabridged erotic romance with all the original erotic scenes and one was the abridged version with all the explicit erotic scenes edited out of the book.

I did this for several reasons. One, because I wanted to see if it could be done without hurting the storyline. I discovered I only had to cut 7,000 words from the original 60,000 word novel and nothing at all changed in the sto...

Kindle Direct Publishing News: KDP Now in India

I'll post what I think is the most important from the KDP newsletter for those who are interested in self-publishing, those might try it someday, and for those who have really self-published without their literary agent's e-publishing services backing them.

KDP is Now Available in the Kindle Store for India!

We’re excited to announce Kindle Direct Publishing has launched in India!

If you have distribution rights in India for books you've published through Kindle Direct Publishing, they are now...

If Your Literary Agent E-Publishes Your Book Through Their E-Publishing Service Are You Still Considered Self-Published?

If your literary agent e-publishes your book through their e-publishing service are you still considered self-published is an interesting question. But before I get into this I'd like to get one thing out of the way. Literary agents have been quietly introducing e-publishing services to their clients. They don't call it self-publishing services, they call it e-publishing services. There has been a great deal written and discussed about this with regard to conflict of interest. I'm not getting...

Prince Harry in the Nude; Doctors with iPads; Stop the Goodreads Bullies, and Stop the STGRB Bullies

As I've posted many times before, I'm a royalist at heart. I find everything all royals do fascinating. Some are more interesting than others. And Prince Harry seems to be one of the most interesting.

Evidently he was playing strip pool in Vegas and wound up losing his shirt, and his pants, and everything he was wearing. No photos here. But you can go to this link to see what I'm talking about.

Some of the partiers snapped photos of the madness. In one photo, a fully nude Harry cups his genita...

Rufus Wainwright Tells Guests He Wants Cash, Not Gifts at Same Sex Wedding

I've seen many congratulations on social media for the impending same sex marriage for Rufus Wainwright and his partner. Although I'm a huge supporter of gay marriage because I've been with my partner, Tony, for twenty years, I'm not a huge fan of same sex marriage unless it's on a federal level...ahem, Mr. President. I know same sex marriage on a state level has its benefits and it is good for morale. But I live in Pennsylvania where same sex marriage still isn't legal, and may never be lega...

An Older Article About Why Straight People Don't Read Gay Books

Sometimes I find it interesting to go back a few years and read articles and blog posts to see how things have changed in publishing. In this case, I think a great deal has changed.

The article to which I'm linking dates back to May, 2007. I've always thought of the year 2007 as being a pivotal point in publishing in general. Little things began to happen that triggered a string of events that would change publishing forever. And we didn't know it at the time.

I remember well because I was ther...