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Brett Easton Ellis Doesn't Think Matt Bomer Can Star in 50 Shades Movie; And Lit Agent Simon Lipskar's Letter to the DOJ on E-Book Pricing...

This seems like the week of asshatery, and Brett Easton Ellis tops the list of asshats by saying this:

Okay I'll say it. Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey because he is openly gay. He's great for other roles but this is too big a game.

In more asshatery, he then said this:

I am NOT discriminating Matt Bomer because of his sexuality. Fifty Shades of Grey demands an actor that is genuinely into women. Get it?!?

Evidently, Mr. Ellis doesn't know about all the women loving and reading m/m rom...

All Romance E-books..."Chase of a Dream"

Here's the ARe link to the Unabridged version of "Chase of Dream," that contains all the original erotic scenes.

And here's the ARe link to the Abridged version.

Both books are priced at .99, and will remain that way for at least the next two months.

Self-publishing, E-Publishing Services, and What's Best for You...

I have a friend who writes non-fiction. He's been writing non-fiction (inspirational material) for many years. He even had a few books pubbed through a vanity press about twenty years ago and it turned into one of those nightmares where he got ripped off and never sold any of his books. That used to happen often. And it wasn't an inexpensive mistake. Self-publishing used to be referred to as vanity publishing and it could cost thousands of dollars. My friend lost over four thousand in his ven...

The Two Versions of Erotic Romance "Chase of a Dream," Unrated and Rated

Before I decided to write two versions of "Chase of a Dream," I thought about it very seriously. Although I've spoken about this topic more than once while posting about what I consider the definition of erotic romance, I honestly wasn't certain what I was thinking of doing could be done. In fact, if this has been done before with erotic romance I haven't seen it myself.

The film industry does this all the time. They release unrated versions of movies and edited rated versions for various rea...

"101 Great Things About Being Gay"

I can't say that I agree with everything on the list. But it's all in jest and I do think some things are true, and others are funny.

This I think is true:

You know how to get your mother off the phone quickly.

I love my mom, but she thinks because I work at home I'm not really working as seriously as if I were going to an office every morning. So I've had to learn how to deal with it, and be diplomatic about it at the same time.

This is true, too:

You're the only one at the reunion who looks a l...

This Makes Me Wonder...

I wasn't going to post anything today. I just wanted to catch up on things and prepare a post I'm doing tomorrow about something interesting I did with my next gay erotic romance release, "Chase of a Dream."

But when I opened a ridiculous e-mail this afternoon, I had to wonder what kind of WTF-ery this is. And then I wondered how much audacity it takes to send something like this to someone who has been writing erotic romance and erotica for almost twenty years.

Here's the notification, withou...

How Spouses Handle Bad Reviews, and No, Gay Men Don't Have a Hymen

Sometime last winter I remember reading an article about an author who wound up very embarrassed because her spouse went ballistic over a bad review she'd received for one of her books. My heart sank for her. I thought she was graceful about it, and she apologized for her husband's rants and for him calling attention to to the review. In any event, some didn't seem to think she was being honest about it, and I found that very distressing to say the least. If she'd said nothing, I would have w...

New Indie Book: Sequel to Chase of a Lifetime...Chase of a Dream

I'm going to be posting about this new release a few times in the coming week because I did something very different with this book that I've never done before. I'm not ready to talk about it today, but I will definitely post about what I did in detail on Monday or Tuesday.

Like I said, it's different. And I've never done it before. I'm not sure I'll ever do it again either. I just contracted to write ten books for Ravenous Romance over the next year and what little time I have for self-publi...

Loveyoudivineeurotica.com, Are Bloggers Considered Journalists, and That IDIOT Who Pulled Up To Chick-fil-a To Bully a Worker

There's a new web site for the global market e-book market being launched today. The web address is Loveyoudivineeurotica.com, and it's part of Loveyoudivine.com, an e-publisher that has been around for a long time now. I still have a lot of my fiction being released with loveyoudivine, and I've been working with them for close to seven years. There are links to author web sites, a full list of titles, and the site seems simple to navigate.

What I like about the new site is there seems to be...

Sarah Palin, Chick-fil-a, and Freedom of Speech

Back in the mid-twentieth century, there was this thing called "integration." It really sparked a lot of emotions, especially in the south.

A lot of people during that time exercised their first amendment rights and protested against integration. Those people had every right to freedom of speech and to protest, and the photos below prove they took advantage of this. They thought mixing races was morally wrong...much the same way there are people today who think same sex marriage is morally w...