Ryan Field's Blog, page 593

About E-books...

Though I probably shouldn't admit this, being that everyone has such strong opinions about e-books and print books these days, I actually do prefer reading e-books over print books. I honestly don't have that passion some people feel when they hold a print book. And I couldn't care less how they smell. My passions is, and always has been, for the words, the sentences, and the paragraphs that make up the story. And I don't care if they are written on stone or printed in digital format.

The one ...

Follow Up: Women Writing M/M Fiction

First, I'd like to thank all the people who commented on the post about women writing m/m fiction. I noticed some familiar names, and met a few new authors.

While reading the comments, I started to think about my past experience in publishing and how the lbgt genre, as a whole, has grown so fast in the past ten years I barely recognize it. If I'd died in l999 and come back to life in 2010, I'd be so shocked I'd probably drop dead all over again. When I first started submitting work to publishe...

In Support of all the Women Writing M/M Fiction

I heard there's been a slight uproar in the blogsphere about women who write m/m fiction. I'm not going into detail about that, but I do want to offer my support and my own thoughts. I like to keep it simple and to the point, without too many fifty cent words and pedantic analogies.

First, I'm all for anyone who wants to write m/m fiction. I don't care what their gender is, with whom they sleep, or what their sexual preference is. This is partly because I'm not a fan of putting labels on peopl...

All About E-publishing!!

Today I did a guest blogging stint over at Rebecca Leigh, here. I wrote a post that I hope answered a few questions about e-publishers. (Huge thanks to Rebecca Leigh!)

But after reading two agent blog posts this evening, I'd like to follow up on my guest blogger post right now.

These agents went into detail describing the differences between traditional publishing and self-publishing. But they failed to mention one important factor that all authors and potential authors should know about. And t...

New Release, Cowtown, New Jersey, and KEVIN LOVES COWBOYS

In my new stand alone, KEVIN LOVES COWBOYS, which will be released today, here, I mention a place in the storyline called Cowtown, New Jersey. I know it sounds fictional. When most people think of New Jersey they think of factories, congested suburbs, and The Sopranos. But in this story the setting is actually based on a real place.

There is, in fact, a Cowtown, New Jersey. I grew up five miles away from there, in a small southern New Jersey town on the Delaware River called, Penns Grove...

Astatalk and Other Pirate Sites Where People Download Free Books Illegally

I've posted about astatalk, which is an illegally operated pirate site that allows people to download free books and infringes on copyrights without thinking twice about it. I've mentioned how these entitled people steal books from authors who work long hard hours and rarely make enough money to pay their rent. I've even gone so far as to post the fake profiles of some of the people who join these pirate sites and interact as though they'd paid for the books they've read.

But the fact of the m...

Just Got the ARC for MISSING JACKSON'S HOLE

I just received the ARC for my new stand alone, MISSING JACKSON'S HOLE. For those of you who prefer m/m romances, this might not be the book for you. But if you prefer an erotic story about the old west, with a cast of young, sexy cowboys, you might enjoy this.

I can't thank Dawne Dominque enough for coming up with this wonderful cover. And I can't thank Dalia at loveyoudivine enough for doing such a wonderful job on the edits. The release date is set for September 3rd, and the sell copy is...

Impatiens and Rosemary

Enough with the book pirate posts, especially for the weekend. There's very little writers and publishers can do about them, other than to continue filing abuse forms. And that's a cold hard fact. It's a sociopath mindset in our global society, and you simply can't turn Charles Manson into a hero no matter how hard you try. I took down the post I wrote earlier, where a notorious book pirate left a comment on an earlier post. I don't want to give this creep any more attention than he...

A Comment in Defense of Book Pirating

I wrote a blog post last January about book pirating, and I'm still getting comments about the post, here.

Below is the most recent comment I received from this person, who goes by the name "Waffa" and has a facebook page here. First, I'd like to thank him for being honest enough to leave his name on the thread. And second, I'd like the thank him for his insight. The comment below is verbatim, and please take into consideration that this person's first language is not English and he worked har...

Sneak Cover Preview for Upcoming Release

Here's the draft of the new cover for my soon-to-be released stand alone e-book, MISSING JACKSON'S HOLE. This one isn't a romance, but there's a strong erotic storyline, a strong cast of characters, and a play on words with the title and the tag line. This was also published in a book by Starbooks Press. I can't remember the exact name of the anthology, but it was released a few years ago. And it's the first time in a long time I've had anything published that isn't strictly romance. In...