Ryan Field's Blog, page 85
June 30, 2021
The Publishing Industry Remains Stuck In the Past, Discrimination Exists For LGBTQ Indigenous People In Mexico, Ryan Field Books
The Publishing Industry Remains Stuck In the Past
I haven't posted anything about publishing in a while, but I thought this was a good time to mention a few things I've observed. For one thing, I wrote a memoir recently and I decided to shop it around to agents. I did this because publishing nonfiction and fiction are two different things. I know nothing about publishing nonfiction and I would feel more secure having an agent who has my back. It was a dismal experience at best. These literary age...
June 29, 2021
The NFL's New Video "Football Is Gay" In Support of Carl Nassib, He Had to De-Gay His Voice For Work, Ryan Field Books
The NFL's New Video "Football Is Gay" In Support of Carl Nassib
We're finally hearing from the NFL with regard to Carl Nassib's recent coming-out announcement, and it's a good, positive message.
According to a report in OutSports, the video — entitled Football Is for Everyone — is meant not just to support Carl Nassib, the first active NFL player to come out as gay, but also let other players, as well as LGBTQ+ fans, know they’re just as important and welcome.
Here's the rest. I think they mean "t...
June 28, 2021
Why Openly Gay Is An Offensive Term, A Gay Cop Pens His Opinion About Being Left Out of New York Pride Events, Ryan Field Books
Why Openly Gay Is An Offensive Term
I'm always curious about the way language and communication are constantly evolving, and it looks as if this time it's the term "openly gay" that's about to change. It's a commentary by Rickie Jackson suggesting that the term, "openly gay," is as toxic as so many others we've had to deal with. Keep an open mind with this one. At one time, they went ballistic when we took the word "gay." But it evolved.
“Openly” applauds audaciousness, signaling that an out LGB...
June 27, 2021
The Weak Response From the NFL When Carl Nassib Came Out As Gay Is A Lot Like Michael Sam, Ryan Field Books
The Weak Response From the NFL When Carl Nassib Came Out As Gay Is A Lot Like Michael Sam
I remember posting a good deal about Michael Sam when he first came out as an openly gay football player. The response from mainstream straights...all of them...was not that overwhelming. They either went blank or said something stupid. One reporter even wondered how he would use the locker rooms. It was a straight woman reporter. In all her straight white privilege that's all she seemed concerned about. And...
June 26, 2021
How Gay Neighborhoods Used HIV Traumas to Help Cities Fight COVID, Ryan Field Books
How Gay Neighborhoods Used HIV Traumas to Help Cities Fight COVID
Here's a good article about how gay neighborhoods seemed to be more prepared to help deal with the COVID pandemic.
We find that the lessons learned and trauma experienced early in the HIV/AIDS pandemic helped urban gay areas respond to COVID-19 quickly and effectively – especially in the face of early federal government paralysis.
Here's more. It goes into a lot more detail about HIV/AIDS and how gay neighborhoods handled that years...
June 25, 2021
FREE Gay Book Excerpt THE WIZARD OF PRIDE by Ryan Field
FREE Gay Book Excerpt THE WIZARD OF PRIDE by Ryan Field
My newest gay romance, THE WIZARD OF PRIDE, just dropped with Riverdale Ave Books in New York City and I thought I would give out a free excerpt that hasn't been published anywhere else. Keep in mind you're getting the unedited version. It's not totally unedited, but this is from my own files and it's what the story looked like before it went to final edits with my publisher.
Here's the book description first. I'll post a few links below tha...
June 24, 2021
Florida Man Attacks Gay Tourists, Ryan Field Books
Florida Man Attacks Gay Tourists
Apparently, according to this link, a man in Florida went up to 3 gay men from Alabama and he started questioning their sexuality in the most blatant ways.
“‘Are you gay? Ugh, I don’t like gay people,'” the man said, according to the first victim who spoke to a local news outlet, saying that he feared for his life. “He ended up spitting at me, and then, that’s when he threw the beer at me.”
Here's the rest. They are calling this a potential hate crime. It's a sham...
Why Devon Sawa Reminds Me Of Donald Trump and Why You Shouldn't Call Us "The Gays"
Why Devon Sawa Reminds me of Donald Trump and Why You Shouldn't Call Us "The Gays"
Is this the worst thing in the world? Probably not. It's just one more little thing that adds up over a period of time to a whole bucket full of homophobia.
There is an old-time child film star named Devon Sawa who posts those LGBTQ+ support memes every so often, and they garner him all kinds of praise from a small amount other straight people and even some gay people. On the surface, it all looks great. But then, ...
June 23, 2021
Newest Release: "The Wizard of Pride" by Ryan Field - Press Release Riverdale Ave Books
Newest Release: "The Wizard of Pride" by Ryan Field - Press Release Riverdale Ave Books
Here's a press release for my newest book, The Wizard of Pride. Here's a little back story. I wrote this book almost 2 summers ago, in August of 2019. It took a long time to get out because of so many other projects, but it's finally here. I think the cover artist really knocked this one out of the park. It's exactly what I'd imagined it would be.
“The Wizard of Pride” Published by Riverdale Avenue Books
New ...
June 22, 2021
New Release: "The Wizard of Pride," The Coronavirus Lingers In Penis, NFL Player Carl Nassib Comes Out As Gay, Ryan Field Books
New Release: The Wizard of Pride
My new book with Riverdale Ave Books in NYC just dropped and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. This is a total parody and it's very sexy. I didn't hold back anything.
In the year 1939, discretion is a way of life for young men like Darius Krasner. However, when he gets caught making love to one of the young farm hands by the wicked Agnes McCain, and she threatens to expose him and take his dog, he’s forced to run away from the only family and homehe’s e...
