C.R. Guiliano's Blog, page 7

Desperation

As usual, I write with no audiance. Ah well. I read so many blogs and books and comments. See the bond between the writers of my favorite books, knowing full well they probably haven't read any of mine. *sighs*

I'm trying really hard to become one of them. Don't know if I am succeeding. At times, it seems pointless, and then I work on one of my books, or see that Lost and Found, though minimal, is actually selling and only two days after release.

I know that if I can get cover art, it would make a difference, though probably with readers, not with my fellow authors. I'm working on it.

I know for a fact, I write well. I know my stories are good, and yet, I get no reviews, no feedback. That is such an ego buster. I haven't quite figured out how to promote, though I try to get tips from the many authors I have befriended on FB and Blogs.

Am I desperate? Yes. Do I care about extreme recognition? No. I just want to write and feel good about other people enjoying my stories.

So, I will say to the many people who have actually bought and read my books, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Without you, my stories would fester and fall to the wayside. Something I would never want to happen to my many and varied characters. Characters that have become family. Characters that invade and consume my thoughts.

*Hugs to all*

C R Guilaino

Your Daily Male: Monday pick up

Your Daily Male: Monday pick up: Found here

One of the best sayings ever...

Ben: "That could be interesting. Fellatio lessons; sounds like fun to me."

Eric: "We'd have to set a stiff schedule. It would be pretty hard, and it might blow up in your face."

From Forgotten Song by Ally Blue

God, that's so funny!!

Writing in Erotic Genre

I have had a lot of people ask me..."why that genre?". Well, partly because it's just plan...hot...to write about two (or more) men. Partly, it's because I believe there should be no limits with love. Yes, many gays and lesbians engage in one-night stands and casual sex. Guess what? Plenty of heterosexuals do too. It's not limited to homosexuality. For that matter, gays and lesbians don't do anything different than straights do. That's probably why I have never understood why their sexuality is such an issue.

And the God/Bible thing? Get OVER that all ready! God made everyone the way they are supposed to be. If that means someone loves someone of the same sex, then it was meant to be. And I abhor people who feel they have the right to judge others. Take a hint from Jesus, those with clean hands cast the first stone. Yea, that's what I thought, never going to happen.

I have strayed to my soap box. Let me get back to the reason I write gay erotic romance. I think it funny that the people who do ask that of me, have never actually read one. How can you ask why when you don't know what it is about or how touching those stories can be. I mean, how many other genres almost always have a happy ending?? Above the seriously sexy scenes, there is a story...a story of love. A Romance. And each story tells about the road to that love and happy-ever-after. They are feel good stories. That, my friends, is why I write them.

C R