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June 5, 2015
Only 7 days left…
The paperback edition of Season Oneof The Love of Wicked Menis ready for shipping.
The e-book edition will be out on June 12th. Just seven more days!
What are reviewers saying about it?“This story is non-stop in its intensity…the literary equivalent of mainlining adrenaline. Loved every moment of it.” – Prism Book Alliance
“Shire has surprise mastered and we definitely reaped the benefits of that throughout this serial.” – 3 Chicks After Dark
“It’s th...
June 1, 2015
The Readers’ choice is….
Last month, I asked readers to choose which of my current WIPs they’d like to see first. As you can see from the results below, it was pretty close. The Suggestion of Sex inched out Afflicted III by just one vote. A Song for Katherine and It’s Only Love were left in the dust. Manuel’s Diary and Living Queer with Mom were an even tie.
I’m already about 10k into Suggestion and have mycover artist working overtime to find just the right design. At this moment, I’m thinking this will end up bei...
May 29, 2015
Erotic Shorts from Brandon Shire
I’ve started a new series of erotic short stories. I’ve had several readers ask if I had something a little more on the carnal side of things.
Let me reiterate. These are not romance stories. They’re short, lust-filled narratives of gay intimacy and hard man-sex. Below is the blurb for the first in the series.
Blurb: Troy Bronson, a twenty-two-year-old whose football career vanished after a knee injury, is in dire straits. Desperate for money, he stops by a gay for pay studio thinking he can...
Sibley Jackson Gay M/M Romance Summer Sale
Sibley Jackson (pen name of Caddy Rowland for gay m/m romance) is pleased to announce the last book, From the Ashes, of her serialized Where There’s Smoke series has just been released!
These books are in Kindle Unlimited, as Caddy is testing the Kindle Unlimited program for borrows. If you are a Kindle Unlimited member, you can read any Sibley Jackson story for FREE. If you aren’t a Kindle Unlimited member, the following sale is for YOU on Amazon.com. (Please note: Amazon controls which Amaz...
May 28, 2015
New LGBT SciFi – Willem of the Tafel
First of all, before I even get started, I need to say thanks to Brandon. As I was typing the name of this document to make sure it got saved properly, my Mac reminded me gently that I already had a “Blog post for Brandon Shire” in my folder. Curiosity kills the cat, so I looked and yes, back in July 2013, just days after I had published my first two novels, Brandon had me on his blog, giving me a chance to talk about them.
This is my third appearance, I kind of missed out on “The Fallen Ange...
May 25, 2015
A Book Winner for #HAHATB
Congrats to Kimberley who won a free copy of Season One of The Love of Wicked Menfor leaving a comment on my post for HAHATB.
You still have a chance to win!I’ll be picking TWO random winners from my email list on June 1st (wait for the popup if you’re not already on my list).
PLUS, there’ll be a blog tour starting June 11th which you can enter to win. Watch this space for details.
Want to make sure you get a copy of Wicked Men?Pre-order it from Amazon.
May 22, 2015
Wicked Men – The Paperback
The paperback edition of Season Oneof The Love of Wicked Men (Episodes 1-6) is out and ready for shipping. The e-book edition will be out on June 12th. Just a few more weeks!
May 17, 2015
Why participate in the Blog Hop? #HAHATB
I recently had someone ask why I participate in blog hops like this? This, being the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.
The question was probably not meant to be as revolting as I took it. But to me, the undertone had more to do with a secret phobia of ‘the gay agenda’ than it did with anything I post on this blog. That it came from someone who I thought of as a close personal friend bothered me even more.
So why do I do this? Better yet, why do I fill my timelin...
May 14, 2015
The Season One Finale! #WickedMen
The last episode inSeason One of The Love of Wicked Men is finally here. Fans have been messaging, emailing and leaving comments on the website asking about when it’s going to be available.
Get Episode 6 from Smashwords, Amazon, Kobo, Nook, iTunes
See what 3 Chicks After Dark had to say in their review.
OR
Pre-order the SEASON ONE BOX SET
If you’ve been waiting patiently for the Wicked Men Season One box set, which I know many of you have, it’s available for pre-order from Amazon....
May 12, 2015
Queering the Beyond with Adam Sass
With the creation of new worlds, aliens, and inter-galactic politics one would think that science fiction is a literary genre welcoming of diversity. However, both queer and female voices in sci-fi are often either hard-to-find or snubbed by the genre’s readers. Startling Sci-Fi: New Tales of the Beyond edited by Casey Ellis (New Lit Salon Press) is inclusive of both queer and female voices. The collection also attempts to disprove the misnomer that “literary fiction” and “genre fiction” can’...
