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WHY I WRITE By Victor J. Banis

This time around, I am honored to share with you the thoughts of gay icon Victor J. Banis, who is a writer who laid the groundwork for all of us writing gay fiction today. Victor is a friend of mine and someone for whom I have enormous respect. Listen as he tells us why he writes...or maybe not...

Why I Write
By Victor J. Banis

Why do I write? Oh, that's easy, because it's made me fabulously wealthy and a household name. Ha ha ha! Oh, what a card, I thought I'd never….ahem. Okay, let's start ove...

MUTE WITNESS Has New Video Trailer

I'm pleased to announce that my child abduction suspense novel, Mute Witness , now has its own video book trailer. Please take a look and let me know what you think (and if it makes you want to buy the book). The video was created by the very talented AM Riley and features stills and video from photographer Rob Buco.


To view the trailer on YouTube, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAtkRdq19RI

SYNOPSIS
Sean and Austin's perfect world shatters when Sean's eight-year-old son, Jason...

Publisher Lumps Homosexuality in with Rape and Pedophilia

In the course of my communications with other writers and publishers, I came across recently the submission guidelines for Wild Rose Press. The guidelines were pretty typical, until I came to this:

"Please note the elements that we do not accept within any of our lines: No depraved or illegal acts Hero and Heroine should not be already married to one another except in certain circumstances such as marriage of convenience. Heroine and Hero should not be married to other people when they...

I Shocked My Proofreader

Oh dear, my editor at MLR Press was kind enough to slip me the comments of the proofreader for one of my next books, Tales from the Sexual Underground (coming out in March; it's a collection of my gay erotic fiction/non-fiction). The comments, by a ruffian known as Mr. Nowell Briscoe, ruffled my feathers.

I share them with you below. And here I was hoping he would be touched by the heart warming content of the book. I was disappointed yet again.

"Lordy me..... Never in my life have I read such ...

Why I Write (Bill Kirton)

This post begins a new series of writers talking about writing...and why they feel compelled to do what they do. This week, mystery author Bill Kirton tells us what compels him.
Why I Write By Bill Kirton
I write because I can. I love words, what they do, how they sound, how they fit together. I find their rhythms comforting. They're the only way to make sense of the world. OK, we can enjoy beautiful things, intense experiences in the abstract, but if we ever want to share them, words are...

HATE--From Beyond the Grave

(Note: The following blog appeared originally on "In Cold Blog" a true-crime blog for which I am a regular monthly contributor).

This post was published originally You hear a lot these days about hate crimes against GLBT people. What you don't hear about so much is hate crimes perpetrated by someone who is dead.

Let me qualify that. This is not a story about an actual crime that could be prosecuted. It's more a story about a hateful act made against a gay man thirteen years ago that is only now...

Sneak Preview of My M/M Werewolf Tale, THE BLUE MOON CAFE

The Blue Moon Cafe will make its debut March 7! I'm really excited about this book for several reasons:
1. It's my first werewolf novel. For 20 years, I have been writing horror, or some variation thereof, but have yet to explore this territory.2. It's a horror story combined with a romance. More and more, my stories are taking on a romantic edge. I think that The Blue Moon Cafe combines the paranormal and romance in a way that will satisfy readers of both genres.3. It's my first full-length n...

My EPIC Award 2010 Nominees

So I'm off to New Orleans in a couple of weeks for EPICon 2010 and I'm happy to report that two of my Amber Quill books are finalists for awards. VGL Male Seeks Same is up for Best Contemporary Romance and Dead End Street is up for Best Young Adult Fiction.


I'm really proud to be among the other finalists. See the complete list of finalists here. And I am so looking forward to getting to New Orleans (where I haven't been in more than 10 years) and reconnecting with old friends and peers and ma...

Guest Blog: Romance Author Kelli A. Wilkins

Do you "act out" the love scenes in your books? Is the sex in your books based on your real experiences? Is it hard to write love scenes?

Believe it or not, these are some of the most common things I'm asked when people find out I write romances. The questions mostly come from relatives or others who are trying to get under my skin.

When it first happened, I didn't know how to respond. I didn't want to be completely rude, but after they probed and pestered me, snickering to themselves, I decide...

SPOTLIGHT: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Lynn Lorenz

Aren't you curious about what take gay erotic romance author Lynn Lorenz has on the classic Breakfast at Tiffany's? I am...and I can't wait until its Valentine's Day release. Hmmm...release, Valentine's Day...the two could go hand in hand (if you're lucky).

Anyway...Lynn shares a synopsis and excerpt right here:

SYNOPSIS
Scott lives in a homeless shelter and Tony is squatting in an abandoned house. Fate and fortune bring them together in a dark alley during a robbery. Tony rescues the younger...