Genta Sebastian's Blog, page 18
October 13, 2013
Five Day Give-Away!
Free October 13-17My novel, The Boxer Rebellion*, is available as a free download on Amazon from October 13th through October 17th. From some of the recent reviews:
"Kudos to the author for having the gumption to tell this story. This subject is like a bad accident, you know what you see is going to be frightening, hard to take and perhaps life changing but you have to look anyhow. Once I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. I literally read last night until the kindle said battery w...
October 12, 2013
Famous LGBTQ Folk - Part II
In honor of National Coming Out Day yesterday, I am putting up another video slide show I put together, Famous LGBTQ Folk Part II. I think it's important to put lists like this up for young (and older) LGBTQ folk to find. Many famous people have led creative, productive, inventive lives in the past, and others are making a name for themselves now. Role models can make a big difference in a life, just knowing that someone else has succeeded might change a person's life for the bette...
October 11, 2013
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Today, October 11, 2013 is the 25th anniversary of NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY. It is the day we encourage all Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgendered, and Intersexed individuals to come out of the closet of secrecy, to acknowledge their own identity for what it is, rather than what others wish it might be. Everyone must make their own choice about whether to come out of the closet or not (unless they actively work against the interest of LGBT folks, in which case they will be outted). I came out...
August 27, 2013
Slut Shaming Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus VMA 2013Okay, enough. It's time to quit all the slut shaming being thrown at Miley Cyrus for her FMA awards performance.People are up in arms, claiming it's her mother's fault that she dresses like a 'whore', and demanding that all mothers watch their girl children and insist they tow the cultural line so as not to end up like Miley. I've seen her personally torn down in many discussions today, and children warned not to even enjoy her work (work, not life) as Hannah Montana lest...
July 28, 2013
Climbing The Ladder Of Success
In our 20s we think we have all the time in the world to A) figure it out and B) get what we want. Time is the only treasure we start off with in abundance, and can never get back. Make the most of the opportunities you have today, because there will be a time when you have no more of it.
- Jason Nazar
The author of the piece I'm going to reference is only thirty-four years old, and he's offering sage advice. I'm not sure it will be the same advice he offers, if asked t...
July 10, 2013
Dustin Is A Real Woman's Woman
As it happens...
I have written, and am rewriting, a novel called A Man's Man. It involves the son of a gay man who is determined to break up his father's relationship. That, he reasons as only a thirteen year old boy can, will turn his father straight again.
The title was chosen deliberately, as titles always are. But I chose the old-fashioned phrase because it had always been applied to self assured men that other men admire. To be labeled "a man's man" meant he was the ultimate in manliness,...
I have written, and am rewriting, a novel called A Man's Man. It involves the son of a gay man who is determined to break up his father's relationship. That, he reasons as only a thirteen year old boy can, will turn his father straight again.
The title was chosen deliberately, as titles always are. But I chose the old-fashioned phrase because it had always been applied to self assured men that other men admire. To be labeled "a man's man" meant he was the ultimate in manliness,...
July 7, 2013
Let's (p)Lay A Game
The idea is self explanatory: Book Titles With One Letter Missing
Book Titles With One Letter MissingJohn DiGilio @iBraryGuyAn Ale of Two Cities -- It was the best of beers. It was the worst of beers. And they were ready to war over it. #bookswithalettermissing
Language Bandit @LanguagebanditMadame Ovary -- A novel about a doctor's wife who flirts with the idea of becoming a surrogate mother. #bookswithalettermissing
Daniel Pink @DanielPinkLiver Twist -- A scruffy orphan in...
Book Titles With One Letter MissingJohn DiGilio @iBraryGuyAn Ale of Two Cities -- It was the best of beers. It was the worst of beers. And they were ready to war over it. #bookswithalettermissingLanguage Bandit @LanguagebanditMadame Ovary -- A novel about a doctor's wife who flirts with the idea of becoming a surrogate mother. #bookswithalettermissing
Daniel Pink @DanielPinkLiver Twist -- A scruffy orphan in...
July 2, 2013
Stephen Fry Is My Hero
Listen and watch. You'll see why.
June 10, 2013
Separate Vacations - Yes or No?
Okay, I know I'm long winded on this one, but I had to stop and think. Someone on Facebook asked a simple question: Separate vacations? Yes, or No?
A string of people responded Yes right away. One person pointed out that you have to trust your lover. Another said a little space wasn't a bad thing. I understand why they say that, and I agree about both times.
My Beloved
Of course I trust my Beloved when she's out of my site, and believe me when I say that she gets hit on a LOT (hot latina butch s...
A string of people responded Yes right away. One person pointed out that you have to trust your lover. Another said a little space wasn't a bad thing. I understand why they say that, and I agree about both times.
My Beloved
Of course I trust my Beloved when she's out of my site, and believe me when I say that she gets hit on a LOT (hot latina butch s...
June 3, 2013
English Pronunciation Challenge
A Challenge for Writers and Speakers of EnglishThis poem has seven hundred and sixty-seven words, four of which I honestly admit I mispronounced. I'm vain enough not to tell you which four, but I will reluctantly admit to not being perfectly at ease with the English language. However I am (insert smirk here) 99.995% proficient, and I'm an American.Your challenge is to say the poem aloud and check your pronunciation at Dictionary.com by clicking on the little speaker next to your search word....
