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Featured Author Today on True Colorz
My thanks to Jackie Nacht and all at the True Colorz review site for making me today's featured author. Drop by and leave a comment!
In case you've been living in a cave, True Colorz is one of the top Internet resources dedicated exclusively to Young Adult LGBTQ literature. It's truly breath-taking in its scope, with a YA reading list (listed by title), an author directory (with links to websites), and a directory of YA LGBTQ publishers so you can go straight to the source if you're having trouble finding a particular book. Other highlists include monthly updates and information on new releases, featured author interviews, recommended reads and, perhaps most importantly, a full selection of books & resources related to bullying.
Really, I can't recommend True Colorz enough and encourage you all to check it out!
My Life as a Myth - Greedy Bug Review Book of the Year 2013
It's certainly been an eventful year, and as it draws to a close I discovered a great early holiday gift last night. Greedy Bug Book Reviews has chosen My Life as a Myth as one of their six Books of the Year for 2013! I now truly know what it is to be "flabbergasted." Given the excellent quality of the other five choices, I am deeply honored.
My humble thanks to Kazza K and colleagues; I'm so glad you like My Life as a Myth. (And I hope you'll like 2015's Conjoined at the Soul just as much!)
My humble thanks to Kazza K and colleagues; I'm so glad you like My Life as a Myth. (And I hope you'll like 2015's Conjoined at the Soul just as much!)
Giveaway today at The Novel Approach
Skip over to The Novel Approach Reviews where Lisa and the team invited me to write a short piece about My Life as a Myth and a couple of my upcoming works. If you aren't familiar with The Novel Approach, you should be, so check it out now.
You also have a chance to win an e-copy of My Life as a Myth!
(And don't forget to bookmark The Novel Approach Reviews; you'll be glad you did!)
You also have a chance to win an e-copy of My Life as a Myth!
(And don't forget to bookmark The Novel Approach Reviews; you'll be glad you did!)
Rainbow Book Reviews Interview
Hop over to Rainbow Book Reviews which today features a new interview with yours truly. In it, we discuss My Life as a Myth and I reveal a bit about next year's "Joined at the Soul" as well as this year's Halloween season novella release "Light in Endless Darkness," two works I'm sure you'll love! (Poke around and you'll also find a review of Myth.)
My thanks to Serena and all the great people at Rainbow Book Reviews. Rainbow is a site you should bookmark for regular reference!
My thanks to Serena and all the great people at Rainbow Book Reviews. Rainbow is a site you should bookmark for regular reference!
A brief excerpt from "Joined at the Soul"
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle
Chapter 1
Of Mirrors and Locker Rooms
The bus stops and Blake Rogers stumbles on; it’s running three minutes late. (I hate being late!) Blake is my best friend. He’s exhausted this morning because he put off doing his homework again and had to stay up late last night. Today is going to be one of those days.
“Good morning,” I say in sarcastic cheeriness.
“Mumm-ning, Randy,” he yawns. He’s already dozing before his butt even hits the seat. I’m guaranteed a quiet, peaceful ride to Chadham High. Good! I need the time to think. See, today, September 17, 1979, is a day of historic importance. This morning, I woke up and discovered I am gay.
I know I know I know; it’s not supposed to work like that, but that’s just what happened. I was brushing my teeth, spit out, and looked in the mirror. A pointy-nosed sixteen year old with mousy brown hair stared back at me.
“Randy Clark,” he said. “You, young man, are gay.”
I should probably explain. I didn’t just go to bed last night as the straight Randy Clark only to have the gay pixie come and sprinkle fairy dust all over me; it’s not that simple. The truth is it’s something I’ve kind of seen coming for a couple of years now. It’s like a process: one day you start adding up all the times in your life you caught yourself looking at guys or couldn’t stop thinking about a particular guy, and then it just hits you -- you’re gay.
It’s funny, but now that I’ve admitted it, I feel more at ease than I ever have in my life; it feels natural. But it’s also kind of scary too. I mean being gay isn’t exactly the kind of thing you can just announce to the world. Some people would instantly hate you; others would express their feelings with a few punches (and I get more than my share of those already). It’s enough to make a guy a little nervous.
And then there’s the problem, the real problem; something’s missing in my life, something important, very important. See, a straight guy can look forward to the possibility of getting married. But what about me? Is there someone out there waiting for me? I mean sure, friends are important in life, but they’re not enough -- what I need is a boyfriend, that special someone to turn me on and send me into sexual orbit. That’s what it’s all about, right?
Blake won’t be the first person I tell I’m gay. It’s not that he’d stop being my friend or anything, it’s just more urgent to find someone I can go to for advice about guys first. Blake likes girls too much to be any help on that issue.
For that job, I know exactly who I need: Annie Brock and Jeremy Smith. They’re in my Art class. If there are any two people on earth who will be able to help me find a boyfriend, its Annie and Jeremy.
"Joined at the Soul" - coming in February 2015 from Prizm Books.
Aristotle
Chapter 1
Of Mirrors and Locker Rooms
The bus stops and Blake Rogers stumbles on; it’s running three minutes late. (I hate being late!) Blake is my best friend. He’s exhausted this morning because he put off doing his homework again and had to stay up late last night. Today is going to be one of those days.
“Good morning,” I say in sarcastic cheeriness.
“Mumm-ning, Randy,” he yawns. He’s already dozing before his butt even hits the seat. I’m guaranteed a quiet, peaceful ride to Chadham High. Good! I need the time to think. See, today, September 17, 1979, is a day of historic importance. This morning, I woke up and discovered I am gay.
I know I know I know; it’s not supposed to work like that, but that’s just what happened. I was brushing my teeth, spit out, and looked in the mirror. A pointy-nosed sixteen year old with mousy brown hair stared back at me.
“Randy Clark,” he said. “You, young man, are gay.”
I should probably explain. I didn’t just go to bed last night as the straight Randy Clark only to have the gay pixie come and sprinkle fairy dust all over me; it’s not that simple. The truth is it’s something I’ve kind of seen coming for a couple of years now. It’s like a process: one day you start adding up all the times in your life you caught yourself looking at guys or couldn’t stop thinking about a particular guy, and then it just hits you -- you’re gay.
It’s funny, but now that I’ve admitted it, I feel more at ease than I ever have in my life; it feels natural. But it’s also kind of scary too. I mean being gay isn’t exactly the kind of thing you can just announce to the world. Some people would instantly hate you; others would express their feelings with a few punches (and I get more than my share of those already). It’s enough to make a guy a little nervous.
And then there’s the problem, the real problem; something’s missing in my life, something important, very important. See, a straight guy can look forward to the possibility of getting married. But what about me? Is there someone out there waiting for me? I mean sure, friends are important in life, but they’re not enough -- what I need is a boyfriend, that special someone to turn me on and send me into sexual orbit. That’s what it’s all about, right?
Blake won’t be the first person I tell I’m gay. It’s not that he’d stop being my friend or anything, it’s just more urgent to find someone I can go to for advice about guys first. Blake likes girls too much to be any help on that issue.
For that job, I know exactly who I need: Annie Brock and Jeremy Smith. They’re in my Art class. If there are any two people on earth who will be able to help me find a boyfriend, its Annie and Jeremy.
"Joined at the Soul" - coming in February 2015 from Prizm Books.
Easter/Passover Giveaway!
Happy Easter to those celebrating it today, and Pesach Same'ach to those celebrating Passover!
Mrs Condit & Friends Reads Books is a wonderful site everyone should have bookmarked for regular reference.
Today Becky and company are offering an E-book giveaway of My Life as a Myth. Hop over and enter to win your free copy now!
And then click to Youtube for the playlist for Nick's first semester chapter titles!
Mrs Condit & Friends Reads Books is a wonderful site everyone should have bookmarked for regular reference.
Today Becky and company are offering an E-book giveaway of My Life as a Myth. Hop over and enter to win your free copy now!
And then click to Youtube for the playlist for Nick's first semester chapter titles!
Get My Life as a Myth at 20% off!
You asked for it!
The good folks at Torquere are giving you it!
Get 20% off My Life as a Myth and all your favorite Prizm Books and Torquere Press titles now through Sunday!
Just use the coupon code RT2014 at checkout!
The good folks at Torquere are giving you it!
Get 20% off My Life as a Myth and all your favorite Prizm Books and Torquere Press titles now through Sunday!
Just use the coupon code RT2014 at checkout!
My Life as a Myth now 20% off!
Woohoo! Thanks to good people from Prizm Books and Torquere Press, My Life as a Myth and all Torquere and Prizm titles are now 20% off through June 30th.
Just use the coupon code PRIDE at checkout.
Just use the coupon code PRIDE at checkout.
These people are crazy!
This week, Torquere Press is celebrating it's eleventh anniversary. Okay. Fair enough.
But in celebration, these insane people have put everything - EVERYTHING! - on sale. That includes My Life as a Myth and all it's Prizm Books young adult titles. How crazy is that?
Just use the coupon code TORQUERE2014 to get 25% off your entire purchase through Sunday September 21st.
(I hope they have enough of those e-books in stock. You might want to get yours now before they run out! :-D )
Click here for Torquere Press and here for Prizm Books.
But in celebration, these insane people have put everything - EVERYTHING! - on sale. That includes My Life as a Myth and all it's Prizm Books young adult titles. How crazy is that?
Just use the coupon code TORQUERE2014 to get 25% off your entire purchase through Sunday September 21st.
(I hope they have enough of those e-books in stock. You might want to get yours now before they run out! :-D )
Click here for Torquere Press and here for Prizm Books.
