Hello world!

Welcome to my new blog at WordPress.com!  I am a gay romance/erotica author, with two stories published (so far) and about five novellas underway.   I thought I would introduce myself, and admit that I am female, not male. 

I originally started writing under an alias because I was job hunting and wasn't sure how being an author of gay romances would be received.  However, I've been employed for a while and feel that there really isn't a reason to hide anymore. 

I've always felt uncomfortable pretending to be a gay man when I was really a middle-aged straight woman, but felt trapped because I was already published with two short stories available under Treadway, and my day job being what it was.  In discussions with fellow authors, however, I realized that posing as a gay man could be seen as deceitful by my readers, and I definitely don't want to be seen as a fraud.  My original goal was to be published and still be able to carry on with what needed to be done in real life.

So I want to apologize to those readers who thought I was male, and come clean.  I will still continue to publish under Jonathan Treadway, but my bio will admit I'm female.  Just so you know, Jonathan's original bio was honest, just worded as male.   

Here's my (new) official bio:

Jonathan Treadway is the pseudonym of  Jennifer Tilt, who lives with her family in northern Massachusetts, very close to New Hampshire.  Jen has a professional job doing market analysis during the day and writes in the evenings and on weekends whenever she can.  Her stories focus on the romance between two men and all the trials gay men have to survive in order to have a healthy, happily-ever-after (or for now) relationship. To her there's nothing sexier than two men exploring each other physically and emotionally as they fall in love.

When Jen's not writing, she may be trying to relearn how to play her recorders; planning designs and buying supplies for an endless number of quilts (although actually putting them together seems to be a bit slower); or reading any M/M story she can get her hands on — anything to avoid housework. In addition to her human family, Jen also has a pushy rabbit named Annabelle.

So I welcome all comments positive and negative!