Why Newbie Author Ryan Quinn Isn't Thrilled About Being on Amazon Gay Bestseller List

Just when I thought I'd seen everything, something like this pops up on the Interwebs. New author, Ryan Quinn, just had a coming of age novel released and it made #1 on the Amazon bestseller list in Gay/Lesbian Fiction.

Instead of thanking his readers like most authors with any sense of decorum would do, Quinn writes this piece for the Huff Post:

I admit I did a little fist pump. But after the triumph sunk in, I settled on an emotion that was distinctly more conflicted.

I'm posting excerpts of t...