Everything’s Comin’ Up Rainbows!

Today we’re celebrating rainbows. If you haven’t already heard, the 2014 Rainbow Awards are out! I’ve been blessed in the past with two Rainbow Awards: one for my lesbian historical, The View from 16 Podwale Street and The Other Man: 21 Writers Speak Candidly About Love, Sex, Infidelity, & Moving On , an anthology of personal essays. This year, Lovers and Liars, my gay historical romance series, received an Honorable Mention. I’m thrilled to be included with all the other literary luminaries.

My heartfelt congratulations to all the winners and runners up!

The driving force behind this annual event is Ms. Elisa Rolle. Elisa has almost single-handedly changed the literary landscape for LGBT writers everywhere—and she’s done it in grand style. Thank you, Elisa, from all of us.

This year’s competition raised almost $11,500 for LGBT charities. An unbelievable accomplishment! (I’m using lots of exclamations and I mean every one!)

2014 was a banner year for Elisa. In addition to helming the annual contest, she is the author of the much acclaimed Days of Love: Celebrating LGBT History One Story at a Time. Elisa’s book is an immensely ambitious and validating work of gay history that chronicles more than 700 LGBT couples down through the ages. Another achievement of immense proportions. How does she do it?

Elisa, what would we do without you? I hope we never have to find out.

You can read the full list of the 2014 Rainbow Award winners and runners up below. Be sure to keep a pen handy. You’ll want to jot down a ton of titles for future reading. (I know I did.)

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Until next week for a giveaway of my holiday novella, A Christmas In Kent , I want to thank all of you for following my little blog this year. If you haven’t already guessed I’m a newbie at this. Proving once again you really can teach a very old dog a new trick.

See you next week.

The best is yet to come,

Paul