Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.” ― Paulo Coelho ***This... Continue Reading →
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.” ― Paulo Coelho ***This... Continue Reading →
The Making of Revelations: How it came to be The idea was born many years ago. Over forty, actually. When I was a teenager. Back then, it didn’t have a name, and it had no real shape. But I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to tell the story of Judas Iscariot. The... Continue Reading →
The Making of Revelations: How it came to be The idea was born many years ago. Over forty, actually. When I was a teenager. Back then, it didn’t have a name, and it had no real shape. But I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to tell the story of Judas Iscariot. The... Continue Reading →
“When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.” ― Julian Barnes This is a different type of book. You won’t find this on a specialty site from a small publisher that loves man-on-man quite like the rest of us. But sometimes a book comes along that is... Continue Reading →
“When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.” ― Julian Barnes This is a different type of book. You won’t find this on a specialty site from a small publisher that loves man-on-man quite like the rest of us. But sometimes a book comes along that is... Continue Reading →
“Hope, which whispered from Pandora's box after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of all things. Without it, there is only time.” – Ian Caldwell Ah, the fictional antihero. He isn’t the strongest or the handsomest or the smartest man, but there is something about him that makes... Continue Reading →
“Hope, which whispered from Pandora's box after all the other plagues and sorrows had escaped, is the best and last of all things. Without it, there is only time.” – Ian Caldwell Ah, the fictional antihero. He isn’t the strongest or the handsomest or the smartest man, but there is something about him that makes... Continue Reading →
“I always dreamed of the stars. Getting as high as I could so I could reach out and touch them. I didn’t realize, not until I’d seen the Earth from orbit, that I’d been dreaming the wrong dreams. Everything that matters, everything that’s important, is right down here.” ― Jeremy Pack, To Touch the Stars... Continue Reading →
“I always dreamed of the stars. Getting as high as I could so I could reach out and touch them. I didn’t realize, not until I’d seen the Earth from orbit, that I’d been dreaming the wrong dreams. Everything that matters, everything that’s important, is right down here.” ― Jeremy Pack, To Touch the Stars... Continue Reading →
What to do? THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My love of reading is at odds with my love of writing, which is always at odds with my love of play. For example, it's a bright and sunny day outside, what should I do? A) Go play outside! Skip! Smell the flowers! Weed the garden!... Continue Reading →
What to do? THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My love of reading is at odds with my love of writing, which is always at odds with my love of play. For example, it's a bright and sunny day outside, what should I do? A) Go play outside! Skip! Smell the flowers! Weed the garden!... Continue Reading →
We all have hopes and dreams that we do almost anything to make real. And if we get lucky, and our wish is granted, maybe that's what we call happiness.” ― Sakura Austin Shelbourne has spent his life in small town America. He had hopes and dreams just like the rest of us. He wanted... Continue Reading →
We all have hopes and dreams that we do almost anything to make real. And if we get lucky, and our wish is granted, maybe that's what we call happiness.” ― Sakura Austin Shelbourne has spent his life in small town America. He had hopes and dreams just like the rest of us. He wanted... Continue Reading →
Can you believe we’ve already got five weeks of GayRomLit celebration behind us? I know! Neither can I. That means there are only two more weeks to go before the party comes to a close. If you want to keep score of who has already appeared and who’s left to appear, check out the complete... Continue Reading →
Can you believe we’ve already got five weeks of GayRomLit celebration behind us? I know! Neither can I. That means there are only two more weeks to go before the party comes to a close. If you want to keep score of who has already appeared and who’s left to appear, check out the complete... Continue Reading →
“Every relationship has at least one really good day. What I mean is, no matter how sour things go, there’s always that day. That day is always in your possession. That’s the day you remember. You get old and you think: well, at least I had that day. It happened once. You think all the... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Janet, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start out with you telling us a little bit about yourself? JHT: I’m utterly boring and alternate between being a hopeless procrastinator and positively driven. (You might want to skip this question. :) ) TNA: Was there someone who inspired... Continue Reading →
“Never a horse that can’t be rode and never a rider that can’t be throwed.” ― Earle Gray In this, the second book in The Bullriders series, we take a trip back to the rodeo with Andrew Grey. This time around instead of seeing the end of a champion's reign, we are seeing the beginning... Continue Reading →
“Never a horse that can’t be rode and never a rider that can’t be throwed.” ― Earle Gray In this, the second book in The Bullriders series, we take a trip back to the rodeo with Andrew Grey. This time around instead of seeing the end of a champion's reign, we are seeing the beginning... Continue Reading →
“Thou art to me a delicious torment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I am of the opinion that loving to read is a combination of a variety of things, some of which is a healthy dose of anticipation and a probably more than healthy dose of expectation. Expectations are those nagging little impulses that make you... Continue Reading →
“Thou art to me a delicious torment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I am of the opinion that loving to read is a combination of a variety of things, some of which is a healthy dose of anticipation and a probably more than healthy dose of expectation. Expectations are those nagging little impulses that make you... Continue Reading →
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.” -- John Burroughs This is Love is a sweet, low-angst book. It is a good story about two damaged men who find love with each other. It isn’t perfect. My two main gripes are the insta-love that was just too unbelievable... Continue Reading →
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.” -- John Burroughs This is Love is a sweet, low-angst book. It is a good story about two damaged men who find love with each other. It isn’t perfect. My two main gripes are the insta-love that was just too unbelievable... Continue Reading →
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