Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope and your courage.” – Doe Zantamata Title: As You Are Author: Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 61000 Words Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Operation Danny…that’s all bartender and recent college graduate, Julian Hallowell has had on... Continue Reading →
“Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them… your smile, your hope and your courage.” – Doe Zantamata Title: As You Are Author: Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 61000 Words Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Operation Danny…that’s all bartender and recent college graduate, Julian Hallowell has had on... Continue Reading →
“The irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.” ― Isaac Marion Title: Guess Who’s Coming at Dinner Author: Geoffrey Knight and Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 25,000 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser... Continue Reading →
“The irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.” ― Isaac Marion Title: Guess Who’s Coming at Dinner Author: Geoffrey Knight and Ethan Day Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 25,000 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Board up the windows, push an old dresser... Continue Reading →
“So much of what happens by chance forms what becomes your life.” ― Roger Ebert Summary: Sitting in a Michigan airport bar and licking his wounds after a brutal cyber-dumping and clash with his alcoholic mother, Deacon Miller doesn’t think things could get any worse. He certainly didn’t imagine the night could get better, but... Continue Reading →
“So much of what happens by chance forms what becomes your life.” ― Roger Ebert Summary: Sitting in a Michigan airport bar and licking his wounds after a brutal cyber-dumping and clash with his alcoholic mother, Deacon Miller doesn’t think things could get any worse. He certainly didn’t imagine the night could get better, but... Continue Reading →
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” ― Seth Grahame-Smith Zombie Boyz is the much-anticipated anthology from Wilde City Press. I know that when it was first offered up for review my fellow reviewers and myself at The Novel Approach acted like... Continue Reading →
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” ― Seth Grahame-Smith Zombie Boyz is the much-anticipated anthology from Wilde City Press. I know that when it was first offered up for review my fellow reviewers and myself at The Novel Approach acted like... Continue Reading →
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. – Diogenes This was the second time I read Self Preservation by Ethan Day. The first time, it was released by a different e-publisher and I gave it three stars.... Continue Reading →
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. – Diogenes This was the second time I read Self Preservation by Ethan Day. The first time, it was released by a different e-publisher and I gave it three stars.... Continue Reading →
Well, it's that time of year again, the time of year when we all wonder where the days and weeks and months have gone, the time to reflect on some of the great books we've read throughout the year, the time of year I scratch my head and wonder if I'll ever live long enough... Continue Reading →
So... I read this great little book last month called To Catch a Fox. Maybe you've heard of it? Anyway, it was pretty darn fun and funny and sexy and I thought to myself, hm, I wonder if Geoff and Ethan would have a minute to answer a few questions about it. And guess what?... Continue Reading →
So... I read this great little book last month called To Catch a Fox. Maybe you've heard of it? Anyway, it was pretty darn fun and funny and sexy and I thought to myself, hm, I wonder if Geoff and Ethan would have a minute to answer a few questions about it. And guess what?... Continue Reading →
I'm not even going to lie... GayRomLit 2012 was the most fun I've ever had with all of my clothes on. Heh. Shhhh, sorry I went there. :-D But seriously, let me tell you, there are very few things I will leave my family for, and GayRomLit 20--, yes, all of them—for many years to... Continue Reading →
I'm not even going to lie... GayRomLit 2012 was the most fun I've ever had with all of my clothes on. Heh. Shhhh, sorry I went there. :-D But seriously, let me tell you, there are very few things I will leave my family for, and GayRomLit 20--, yes, all of them—for many years to... Continue Reading →
It's early. Early! ::yawns:: But there's something a little less difficult about getting up at 4:00am when you know you're off to the airport for a long weekend of fun, right? Sure, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ::Starbucks:: I want to take a minute to do two things. First, to say thank... Continue Reading →
It's early. Early! ::yawns:: But there's something a little less difficult about getting up at 4:00am when you know you're off to the airport for a long weekend of fun, right? Sure, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ::Starbucks:: I want to take a minute to do two things. First, to say thank... Continue Reading →
“Secrets are made to be found out with time.” – Charles Sanford Are there any two authors who were destined to collaborate more so than Geoffrey Knight and Ethan Day? I mean, Knight and Day? Come on. It’s synchronicity, isn’t it? Well, let me tell you, I’m thinking this was a long time coming and... Continue Reading →
“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.” - Stendhal Cain Elliott has exhausted his hope to its very dregs, scraping through his reserves to come out at rock bottom with the certainty that he’s going to lose not only his home but the homes of his colorful and... Continue Reading →
“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.” - Stendhal Cain Elliott has exhausted his hope to its very dregs, scraping through his reserves to come out at rock bottom with the certainty that he’s going to lose not only his home but the homes of his colorful and... Continue Reading →
The only way to ensure you’ll fail at something is by not taking a chance and giving yourself the opportunity to succeed. Luke Landon and Owen West learned that lesson the hard way, but they were young and the way they felt about each other was a little scary, for lack of a better word.... Continue Reading →
The only way to ensure you’ll fail at something is by not taking a chance and giving yourself the opportunity to succeed. Luke Landon and Owen West learned that lesson the hard way, but they were young and the way they felt about each other was a little scary, for lack of a better word.... Continue Reading →
Some sure signs that I’m entirely in love with a book: • Dinner rule – if you can’t nuke it or pour it in a bowl with milk, you might have to go hungry. • Conversation rule – if you’re not hemorrhaging, regurgitating, or on fire, I am off limits. • Note: the breakage of... Continue Reading →
Some sure signs that I’m entirely in love with a book: • Dinner rule – if you can’t nuke it or pour it in a bowl with milk, you might have to go hungry. • Conversation rule – if you’re not hemorrhaging, regurgitating, or on fire, I am off limits. • Note: the breakage of... Continue Reading →
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