Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: My Favorite Uncle Author: Marshall Thornton Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Martin Dixon’s carefully constructed peaceful life is turned upside down. When his super Christian eighteen year-old nephew Carter shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep and announces that he’s gay, Martin’s first impulse is to send him... Continue Reading →
Title: My Favorite Uncle Author: Marshall Thornton Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Martin Dixon’s carefully constructed peaceful life is turned upside down. When his super Christian eighteen year-old nephew Carter shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep and announces that he’s gay, Martin’s first impulse is to send him... Continue Reading →
Title: Stepping Through Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 52 Genre: Urban Fantasy Cover Artist: Paul Richmond Blurb: Cameron Wheeler’s life is all mapped out: he’ll finish business school, return home to Vermont, get a job, and marry his high-school girlfriend. He’s packed away what he really wants—a career as a musician—because he knows... Continue Reading →
Title: Stepping Through Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 52 Genre: Urban Fantasy Cover Artist: Paul Richmond Blurb: Cameron Wheeler’s life is all mapped out: he’ll finish business school, return home to Vermont, get a job, and marry his high-school girlfriend. He’s packed away what he really wants—a career as a musician—because he knows... Continue Reading →
Hero was originally written to be a novella to answer a call from Ellora’s Cave for stories themed around “drink.” I missed the deadline by five months and overshot by forty thousand words, but the whole concept of the story was this idea that a regular joe accidentally walked into a shifter bar, and they... Continue Reading →
Title: Boystown: Season One Author: Jake Biondi Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 303 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: One of the most diverse and lively neighborhoods in the country, Chicago's BOYSTOWN has something for everyone. So it's no wonder that Jesse Morgan and Cole O'Brien chose to live there upon graduating from college. Ready go begin... Continue Reading →
Title: Boystown: Season One Author: Jake Biondi Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 303 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: One of the most diverse and lively neighborhoods in the country, Chicago's BOYSTOWN has something for everyone. So it's no wonder that Jesse Morgan and Cole O'Brien chose to live there upon graduating from college. Ready go begin... Continue Reading →
“I am afraid of him now. The one I love most in the world.” – Neil Jordan Title: The Crying Game Author: Kol Anderson Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 41 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: William Davenport can’t take the weight of the secret in his life any more. When his brother makes the ultimate sacrifice... Continue Reading →
“I am afraid of him now. The one I love most in the world.” – Neil Jordan Title: The Crying Game Author: Kol Anderson Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 41 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: William Davenport can’t take the weight of the secret in his life any more. When his brother makes the ultimate sacrifice... Continue Reading →
As much as I love reading, my favorite kinds of books are those that come in a series. I love revisiting characters, discovering aspects of their lives that might not appear during their starring role. Write what you love, right? When I decided to write, I had an idea for a series set at a... Continue Reading →
TNA: Welcome to The Novel Approach, Shira, we’re glad to have you with us today. Why don’t we start by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Shira: Thank for hosting me today! For those who may not know, I was a professional opera singer for about 14 years, and a violinist before... Continue Reading →
TNA: Welcome to The Novel Approach, Shira, we’re glad to have you with us today. Why don’t we start by having you tell us a little bit about yourself? Shira: Thank for hosting me today! For those who may not know, I was a professional opera singer for about 14 years, and a violinist before... Continue Reading →
Thank you, The Novel Approach, for giving me yet another guest spot! I was here less than a month ago to talk up Project Fierce Chicago. It was easy to tell everyone to buy it, because all the proceeds go to Project Fierce Chicago, an organization that helps homeless LGBT youth. This time, I’m slinking... Continue Reading →
Thank you, The Novel Approach, for giving me yet another guest spot! I was here less than a month ago to talk up Project Fierce Chicago. It was easy to tell everyone to buy it, because all the proceeds go to Project Fierce Chicago, an organization that helps homeless LGBT youth. This time, I’m slinking... Continue Reading →
Title: Breaking Free Author: Cat Grant Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Richard Carr has the kind of life most people would envy. Partner in a major Los Angeles law firm, married to the man of his dreams, Richard seems to have it made – except for the lie he’s been... Continue Reading →
Title: Breaking Free Author: Cat Grant Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Richard Carr has the kind of life most people would envy. Partner in a major Los Angeles law firm, married to the man of his dreams, Richard seems to have it made – except for the lie he’s been... Continue Reading →
Title: So Far Gone Author: Avril Ashton Publisher: Sinner’s Haven Publishing Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: One night? Feels like three years… Jacob Donnelly wants something new. Something different. Which is why he’s got a one-way ticket to New York and his bags packed. One last night out to the bar finds... Continue Reading →
Title: So Far Gone Author: Avril Ashton Publisher: Sinner’s Haven Publishing Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: One night? Feels like three years… Jacob Donnelly wants something new. Something different. Which is why he’s got a one-way ticket to New York and his bags packed. One last night out to the bar finds... Continue Reading →
Author: A.E. Via Title: EMBRACING HIS SYN Genre: M/M GAY EROTIC CONTEMPORARY Pages: 361 Release Date: July 28, 2014Blurb: Sergeant Corbin 'Syn' Sydney had dedicated his life to becoming the best detective. So when he heard there was an opening on the notorious Atlanta Narcotics Task Force, he jumped at the chance. But, what he... Continue Reading →
Author: A.E. Via Title: EMBRACING HIS SYN Genre: M/M GAY EROTIC CONTEMPORARY Pages: 361 Release Date: July 28, 2014Blurb: Sergeant Corbin 'Syn' Sydney had dedicated his life to becoming the best detective. So when he heard there was an opening on the notorious Atlanta Narcotics Task Force, he jumped at the chance. But, what he... Continue Reading →
Title: A Matter of When Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 236 Genre: Contemporary Romance Cover Artist: Reese Dante Releases: September 15, 2015 Available for Pre-order now: Dreamspinner Press Blurb: Wealth. Fame. Gold record. Hookers and Cocaine front man Henri Lafontaine has it all…including a control freak manager, band members who smile as they... Continue Reading →
Title: A Matter of When Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages: 236 Genre: Contemporary Romance Cover Artist: Reese Dante Releases: September 15, 2015 Available for Pre-order now: Dreamspinner Press Blurb: Wealth. Fame. Gold record. Hookers and Cocaine front man Henri Lafontaine has it all…including a control freak manager, band members who smile as they... Continue Reading →
“He now knew what that ache was: empathy. And it wasn’t just any kind of empathy, but one involving loneliness.” – Hayden Thorne Title: Grave’s End Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: It isn’t business as usual for Maelwine when a new family moves into Grave’s End... Continue Reading →
“He now knew what that ache was: empathy. And it wasn’t just any kind of empathy, but one involving loneliness.” – Hayden Thorne Title: Grave’s End Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: It isn’t business as usual for Maelwine when a new family moves into Grave’s End... Continue Reading →
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