Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Recently there’s been talk of whether Kindle Unlimited is beneficial to authors. Some authors have taken their books out of Kindle Unlimited, going back to the old model of “if you want my book, you have to buy it.” I hope that decision works out for those authors. And I hope the decision to stay... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Steve Milton back to TNA today to chat a bit about something near and dear to my heart—reviews. Welcome, Steve! Dealing with Bad Reviews It’s a rite of passage for a starting author: a scathing Amazon (or Goodreads) review that announces that you lack talent, you couldn’t write your... Continue Reading →
Entertaining Comes First Isaac Bashevis Singer famously said that the purpose of literature is “to entertain and to instruct, and only in that order.” We writers of gay fiction or gay romance have an especially heavy burden on the “instruct” side of things. Any time we are writing about gay relationships, we are touching a... Continue Reading →
June is Gay Pride Month. For some people, it’s a time to reflect on political activism and the dangers that loom over gay people worldwide even in 2017. For other people, it’s a time to to remember the accomplishments of the past forty or so years of gay pride and pay homage to figures such... Continue Reading →
Writers’ Muses Are Like Unicorns: They Don’t Exist “I finished my new novel,” I tell a friend. “I guess your muse spoke to you,” she might tell me, if she hasn’t yet heard my rant on the subject. In the popular conception, writers are blessed, or chosen, and have these fabled inspirational creatures speak in... Continue Reading →
Why Is Writing Gay Romance Sexier Than Straight Romance? Twice the cock, twice the biceps, and twice the manliness, of course. We’ve all heard a clueless person asking about a gay male couple, “So which one is the man and which one is the woman?” Um, both are the man – isn't that the definition... Continue Reading →
History Shouldn’t Be a Mystery: Historical Gay Romance Gay men have been around everywhere since forever. So why should we only tell stories set in the contemporary United States? My new series, Love Against The Odds, is something adventurous and something of a risk. It explores love between gay men in times and places where... Continue Reading →
Rock Out With Your Cock Out My latest novel, The Big Comeback, is (in part) about the pop/rock music business. So are two other books of mine, Extra Hot Latte and The Minister and the Rock Star. I love writing about music because I love thinking about (and listening to) music. I wish I could... Continue Reading →
New Year’s Resolution: So You Want To Be a Writer Happy New Year! If you’re reading this book blog, one of your New Year’s resolutions must be either starting to write or improving your writing -- unless you’re a writer who’s already perfect, but I have yet to meet that person. In my latest book,... Continue Reading →
Stand Against Tolerance Tolerance this, tolerance that. As writers of gay romance, we're supposed to be promoting tolerance. I hate tolerance. I hate the word. I hate the concept, at least if we're talking about sexual orientation tolerance, religious tolerance, or ethnic tolerance. I'm perfectly alright with alcohol tolerance or even pain tolerance. Is anyone... Continue Reading →
Author Steve Milton is joining us today, and will be back as a regular monthly contributor here at The Novel Approach. I'm so pleased to welcome him and look so forward to the insights and perspectives he'll be bringing to the blog. Welcome, Steve! Write What You Want to Know Who should be writing gay... Continue Reading →
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