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 →
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 →
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 →
“The core of your true self is never lost. Let go of all the pretending and the becoming you’ve done just to belong. Curl up with your rawness and come home. You don’t have to find yourself; you just have tolet yourself in.” – D. Antoinette Foy Title: Filthy Acquisitions Author: Edmond Manning Publisher: Wilde... Continue Reading →
“The core of your true self is never lost. Let go of all the pretending and the becoming you’ve done just to belong. Curl up with your rawness and come home. You don’t have to find yourself; you just have tolet yourself in.” – D. Antoinette Foy Title: Filthy Acquisitions Author: Edmond Manning Publisher: Wilde... Continue Reading →
In the summer before my second senior year of college (yes, I was on the five-year plan), I needed money. I was broke. Desperate for a second job, I took a better-than-minimum-wage gig working for a local company, updating the city directory. Our job was to wander the city of DeKalb, knocking on doors, asking... Continue Reading →
“When you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth—that hero lies in you.” – Mariah Carey Title: Hero (2nd Edition) Author: Heidi Cullinan Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 60,000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Construction worker Hal Porter knows he’s nobody special. But when... Continue Reading →
“When you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth—that hero lies in you.” – Mariah Carey Title: Hero (2nd Edition) Author: Heidi Cullinan Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 60,000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Construction worker Hal Porter knows he’s nobody special. But when... Continue Reading →
It’s no wonder the Zodiac Killer flirted so relentlessly with the police. Or that Jack the Ripper courted and baited detectives with his - or her - coy letters. We all wish to be pursued. We all long to be desired.” ― Chuck Palahniuk Title: Slasherazzi Author: Daniel A. Kaine Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word... Continue Reading →
It’s no wonder the Zodiac Killer flirted so relentlessly with the police. Or that Jack the Ripper courted and baited detectives with his - or her - coy letters. We all wish to be pursued. We all long to be desired.” ― Chuck Palahniuk Title: Slasherazzi Author: Daniel A. Kaine Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, and thanks for stopping by as we kick off the second week of the Slasherazzi blog tour. And thank you to The Novel Approach for having me. Just a quick note about the giveaway: you may notice the giveaway has reset this week. Don’t worry, because it hasn’t. There are actually two giveaways.... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, and thanks for stopping by as we kick off the second week of the Slasherazzi blog tour. And thank you to The Novel Approach for having me. Just a quick note about the giveaway: you may notice the giveaway has reset this week. Don’t worry, because it hasn’t. There are actually two giveaways.... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is pleased to welcome David Pratt on the Looking After Joey Blog Tour. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED Blurb: From the author of Bob the Book comes a funny, fast-paced, touching tale of love, laughter, family of choice and fabulousness! Wouldn’t it be great if a porn character stepped out of the... Continue Reading →
The Novel Approach is pleased to welcome David Pratt on the Looking After Joey Blog Tour. THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED Blurb: From the author of Bob the Book comes a funny, fast-paced, touching tale of love, laughter, family of choice and fabulousness! Wouldn’t it be great if a porn character stepped out of the... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Liam, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start off by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things we don’t know about you that you’d like to share with readers? Liam: I am into cars; I have a subscription to a weekly car... Continue Reading →
TNA: Hi, Liam, thanks so much for being here with us today. Why don’t we start off by having you tell us a little bit about yourself: hobbies, interests, things we don’t know about you that you’d like to share with readers? Liam: I am into cars; I have a subscription to a weekly car... Continue Reading →
When I was in high school and college, I went on a lot of tours with musical groups, and what I learned most on those trips was as soon as you left the Midwest, people assumed you were a moron. Cities were the worst—New York was beyond the beyond asinine—but pretty much everywhere we went,... Continue Reading →
There was a tornado warning last Thursday in Denver after Travis and I asked the waiter for the check. Travis and I despised each other from day one, but we both adored our 67-year-old friend Bob. Bob made us promise to play nice for the entire country western dance convention. We couldn’t fucking stand each... Continue Reading →
There was a tornado warning last Thursday in Denver after Travis and I asked the waiter for the check. Travis and I despised each other from day one, but we both adored our 67-year-old friend Bob. Bob made us promise to play nice for the entire country western dance convention. We couldn’t fucking stand each... Continue Reading →
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED Accidental Alpha Blurb: A quiet life. A break from the dangers of being a cop. Yep, Lex Tompkins has his future all worked out. That is, until fate—or rather the stray toddler from the house across the street—bites those plans in the ass. Well, technically Lex’s neck. Suddenly, he’s transformed... Continue Reading →
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED Accidental Alpha Blurb: A quiet life. A break from the dangers of being a cop. Yep, Lex Tompkins has his future all worked out. That is, until fate—or rather the stray toddler from the house across the street—bites those plans in the ass. Well, technically Lex’s neck. Suddenly, he’s transformed... Continue Reading →
“A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.” - Dean Koontz Title: The Next Author: Rafe Haze Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 257 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: He never thought he’d become one of the agoraphobic sludges of New York... Continue Reading →
“I suspect the most we can hope for, and it's no small hope, is that we never give up, that we never stop giving ourselves permission to try to love and receive love.” ― Elizabeth Strout Title: A Fighting Man (Men of Manhattan: Book Three) Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 103... Continue Reading →
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