Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“If only. Those were two very big, impossible words.” – Brandon Shire Blurb: Two years after watching Anderson walk out of the prison gates, Lem has a visitor who informs him that Anderson desperately needs his help. He scoffs at the idea until he is given an offer that he cannot refuse. He doesn’t know... Continue Reading →
Today I come to my second home on the internet. Thank you, Lisa, for having me back. First, down to business. Of course I am offering a giveaway. There will be two winners per blog stop. One random commenter will win an ebook copy of Tarnished Gold or For Men Like Us. Another commenter will... Continue Reading →
Today I come to my second home on the internet. Thank you, Lisa, for having me back. First, down to business. Of course I am offering a giveaway. There will be two winners per blog stop. One random commenter will win an ebook copy of Tarnished Gold or For Men Like Us. Another commenter will... Continue Reading →
“Love is the most common miracle.” ― John Green Blurb: Hindy Nardella, gallery owner and tidy leather diva, isn’t sure about love anymore. His most-recent ex-lover said “sayonara” and headed for Japan despite a week of Hindy begging him to stay. The man before that bid Hindy “namaste” before heading for Nepal seeking salvation. Hindy... Continue Reading →
“Love is the most common miracle.” ― John Green Blurb: Hindy Nardella, gallery owner and tidy leather diva, isn’t sure about love anymore. His most-recent ex-lover said “sayonara” and headed for Japan despite a week of Hindy begging him to stay. The man before that bid Hindy “namaste” before heading for Nepal seeking salvation. Hindy... Continue Reading →
“Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans”-- Robert Wagner Wow, I needed this book. I have had several disappointing YA LGBT reads lately. Books where abusers got away with their crimes and date rape was treated as just another mistake. I told myself I was finished with YA novels. But I... Continue Reading →
“Pets have more love and compassion in them than most humans”-- Robert Wagner Wow, I needed this book. I have had several disappointing YA LGBT reads lately. Books where abusers got away with their crimes and date rape was treated as just another mistake. I told myself I was finished with YA novels. But I... Continue Reading →
“Drama is life with the dull parts left out.” ― Alfred Hitchcock BLURB: Christmas, 1983: A young man, Robert, tends to his soul mate, Keith, who is dying from AIDS. Robert tries valiantly to make this a special Christmas for his lover, but loses the fight late Christmas night. Christmas, 2007: Robert ventures out late... Continue Reading →
“Drama is life with the dull parts left out.” ― Alfred Hitchcock BLURB: Christmas, 1983: A young man, Robert, tends to his soul mate, Keith, who is dying from AIDS. Robert tries valiantly to make this a special Christmas for his lover, but loses the fight late Christmas night. Christmas, 2007: Robert ventures out late... Continue Reading →
Why did I choose The Decisions We Make? “Decisions” is one of my first written stories, and certainly one of the first from my own publisher Love Lane Books. I love the story so much. Daniel is the young orphan who is taken in by a beautiful family. When I look back at this book... Continue Reading →
Why did I choose The Decisions We Make? “Decisions” is one of my first written stories, and certainly one of the first from my own publisher Love Lane Books. I love the story so much. Daniel is the young orphan who is taken in by a beautiful family. When I look back at this book... Continue Reading →
“All of us are a culmination of vital parts of our parents and their past. A vital part of the circumstances we were raised with. Everything that happens to us, good and bad, leaves a lasting impression in our souls.”… His head was pounding from trying to digest all of this. “I’m so overwhelmed.” “Most... Continue Reading →
“All of us are a culmination of vital parts of our parents and their past. A vital part of the circumstances we were raised with. Everything that happens to us, good and bad, leaves a lasting impression in our souls.”… His head was pounding from trying to digest all of this. “I’m so overwhelmed.” “Most... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend (or had a fantastic one, for those of you in time zones where it's already Monday). We've got a slightly shortened but busy week ahead, so here's what we have on tap for you here at The Novel Approach. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Monday – RJ Scott... Continue Reading →
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope you're all having a fantastic weekend (or had a fantastic one, for those of you in time zones where it's already Monday). We've got a slightly shortened but busy week ahead, so here's what we have on tap for you here at The Novel Approach. §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Monday – RJ Scott... Continue Reading →
“The past is a very determined ghost, haunting every chance it gets.” ― Laura Miller BLURB: Budget cuts shuffle the decks of the Prince George’s County Police Department. Separated after years as partners, Hank Capstone and Patrick St. James find themselves having to make a new start. Assigned as a training officer, Hank takes on... Continue Reading →
“The past is a very determined ghost, haunting every chance it gets.” ― Laura Miller BLURB: Budget cuts shuffle the decks of the Prince George’s County Police Department. Separated after years as partners, Hank Capstone and Patrick St. James find themselves having to make a new start. Assigned as a training officer, Hank takes on... Continue Reading →
Several years ago, when one of my older sisters was still a freshman in college studying art, she decided - for what heinous reason it was, I can't remember - to draw a pretty eerie image which she'd titled "Madonna and Child". It was an illustration of a woman in black carrying a baby, and... Continue Reading →
Several years ago, when one of my older sisters was still a freshman in college studying art, she decided - for what heinous reason it was, I can't remember - to draw a pretty eerie image which she'd titled "Madonna and Child". It was an illustration of a woman in black carrying a baby, and... Continue Reading →
“Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.” ― J.M. Barrie Anyta Sunday’s The Douglas Fir isn’t really a Christmas story as much as it is the story of a man finding his miracle in the last place he’d have ever thought to look. It’s the story of... Continue Reading →
“Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.” ― J.M. Barrie Anyta Sunday’s The Douglas Fir isn’t really a Christmas story as much as it is the story of a man finding his miracle in the last place he’d have ever thought to look. It’s the story of... Continue Reading →
BLURB: When Nicky Hauser walks in on his restaurant-owner boyfriend having sex with a waiter, Nicky loses his lover, his job, and his home all in one night. Although he’s nearly thirty, he’s never settled on a true career, and he has nothing to show for his years with Tom. Depressed and unable to find... Continue Reading →
“Reflect upon your present blessings--of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”--Charles Dickens Max Vos has blogged about his creative process. He says he starts with the seed of a story, then looks for character inspiration. Next he fleshes out the characters and lets them pretty much... Continue Reading →
“Reflect upon your present blessings--of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”--Charles Dickens Max Vos has blogged about his creative process. He says he starts with the seed of a story, then looks for character inspiration. Next he fleshes out the characters and lets them pretty much... Continue Reading →
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