I hope everyone has had a great weekend! Here's what's happening this week at TNA. Monday - Z.A. Maxfield has a new series, so we start the week with a review of Grime and Punishment Tuesday - Kiera Andrews' The Chimera Affair and The Argentine Seduction are being featured Wednesday - Is all about Chris... Continue Reading →
What’s Coming Up In The Week Ahead
I hope everyone has had a great weekend! Here's what's happening this week at TNA. Monday - Z.A. Maxfield has a new series, so we start the week with a review of Grime and Punishment Tuesday - Kiera Andrews' The Chimera Affair and The Argentine Seduction are being featured Wednesday - Is all about Chris... Continue Reading →
On Daydreams and Dragonriders – Please Welcome E.R. Karr & "Dracones"
We at The Novel Approach are happy to be able to play host today to author E.R. Karr, one of the contributing authors in Storm Moon Press's newest anthology Dracones, a compilation of stories that "brings together seven stories detailing the power and majesty of a dragon's love." So, without further ado, take it away,... Continue Reading →
On Daydreams and Dragonriders – Please Welcome E.R. Karr & “Dracones”
We at The Novel Approach are happy to be able to play host today to author E.R. Karr, one of the contributing authors in Storm Moon Press's newest anthology Dracones, a compilation of stories that "brings together seven stories detailing the power and majesty of a dragon's love." So, without further ado, take it away,... Continue Reading →
A Question Of Morality And Much Navel-Gazing On My Part
Morality: (noun) conformity to the rules of right conduct; virtue in sexual matters; the quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; a system of ideas of right and wrong conduct. Conduct: (noun) a mode or standard of personal behavior especially as based on moral principles; personal behavior; way of acting;... Continue Reading →
Dorian's Worlds – A Brave New World by Allen Mack
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. – Pericles On Earth, sometime in a future that we all should hope never materializes, there is a caste system in which the aged are venerated and the young are relegated to a role of subservience that ignores their humanity... Continue Reading →
Dorian’s Worlds – A Brave New World by Allen Mack
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it. – Pericles On Earth, sometime in a future that we all should hope never materializes, there is a caste system in which the aged are venerated and the young are relegated to a role of subservience that ignores their humanity... Continue Reading →
My Thoughts On Lenny And Lenny For Your Thoughts by Anyta Sunday
Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves. – Tabitha Suzuma Leonard Krause is in the process of moving away from the past. Forward, after all, is the only direction he can move when the single reason he’d even think to cling to what once was has abandoned him. There’s no point really... Continue Reading →
My Thoughts On Lenny And Lenny For Your Thoughts by Anyta Sunday
Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves. – Tabitha Suzuma Leonard Krause is in the process of moving away from the past. Forward, after all, is the only direction he can move when the single reason he’d even think to cling to what once was has abandoned him. There’s no point really... Continue Reading →
When A Kiss Speaks Louder Than Words – Dear Diary by Allison Cassatta
How did it happen that their lips came together? A kiss, and all was said. – Victor Hugo Chris is a senior in high school, dressing for the prom and prepping to take that next big step away from childhood and into a new chapter of his life. Dear Diary is his story, a personal... Continue Reading →
When A Kiss Speaks Louder Than Words – Dear Diary by Allison Cassatta
How did it happen that their lips came together? A kiss, and all was said. – Victor Hugo Chris is a senior in high school, dressing for the prom and prepping to take that next big step away from childhood and into a new chapter of his life. Dear Diary is his story, a personal... Continue Reading →
Poppy Dennison Delivers A Little Magic For The Reader's Soul In Soul Magic (Triad #3)
Love and magic have a great deal in common. – Nora Roberts So after reading and reviewing Creature Feature, I was a little intrigued about the paranormal business in the m/m romance genre. I had heard quite a bit about the “Magic” series by Dennison and when Soul Magic came across the review list, I... Continue Reading →
Poppy Dennison Delivers A Little Magic For The Reader’s Soul In Soul Magic (Triad #3)
Love and magic have a great deal in common. – Nora Roberts So after reading and reviewing Creature Feature, I was a little intrigued about the paranormal business in the m/m romance genre. I had heard quite a bit about the “Magic” series by Dennison and when Soul Magic came across the review list, I... Continue Reading →
The Book That Brought Me To Tears, And The Author Who Did It – Please Welcome Brandon Shire
We have the rest of forever for regret… – Brandon Shire Lem Porter is nearly two decades into the life sentence he was given for committing cold-blooded murder, but only he knows why he committed that crime and, let's face it, at six-foot-six and nearly three-hundred pounds, there aren't a lot of people who have... Continue Reading →
What's Coming Up This Week?
Here's what Bruce and I have on tap for the week ahead! Monday - Brandon Shire will be our guest, answering a few questions about his new book Cold, a book that definitely left me wanting more! Tuesday - Bruce reviews Poppy Dennison's Soul Magic, book 3 in the Triad series Wednesday - Allison Cassatta's... Continue Reading →
What’s Coming Up This Week?
Here's what Bruce and I have on tap for the week ahead! Monday - Brandon Shire will be our guest, answering a few questions about his new book Cold, a book that definitely left me wanting more! Tuesday - Bruce reviews Poppy Dennison's Soul Magic, book 3 in the Triad series Wednesday - Allison Cassatta's... Continue Reading →
Eric Arvin Will Make You Believe In The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. – Kahlil Gibran There’s a single line in Eric Arvin’s The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men that, if I were being lazy, I’d use to sum up exactly what this book is and leave... Continue Reading →
Eric Arvin Will Make You Believe In The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. – Kahlil Gibran There’s a single line in Eric Arvin’s The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men that, if I were being lazy, I’d use to sum up exactly what this book is and leave... Continue Reading →
Matthew Powers Lives To Tell His Story – A Guest Post From Agnes Merikan (Half The Writing Duo K.A. Merikan)
The moment my co-author and I decided to submit a manuscript for Storm Moon Press's Queer Fear anthology, we knew it would touch upon the topic of conversion therapy. "Matthew Powers Lives!" may be a ghost story, but at its core is the fear of being denied the right to express the fundamental part of... Continue Reading →
We're Hopping Against Homophobia And Transphobia, And Giving Away Goodies Too!
Hi, everyone, and thanks so much for visiting The Novel Approach during this year's Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Today marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and Bruce and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be participating in this event. It is our belief that this community-wide effort—and I’m not speaking solely about... Continue Reading →
We’re Hopping Against Homophobia And Transphobia, And Giving Away Goodies Too!
Hi, everyone, and thanks so much for visiting The Novel Approach during this year's Hop Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Today marks the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and Bruce and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be participating in this event. It is our belief that this community-wide effort—and I’m not speaking solely about... Continue Reading →
Ellen Holiday proves that Small Miracles Can Make Big Differences
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt When life has done its best to kick you, leave you out in the cold with nowhere—or no one—to turn to, sometimes even the smallest of kindnesses can feel like a miracle. Cal Harrison knows this because... Continue Reading →
Ellen Holiday proves that Small Miracles Can Make Big Differences
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt When life has done its best to kick you, leave you out in the cold with nowhere—or no one—to turn to, sometimes even the smallest of kindnesses can feel like a miracle. Cal Harrison knows this because... Continue Reading →
This May Be One Of The Most Difficult 3:34 Minutes I’ve Ever Sat Through
But it's tangible proof that children are eloquent and powerful and should have a voice!
The Novel Approach Reviews 