Where Fiction and Reality Meet
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next. – Mignon McLaughlin I don’t know the first thing about knitting other than I’m a fan of my sweaters. I don’t know the first thing about writing other than I’m a fan of my books. What I do... Continue Reading →
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman If you decide to read End of the Innocence (Tales of Foster High, Book 2), the continuing story of jock, Brad Greymark, and... Continue Reading →
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. – Harriet Tubman If you decide to read End of the Innocence (Tales of Foster High, Book 2), the continuing story of jock, Brad Greymark, and... Continue Reading →
HIV/AIDS Denialism I’ve really struggled to think of a way to write this post, because I almost didn’t want to give this issue any press. I remember earlier this year in the early stages of the presidential campaign, President Obama’s campaign began releasing videos to address lies being told by their opponents, and one critic... Continue Reading →
“I have ever since seemed to myself … a kind of solitary wanderer in the wild of life.” – Samuel Johnson Derrick Chance has been alone for ten years, ten years during which he has lived a half-life of working and taking care of the needs of others, all while ignoring the fact that his... Continue Reading →
“I have ever since seemed to myself … a kind of solitary wanderer in the wild of life.” – Samuel Johnson Derrick Chance has been alone for ten years, ten years during which he has lived a half-life of working and taking care of the needs of others, all while ignoring the fact that his... Continue Reading →
“The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: adventures are to the adventurous.” – Benjamin Disraeli So if you’re feeling particularly adventuresome, Benji Bright is three books into an eight book mini-serial that might be right up your adventure/fantasy alley. Chevalier: The Weeping Spear, The Salt Rose, and The Selfish... Continue Reading →
“The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: adventures are to the adventurous.” – Benjamin Disraeli So if you’re feeling particularly adventuresome, Benji Bright is three books into an eight book mini-serial that might be right up your adventure/fantasy alley. Chevalier: The Weeping Spear, The Salt Rose, and The Selfish... Continue Reading →
While authors can describe their fiction well, there's nothing quite like a character's perspective to let you know what's going on. While co-author Salome was out to lunch, Talon sneaked in to conduct the following interview with Angelo, protagonist of the novella After the First Taste of Love, who goes from friends to lovers with... Continue Reading →
While authors can describe their fiction well, there's nothing quite like a character's perspective to let you know what's going on. While co-author Salome was out to lunch, Talon sneaked in to conduct the following interview with Angelo, protagonist of the novella After the First Taste of Love, who goes from friends to lovers with... Continue Reading →
Hi guys! I’m very excited to offer a free copy of How to Repair a Mechanical Heart to the winner of this contest. It’s only available as a Kindle version for now, so the winner will just need to provide an email address that’s linked with an Amazon account so I can gift a copy.... Continue Reading →
Hi guys! I’m very excited to offer a free copy of How to Repair a Mechanical Heart to the winner of this contest. It’s only available as a Kindle version for now, so the winner will just need to provide an email address that’s linked with an Amazon account so I can gift a copy.... Continue Reading →
So... I read this great little book last month called To Catch a Fox. Maybe you've heard of it? Anyway, it was pretty darn fun and funny and sexy and I thought to myself, hm, I wonder if Geoff and Ethan would have a minute to answer a few questions about it. And guess what?... Continue Reading →
So... I read this great little book last month called To Catch a Fox. Maybe you've heard of it? Anyway, it was pretty darn fun and funny and sexy and I thought to myself, hm, I wonder if Geoff and Ethan would have a minute to answer a few questions about it. And guess what?... Continue Reading →
“I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself.” – Vivian Stanshall Paul Alan Fahey offers two very different LGBT short stories in Boys Will Be Boys and The View from 16 Podwale Street, but there’s one thing they both have very much in common: they are... Continue Reading →
Hi, Jacob, and welcome to The Novel Approach! I’m so thrilled and honored to have you here today! ::claps/fanfare:: And how fun is it for me to be able to say I’ve met you?! Really a lot, trust me. So, why don’t we just jump right into things by having you tell us a little... Continue Reading →
Hi, Jacob, and welcome to The Novel Approach! I’m so thrilled and honored to have you here today! ::claps/fanfare:: And how fun is it for me to be able to say I’ve met you?! Really a lot, trust me. So, why don’t we just jump right into things by having you tell us a little... Continue Reading →
“A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.” – Gore Vidal 3 is a book that surprised me. Why? Well, let’s just say it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting it to be when I started reading it. What I expected was the story of... Continue Reading →
“A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.” – Gore Vidal 3 is a book that surprised me. Why? Well, let’s just say it wasn’t exactly what I was expecting it to be when I started reading it. What I expected was the story of... Continue Reading →
Hi, J.C.! Welcome to The Novel Approach; I’m so glad to have you here with us today. :) A. Very excited to be here! Thanks for having me. Let’s just start right off by having you tell us a little bit about yourself. Q. Is there any one person you’d credit for influencing you to... Continue Reading →
Hi, J.C.! Welcome to The Novel Approach; I’m so glad to have you here with us today. :) A. Very excited to be here! Thanks for having me. Let’s just start right off by having you tell us a little bit about yourself. Q. Is there any one person you’d credit for influencing you to... Continue Reading →
Title: How to Repair a Mechanical Heart Series: Mechanical Hearts: Book One Author: J.C. Lillis Publisher: Self-Published Length: 298 Pages Category: YA Romance Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Just when I’ve become complacent in the belief there can’t possibly be any more original ways to tell me a coming-of-age story, J.C. Lillis happens along... Continue Reading →
“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I’m just going to go ahead and say right out of the gate that finding How to Repair a Mechanical Heart was at least, at least, eleventeen kinds of awesome for me. This is a story that deals with one boy’s coming out and with... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the 2012 Charity Sip Blog Hop from Torquere Press, being hosted on glbtromance.blogspot.com! Every year the authors from Torquere Press choose a GLBTQ charity and donate all the proceeds from the stories they write on a shared theme to the chosen charity. This year, our authors chose NOH8, a non-profit organization that protests... Continue Reading →
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