Where Fiction and Reality Meet
A five-part series wherein I examine the pitfalls—both real and imagined—and difficulties—both encountered or merely anticipated—to being a gay author in the 21st Century, and attempt to discuss how said pitfalls and difficulties can be used to our advantage, thereby employing the old adage "Making lemons into lemonade." (And, in advance of the inevitable inquiry,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Infected Holiday Special Author: Andrea Speed Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 116 Pages At a Glance: One amazing boatload of Urban Fantasy wrapped around characters who have more personality in their little pixels than should be reasonable or possible. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Peek behind the curtain with Roan McKichan and the various... Continue Reading →
Happy Release Day to our esteemed guest, DSP Publications author and Lambda Literary Awards finalist (for The Boys on the Mountain), John Inman! We’re pleased to have John here today to tell us about his Spiritual release, The Second Son, and we’re sure you’ll be just as pleased to hear all about it. But first,... Continue Reading →
Title: What Boys Are Made Of Author: S. Hunter Nisbet Publisher: BadApple Press Pages/Word Count: 356 Pages At a Glance: S. Hunter Nisbet has just written her way right to the top of a list of authors I’m anxious to hear a lot more from—starting with the sequel to this book. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb:... Continue Reading →
Cheers, fellow book addicts, I hope you've all had a brilliant weekend! I'm back again to throw out a little peek at who we have coming to visit with us in the coming week--It's all come together nicely, even if I do say so myself. :) Before we move on to that, though, I want... Continue Reading →
Aaaaack! It's May 1st. How did that happen? Ay yi yi. Well, we're ushering in the first week of May in a pretty great way. We've got our Book of the Month picks and giveaway going on at Mary Calmes's place, so be sure to go check that out and try to win some free... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, we're thrilled to bits to bring you this month's reader incentive giveaway, brought to you by Dreamspinner Press. In March we were able to offer a $15 DSP store credit. For April, how does $25 sound? That's what we have up for grabs for you, so click on the Rafflecopter widget and enter... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author S.A. McAuley back to TNA today to celebrate the re-release of Powerless, book three in The Borders War series. If you don't know Merq Grayson and Armise Darcan yet, now is the time, people... now is the time. :) As a special part of the celebration, Sam also... Continue Reading →
Cheers, fellow readers, and welcome to a look at what we have in store for you in the week ahead. But first, I want to announce a few winners of our Best of 2015 e-book giveaways. Congrats to: Ardent Ereader, Staci W., Jen, and Sula And now, here's what's on tap this week! Monday –... Continue Reading →
Title: Games of Rome (Dominus: Book Two) Author: JP Kenwood Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 339 Pages At a Glance: If you love a plotty and well written historical with plenty of intrigue and interesting characters, I can't recommend this series enough. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: In this sequel to Dominus, Gaius Fabius Rufus, the victorious... Continue Reading →
Please join me in welcoming author Christian Baines to The Novel Approach today to chat about his new novel from Bold Strokes Books, Puppet Boy. There's also an excerpt from the book as well as the change to win an e-copy of Puppet Boy, so don't forget to click on the Rafflecopter widget to enter.... Continue Reading →
PRIDE PUBLISHING – THE NEW HOME FOR THE FINEST GLBTQI FICTION LAUNCHES TODAY Pride Publishing, a new house from the Totally Entwined Group, best known for its flagship erotic romance publishing house, Totally Bound Publishing has launched today – 7th July 2015. This expansion and launch of Pride Publishing has been designed and implemented to... Continue Reading →
Title: Veil of Scars Author: J.R. Gray Publisher: Evernight Publishing Pages/Word Count: 100 Pages At a Glance: Veil of Scars is a single sitting read, compelling and well told. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Steven is tall, dark, and damaged. He doesn't let anyone close, comfortable on the outside of normal life where he can hide... Continue Reading →
Title: Red Rose (Blood) Author: Michael Kudo Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: “I don’t like to be called an Assassin, I prefer the term problem solver.” My name’s Alex. I’m an average guy. I kill people for a living. But don’t judge me. I don’t take jobs on just anybody... 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 →
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 →
“Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?” At some point or another, every writer is advised to avoid clichés. Why? Because we’re told they make our work sound pedantic and/or banal. I’m not so sure that I agree. I happen to find clichés quite useful, which makes... Continue Reading →
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