Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Recently there’s been talk of whether Kindle Unlimited is beneficial to authors. Some authors have taken their books out of Kindle Unlimited, going back to the old model of “if you want my book, you have to buy it.” I hope that decision works out for those authors. And I hope the decision to stay... Continue Reading →
Cheers, friends, and welcome to a short preview of what he have coming up for you in the week ahead! It’s going to be another awesome and full one, with lots of great guests and giveaways, some great tours and exclusive cover reveals, and more reviews in store. Here’s the rundown! Monday – Kicking off... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Steve Milton back to TNA today to chat a bit about something near and dear to my heart—reviews. Welcome, Steve! Dealing with Bad Reviews It’s a rite of passage for a starting author: a scathing Amazon (or Goodreads) review that announces that you lack talent, you couldn’t write your... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a wee preview of what he have coming up for you in the week ahead! It’s going to be another spectacularly busy one, with lots of great guests, giveaways, and more reviews in store. Here’s the rundown! Monday – Kicking off our week, we’ll have the exclusive cover reveal for... Continue Reading →
Entertaining Comes First Isaac Bashevis Singer famously said that the purpose of literature is “to entertain and to instruct, and only in that order.” We writers of gay fiction or gay romance have an especially heavy burden on the “instruct” side of things. Any time we are writing about gay relationships, we are touching a... Continue Reading →
June is Gay Pride Month. For some people, it’s a time to reflect on political activism and the dangers that loom over gay people worldwide even in 2017. For other people, it’s a time to to remember the accomplishments of the past forty or so years of gay pride and pay homage to figures such... Continue Reading →
Writers’ Muses Are Like Unicorns: They Don’t Exist “I finished my new novel,” I tell a friend. “I guess your muse spoke to you,” she might tell me, if she hasn’t yet heard my rant on the subject. In the popular conception, writers are blessed, or chosen, and have these fabled inspirational creatures speak in... Continue Reading →
Why Is Writing Gay Romance Sexier Than Straight Romance? Twice the cock, twice the biceps, and twice the manliness, of course. We’ve all heard a clueless person asking about a gay male couple, “So which one is the man and which one is the woman?” Um, both are the man – isn't that the definition... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a look at what we have coming up in the week ahead here at The Novel Approach! Before we get to our guest list, I want to take a minute to remind everyone that our Book of the Month picks and giveaway is happening right now at Mary Calmes’s blog,... Continue Reading →
History Shouldn’t Be a Mystery: Historical Gay Romance Gay men have been around everywhere since forever. So why should we only tell stories set in the contemporary United States? My new series, Love Against The Odds, is something adventurous and something of a risk. It explores love between gay men in times and places where... Continue Reading →
Cheers, friends, and welcome to a look at what we having coming up for you in the week ahead! I hope you’ve all had a great weekend filled with lots of good reads—those are the best kind, you know. :) Also, ICYMI, our February Book of the Month giveaway is set to expire soon, so... Continue Reading →
Rock Out With Your Cock Out My latest novel, The Big Comeback, is (in part) about the pop/rock music business. So are two other books of mine, Extra Hot Latte and The Minister and the Rock Star. I love writing about music because I love thinking about (and listening to) music. I wish I could... Continue Reading →
Cheers, reader friends, and welcome to a look at what we have coming up for you here at TNA in the week ahead! It’s hard to fathom that we’re already moving into the first full week of February, which means Valentine’s Day isn’t far off, which means watch on Friday for a special Valentine’s event... Continue Reading →
New Year’s Resolution: So You Want To Be a Writer Happy New Year! If you’re reading this book blog, one of your New Year’s resolutions must be either starting to write or improving your writing -- unless you’re a writer who’s already perfect, but I have yet to meet that person. In my latest book,... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a look at who and what we have coming up for you in the week ahead! I don’t know about you, but I’m knackered and am looking forward to spending the rest of my winter reading. We’re back to our regularly scheduled programming after the December that I’ll always remember... Continue Reading →
Stand Against Tolerance Tolerance this, tolerance that. As writers of gay romance, we're supposed to be promoting tolerance. I hate tolerance. I hate the word. I hate the concept, at least if we're talking about sexual orientation tolerance, religious tolerance, or ethnic tolerance. I'm perfectly alright with alcohol tolerance or even pain tolerance. Is anyone... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to a peek at what we have in store for you in the week ahead. Not only will we be hosting some great blog tours in the coming days, but we’ll also continue the 5 Year Blogiversary Celebration with some great guests and giveaways. And, of course, we’ll have plenty of... Continue Reading →
Author Steve Milton is joining us today, and will be back as a regular monthly contributor here at The Novel Approach. I'm so pleased to welcome him and look so forward to the insights and perspectives he'll be bringing to the blog. Welcome, Steve! Write What You Want to Know Who should be writing gay... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, and welcome back to another Sneak Peek at some of the outstanding guests we have lined up for you in the coming week. It promises to be fun-filled and interesting, and, of course, we’ll have reviews galore too. Here’s what’s headed your way! Monday – Kicking off our week is author Lorelei Brown... Continue Reading →
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