“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

The Novel Approach is honored to be participating in Eric Arvin and TJ Klune’s Ghoul’s Gym Blog Tour, organized by JP Barnaby, Geoffrey Knight, and Wilde City Press. The novella first appeared in last summer’s anthology Zombie Boyz, and is now being released as a single along with the other two stories, Surviving Sin City... Continue Reading →

Get Ready For The "Ghoul's Gym" Blog Tour. It's Bound To Be A Wilde Time!

The M/M reading, writing, and reviewing community has banded together to rally around two of its own, in a show of love and support unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed before. As the dollar amount continues to grow to help Eric and TJ offset some of the financial burdens they’re currently facing, we witness an ever-growing... Continue Reading →

Get Ready For The “Ghoul’s Gym” Blog Tour. It’s Bound To Be A Wilde Time!

The M/M reading, writing, and reviewing community has banded together to rally around two of its own, in a show of love and support unlike anything I’ve ever witnessed before. As the dollar amount continues to grow to help Eric and TJ offset some of the financial burdens they’re currently facing, we witness an ever-growing... Continue Reading →

"Taking a Chance" Is Short, Sexy, And Satisfying

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do… Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Holy Sexapalooza Batman! Taking A Chance was relatively short, only about 11,000 words. I think approximately 8,100 of them were sex scenes. The sex... Continue Reading →

“Taking a Chance” Is Short, Sexy, And Satisfying

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do… Explore. Dream. Discover.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Holy Sexapalooza Batman! Taking A Chance was relatively short, only about 11,000 words. I think approximately 8,100 of them were sex scenes. The sex... Continue Reading →

Review: Pretty Boy Dead by Jon Michaelsen

BLURB: A murdered male stripper. A missing go-go dancer. A city councilman on the hook. Can Atlanta homicide detective Sergeant Kendall Parker solve the vicious crime while remaining safely hidden behind the closet door? When the body of a young man is found in a popular midtown park, police and local media quickly pin the... Continue Reading →

In Which A “Pretty Boy Dead” Proves A Threat

“The murder itself is the end of the story. It's Zero Hour. It's Zero Hour now.” – Agatha Christie BLURB: A murdered male stripper. A missing go-go dancer. A city councilman on the hook. Can Atlanta homicide detective Sergeant Kendall Parker solve the vicious crime while remaining safely hidden behind the closet door? When the... Continue Reading →

Barry Brennessel Wants To Help You Find "Paradise at Main and Elm"

“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 →

Barry Brennessel Wants To Help You Find “Paradise at Main and Elm”

“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 →

Owen Keehnen Shows Some Swank In "Young Digby Swank"

“Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.” ― Jim Butcher Blurb: Meet Young Digby Swank…a gay boy in a very Catholic world. Thisis his story—from his... Continue Reading →

Owen Keehnen Shows Some Swank In “Young Digby Swank”

“Growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something.” ― Jim Butcher Blurb: Meet Young Digby Swank…a gay boy in a very Catholic world. Thisis his story—from his... Continue Reading →

"Switch Hitter" Takes A Swing At Danger

“There’s a fine line between support and stalking and let’s all stay on the right side of that.” ― Joss Whedon Switch Hitter had all my favorite elements for a story: a little bit of mystery, some sports and boys who love to play rough. But to my disappointment, the plot fell short for me.... Continue Reading →

“Switch Hitter” Takes A Swing At Danger

“There’s a fine line between support and stalking and let’s all stay on the right side of that.” ― Joss Whedon Switch Hitter had all my favorite elements for a story: a little bit of mystery, some sports and boys who love to play rough. But to my disappointment, the plot fell short for me.... Continue Reading →

The Novel Approach and Wilde City Press Celebrate Gay History Month

In honor of Gay History Month, Wilde City Press is teaming up with authors and blogger alike to celebrate key events and notable figures in history that have shaped and impacted the world around us. I’ve never made it a secret that I have a major love for (and possible obsession with) Oscar Wilde, as... Continue Reading →

Ethan Day’s “Northern Star” Lights The Way To Love

“So much of what happens by chance forms what becomes your life.” ― Roger Ebert Summary: Sitting in a Michigan airport bar and licking his wounds after a brutal cyber-dumping and clash with his alcoholic mother, Deacon Miller doesn’t think things could get any worse. He certainly didn’t imagine the night could get better, but... Continue Reading →

Ethan Day's "Northern Star" Lights The Way To Love

“So much of what happens by chance forms what becomes your life.” ― Roger Ebert Summary: Sitting in a Michigan airport bar and licking his wounds after a brutal cyber-dumping and clash with his alcoholic mother, Deacon Miller doesn’t think things could get any worse. He certainly didn’t imagine the night could get better, but... Continue Reading →

“Cherished” Is A Story Of Taking Control And Letting Go

“The truth is balance. However, the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.” - Susan Sontag What is a control freak supposed to do when a pretty, innocent face starts to topple the walls he has built around his heart? Scotty Fuller has control over everything in his life. He has... Continue Reading →

"Cherished" Is A Story Of Taking Control And Letting Go

“The truth is balance. However, the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.” - Susan Sontag What is a control freak supposed to do when a pretty, innocent face starts to topple the walls he has built around his heart? Scotty Fuller has control over everything in his life. He has... Continue Reading →

Go Grab This “Accidental Alpha” On Purpose

“Wolves are not ruled by law. They are ruled by the alpha-wolf's policy.” – Richard Kelly Hoskins First of all, to get the formalities out of the way……Lex is a policeman taking a break from his strenuous life. He wants to be left alone and is looking for as few complications in his life as... Continue Reading →

Go Grab This "Accidental Alpha" On Purpose

“Wolves are not ruled by law. They are ruled by the alpha-wolf's policy.” – Richard Kelly Hoskins First of all, to get the formalities out of the way……Lex is a policeman taking a break from his strenuous life. He wants to be left alone and is looking for as few complications in his life as... Continue Reading →

“Stakes & Spurs” Is An Old West Tale Of The Boo-Wiggly Variety

“We just did an awesome job of not dying.” ― John Green Some did, at least. Some didn’t do a great job at all of not dying, and now some of those who failed at the not dying part aren’t so much dead as they are undead, which is the same as not alive only... Continue Reading →

"Stakes & Spurs" Is An Old West Tale Of The Boo-Wiggly Variety

“We just did an awesome job of not dying.” ― John Green Some did, at least. Some didn’t do a great job at all of not dying, and now some of those who failed at the not dying part aren’t so much dead as they are undead, which is the same as not alive only... Continue Reading →

J.P. Barnaby’s “Charlie, Rentboy” Is A Keeper

“Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them.” – E. Lockhart Charlie is an engineering student in his last year of college. He has a partial scholarship, but how is he going to make ends meet for silly little things like rent and food? He could always work fast food for minimum wage,... Continue Reading →

J.P. Barnaby's "Charlie, Rentboy" Is A Keeper

“Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them.” – E. Lockhart Charlie is an engineering student in his last year of college. He has a partial scholarship, but how is he going to make ends meet for silly little things like rent and food? He could always work fast food for minimum wage,... Continue Reading →

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