“Saturday, In the Park…” It Was Almost the 4th of July

(This is one of my favorite posters ever. It’s definitely eye-catching as you endeavor to figure out what it is advertising exactly…) The title of this piece comes from the American band, Chicago, and their song “Saturday in the Park” which came out in my birth year: 1972. Today Berlin was hot, hotter than it’d […]

Photos from Berlin & Scenes from “The Agony of Joy”

Winner of the 2013 Global Ebook Award for Best LGBT Novel. Background about the novel: The partially finished manuscript of “The Agony of Joy” had been “on pause” on my computer, in a folder within a folder. I do that occasionally when I have a story or idea I’m still meditating on, yet don’t want […]

The Discrimination Persists: Gay Fiction Pubs, Promos & Reviews

My entry for the YAM 2012 LGBT Blogathon Event. To read more about it, please visit their website. As it reflects my own life and experiences, my writing, both fiction and non-fiction, often naturally have gay, bisexual or trans/intergender characters and situations.  But what might be a misnomer to some: they often contain comparatively little […]