It’s part of a writer’s life, more so than non-writers or those who’ve never submitted or aimed to make writing a profession: R-E-J-E-C-T-I-O-N, all caps. For every one acceptance you receive, most writers have had hundreds of “no’s” for that same work(s), even some of the authors who’ve gone on to be listed as some […]
Category: Gay
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 […]
My Messages For Hop Against Homophobia
Since I’d already written an article, “The Inter & Trangender Question in GLBT Communities” which I felt was relevant for discussions of homophobia and transphobia, I included my giveaway in it’s introduction. My angle is from a “blow-by-blow” not having to just battle homophobes but from also within the GLBTIIQ community, those who say they […]
Homo-Ignorance: Are You Part of the Problem?
We’ve heard the term homophobic but how about being homo-ignorant? Even if you’re GLBTIIQ, even if you support those who are, might you be guilty? The “ignorant” part of the word homo-ignorant is not to suggest someone is stupid, a moron or mentally challenged, but rather to suggest they simply do not know something accurately […]
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