Monthly Guest Post—Andrew Q. Gordon—Trademarks

Remember “Cockygate?” Where an author tried to trademark the word cocky? {Don’t groan, this won’t be painful.}  When it happened, there was a lot of outrage (rightfully so), a lot of misinformation, and a lot of food for thought. So Read more

Us Vs Them: The Lost Art of Discourse

As readers and writers in our particular genre we give voice to a notion of acceptance, of equality and the idea that love conquers all. It frustrates me beyond measure that off the page those same notions can be wholly Read more

Will You? Won’t You?

Will You? Won't You?

I’m writing my inaugural post to you from the passenger seat of my 2013 Volkswagen Jetta—it’s white, in case you care, and it’s a 6-speed manual with a turbo boost, because I do. We’re making excellent time from Albuquerque, the Read more

In the zone – or is it zen?

I’m going to start this post with a disclaimer. I really don’t know what will come out from my jumbled thoughts – which is not totally unusual for me! In the last two weeks I’ve experienced some changes that opened Read more

Monthly Author Post – Anne Barwell – Graphics Fun

As part of my preparation for moving forward as a hybrid author, a friend and I had fun figuring out, and playing on, Canva. In hindsight I now realise that when I released my first book in 2011 I didn’t Read more

Love Can Never Be Cured

For the Love of Luke

  Thank you to LoveBytes for giving me permission to assault you with my view of life each month! This month I want to recount to you some stories I’ve heard since I’ve been singing with the London Gay Men’s Read more