Over the last few months, a couple overlapping scandals rocked the queer romance world. I’m not going to rehash those, except to say I am really sorry for everyone who got hurt, but am happy the truth ultimately came out. One Read more
Hello Byters It’s Joel Leslie again. I’m late this month! Forgive me? Well, first off, I’ve had a pretty memorable week. Out of nowhere the elves at Audible decided to make Cronin’s Key the Audible Daily Deal. A gazillion people Read more
Happy Pride month! I marked the occasion by coming out as bisexual. It’s amazing how freeing that is, even at my age. You can read the tale of my coming out in my Dreamspinner blog post here. I’m looking forward Read more
I’ve had a very stressful month, and all my writing plans went out the window as life turned to custard. I’d barely got myself back into a writing schedule and begun to have a few days a week with a Read more
I’m heading to EuroPrideCon (a meet-up for LGBTQ romance readers and writers), in a couple of weeks – this year it’s in Amsterdam. I’m really looking forward to seeing a city I’ve only visited once, when I was 2 years Read more
We just got back last night (a lot later than planned) from our annual trip to the Oregon Coast. The vacation had been in the works for months and I took my laptop down with the intention of getting so Read more