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“Bicycle Built for Two” Gets Contract

Some excellent news came into my inbox today. The short story, actually it’s being classified as a novella, Bicycle Built for Two was picked up by Dreamspinner Press for release later this year (looks like it will be published in June). It’s always exciting to get a contract and I’m particularly happy this sold. The [...]

“Dancer & Sexy Big Man” Has Nov. 10 Release, Excerpt Available

A lot has happened in the past week with my new short story, “The Dancer & Sexy Big Man.” Dreamspinner Press set a November 10 release date for the eBook short story, which is publishing as part of its Nap Size Dream line (just as “Rivals” did last year). I also got to go over [...]

Two Stories Looking for Homes…and Other Updates

It’s been way too long since I’ve posted here. It’s been way too long since I’ve been working on writing projects too. Time got away from me as I started training more for the September Braking the Cycle ride, which benefits the HIV/AIDS services and the LGBT Center in NYC (you can read more about [...]

No “Necking” and Other News

The story I did for Necking did not get accepted so the hunt is on for another publisher that is looking for similar stories. I believe the story is solid, so I am going to work to find it a good home. Meanwhile, I’m working on something for Dreamspinner’s Making Contact anthology, which focuses on [...]

Nerdvana In the Store… and other updates

I had a geeky moment this afternoon. While Will and I were out running errands, he took me into our neighborhood Borders (at 100 Broadway) and showed me the six copies of Nerdvana in the LGBT section. It was very exciting to see a book with a story of mine on the shelf and so [...]

New Story & Nerdvana Update

I wrapped up the first draft of the short story that takes place inside of a So You Think You Can Dance-style show. I’m glad it’s finally out of my head as it was making it difficult to do anything else creative. It took longer than I expected, but I had trouble with one of [...]

Learning How to Revise… and New Ideas

Since June, once I knew the results of the Delacorte contest, I’ve been working to revise Neutral Zone. Some of this work is pretty straight forward since it’s about restoring scenes I removed to make the competition length requirements. The rest hasn’t been so cut and dried. I’ve been adding in more scenic elements becuase [...]