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Interview with Author David-Paul Erhart

September 6, 2012 By Brandon 3 Comments

David-Paul ErhartToday I’m talking with author, musician and NYC marathon runner David-Paul Erhart. Mr. Erhart taught at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, authored Sound & Symbol (The Rudiments of Music Complete in Two Volumes), and ran in and completed three NYC marathons. His latest project is InnerBouquet, a website devoted to celebrating the lives and accomplishments of LGBT artists, activists and athletes.

B: I read from a piece you had written in 2007 that in a meeting about finding out who your biological parents were, you saw your adoptive mother show a burst of emotion and it made you change how perceive people. Is that reflected in what you’re trying to do now with InnerBouquet? [Read more…] about Interview with Author David-Paul Erhart

Filed Under: Author Interviews Tagged With: author interview, gay authors, interviews, LGBT, nonfiction

Changing Perceptions with Romance Writing: An Interview with Ranae Rose

August 29, 2012 By Brandon 3 Comments

Ranae Rose, Best Selling Romance AuthorI’m talking with Ranae Rose today, a Bestselling Romance Author with over a dozen books under her belt.  As you could’ve probably guessed we’re talking about how romance changes perceptions, and specifically how it has changed perceptions in regards to LGBTQ people and their relationships.

B: Do you think romance novels enhance the perception of LGBT people? The reason I ask is that I just spoke with someone who was dismayed at the seeming plethora of M/M fiction on major books sites like Amazon and Kobo when they went searching for gay (non-sexual) fiction. It’s my personal opinion that the popularity of M/M fiction among heterosexual women is one of the major reasons we have seen such a shift in the overall public perception of LGBT people. Your thoughts? [Read more…] about Changing Perceptions with Romance Writing: An Interview with Ranae Rose

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Gay Romance Novels Tagged With: free book, gay authors, mm romance

A Message of Hope from Author Ross McCoubrey

August 15, 2012 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Ross McCoubrey, AuthorToday I want to introduce you to a fellow author after my own heart, Ross McCoubrey. Ross gives part of the proceeds from his debut book One Boy’s Shadow to a nonprofit LGBT Youth organization. Anyone that reads my blog, books, or social feeds knows how important that is to me.

B: One Boy’s Shadow is about coming of age and coming out but only in a small aspect, you told me it’s more of a paranormal ghost story, is that right? [Read more…] about A Message of Hope from Author Ross McCoubrey

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Gay Fiction, Gay Romance Novels, LGBT Youth Organizations Tagged With: coming out, gay authors, gay teens, gay youth, lgbt fundraising

Lessons of Love and Pain – Interview with Author Coffey Brown

August 9, 2012 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Brooklyns Journey by Coffey Brown I’m talking with Coffey Brown today, author of BrookLyn’s Journey, a YA LGBT book dealing with a young lesbian and her escape from an abusive home.

B: First, I love your pen name. It just rolls right off the tongue. How did you come up with it?

CB: I wish I had an extremely creative answer for this but I’d be lying if I gave you one. I’ve liked the name Coffey since seeing the movie Green Mile. I was going to go with Coffey B. but decided on Brown when I was completing the copyright application online. It had a cool vibe to it. Stacey Pierce, not so much. [Read more…] about Lessons of Love and Pain – Interview with Author Coffey Brown

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Lesbian Fiction Tagged With: coming out, lesbian

Author Interview with Nephylim

August 2, 2012 By Brandon 5 Comments

Nephylim, LGBT AuthorToday I’m talking with Cheryl Headford who writes under the pen name Nephylim, an author and practicing attorney in South Wales about sex, bias, boxes and books. What couldn’t be great about all that?

B: Let me ask you first for those not familiar with your work what your pen name means and how you came to it?

N: The Nephylim were the children of men (metaphorically speaking of course) and angels. They are mentioned at various times and in various ways in the Bible and other mythologies. The Bible doesn’t like them, describing them as monsters and seeking to wipe them out. Other mythologies, such as Sumerian and Egyptian are kinder. [Read more…] about Author Interview with Nephylim

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Gay Fiction Tagged With: LGBT, mm romance

Author Interview with Gregory G Allen

July 26, 2012 By Brandon 2 Comments

Gregory G Allen, AuthorI’m talking with Gregory G. Allen today. He’s an author, actor, director, and producer. Let’s just put it this way, the only thing he doesn’t have yet is a Booker Prize or a Pulitzer. He’s got four great books out all of which are doing amazingly well (and in multiple genres) and he still has much more to come.

 

B: We were talking privately before I left to go off on a retreat about gay fiction. I know I get a bit annoyed with the assumption that gay fiction has to include sex in order to be considered in the ‘gay genre,’ and I’ll concede that has started to change from those days when gay fiction was really just gay erotic pulp, but it seems to me that we still have so far to go making everyday gay fiction (verses writing like Hollinghurst) a literary genre that has a bit more depth. Your thoughts? [Read more…] about Author Interview with Gregory G Allen

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Gay Fiction Tagged With: gay authors, LGBT

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