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Brandon Shire

Author of Contemporary Gay Romance

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    • Afflicted – Gay Romance Series
    • Cold – Gay Romance Series
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My Favorite Book – LGBT Author Kaje Harper

January 18, 2013 By Brandon 1 Comment

Every author has one book of their own work which is their favorite. This week I’m talking with Kaje Harper about her favorite books and her fundraising efforts for LGBT youth.

B: First, tell me about your books. What’s your favorite and why?

K: My two favorites are my freebies for the Goodreads M/M Romance group – Like the Taste of Summer and Into Deep Waters.  Of those two, IDW is really my baby.

Into Deep WatersThe story was inspired by a black-and-white photo of two young WWII sailors against the steel-riveted doorway of a ship. The story request prompt that said they were still together sixty years later.  I jumped on that prompt and claimed it the second it became available.  There was something about the way they stood, the way the handsome man behind let his hair fall in his eyes, the way the plainer young man in front fisted a hand in his lover’s shirtfront, that told me who they were.  And then there was the challenge of all those years… [Read more…] about My Favorite Book – LGBT Author Kaje Harper

Filed Under: Author Interviews, Gay Fiction, Gay Romance Novels Tagged With: free book, gay teens, gay youth, lgbt fundraising, lgbt organizations, mm romance

An Author’s Favorite Book

January 8, 2013 By Brandon Leave a Comment

my favorite bookEvery author has written a favorite book. It’s their baby, no matter how flawed, criticized, or demeaned, that particular book will always stand out for them.  It’s kind of like having a favorite child, you really don’t want to say it in public and hurt anyone’s feelings, but the truth is still there.  You simply can’t help it.

This year I’ll be talking with LGBT authors about their own favorite books (among other things).  We’ll discuss what those books mean to them, how they developed the manuscript, and why the book is so precious. Sometimes the story is coincidental to an event in their life; sometimes it is simply the love for the characters that they developed, and other times it simply is the book for no other reason than that. [Read more…] about An Author’s Favorite Book

Filed Under: Gay Fiction, Gay Romance Novels Tagged With: award winning gay fiction, gay authors, Homophobia, listening to dust

2 Book Giveaway – Afflicted – Gay Romance Series

January 2, 2013 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Win a signed copy of BOTH books in the Afflicted series

Open to US Residents

One entry gives you the opportunity to win signed copies of the two-book series. Two winners will be randomly chosen by Goodreads.

Ends January 12, 2013

 

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Afflicted II by Brandon Shire

Afflicted II

by Brandon Shire

Giveaway ends January 12, 2013.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter to win

 

Filed Under: Gay Fiction, Gay Romance Novels Tagged With: afflicted, free book, gay love story, mm romance

Goodread’s M/M Romance Award Nominations

December 20, 2012 By Brandon 3 Comments

GR MM Romance Nomination

It has been quite the year and now it is being topped off with two of my books being nominated in SEVEN categories of the  Goodreads M/M Romance Member’s Choice Awards.  I am thoroughly flattered. Thank you! (You can vote for your favorites by clicking on the link M/M Romance above. Voting ends 12/31.) Connect with the M/M Readers’ Group.  [Read more…] about Goodread’s M/M Romance Award Nominations

Filed Under: Gay Fiction, Gay Romance Novels Tagged With: afflicted, award winning gay fiction, listening to dust, mm romance

Afflicted II – Now Available

December 8, 2012 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Afflicted II - gay romance by Brandon ShireIt’s Here! And ‘HOTTER than Afflicted I‘

Or so I’m told.

Ladies are blushing. Gay men are…well, you know…

Find out for yourself!

Get your copy from Amazon, B&N, or Kobo

See what others are already saying about it on Goodreads

 10% of the proceeds from this, and all Brandon Shire books, are donated to LGBT Youth Charity

Filed Under: Gay Fiction, Gay Romance Novels Tagged With: afflicted, gay love story, mm romance

Best Gay Contemporary Fiction – LGBT Rainbow Awards

December 1, 2012 By Brandon 2 Comments

Rainbow Book AwardsIn case you haven’t heard, the Rainbow Book Awards were announced and I am very proud to say that Listening to Dust tied for third place in the Best Gay Contemporary Fiction category.

The Value of Rain came in with an Honorable Mention in the same category at #7 and received and Honorable Mention  at #5 for Best Gay Debut Novel.

 

  Listening to Dust - gay fiction gay fiction - the value of rain

Congratulations also go to:

Wayne Hoffman – Sweet Like Sugar 

Ken O’Neill – The Marrying Kind

Lewis DeSimone – The Heart’s History

You can see the extensive listing of all Rainbow Awards and Category winners here: 2012 LGBT Rainbow Awards

Filed Under: Gay Fiction, Gay Romance Novels Tagged With: award winning gay fiction, gay literature, Homophobia, listening to dust, the value of rain

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