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Special Guest Post – Author Kia Zi Shiru

February 15, 2013 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Thank you so much for having me here today, Brandon. Today I’ll be talking a bit about how my own life and the life of people I know or read about got mixed up within the writing of the Black Sheep Trilogy.

Black Sheep over all deals with a few over reaching themes: abuse, self mutilation, depression and, most of all, love. What I’ve experienced within the LGBT community is that almost everyone has to deal with these subjects either for themselves or because of friends at one point or another. They are strong themes and I might have overestimated the impact some of these things have on one’s life and how to express them properly within my writing. [Read more…] about Special Guest Post – Author Kia Zi Shiru

Dare Not – Special Guest Post by Author Joseph Dispenza

January 25, 2013 By Brandon Leave a Comment

Joseph Dispenza and Mike Herbert - sepia by Barry Shapiro When I read recently about Jamie Kuntz, the 18-year old who was kicked off his football team for being in relationship with a 65-year old man, I thought of a phrase that was first used more than a hundred years ago: “The love that dare not speak its name.”

What is the love that dare not speak its name? Most of us, on hearing the phrase, would reply quickly, “Homosexuality, of course…gay love.”

That would be right—up to a point. The “love” in question actually has a specific meaning, born of an interesting historical event: one of the four trials of poet, playwright, and wit Oscar Wilde in the spring of 1895 in London.

Four years earlier, in 1891, Wilde had fallen in love and begun a relationship with the 22-year-old Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed “Bosie”. Wilde was 38. The two of them were discrete, mostly—remember that in England at the time homosexuality was a criminal offense—but Wilde was a flamboyant celebrity whose private life was under constant scrutiny. [Read more…] about Dare Not – Special Guest Post by Author Joseph Dispenza

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

Giveaway ends January 12, 2013.

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Afflicted II – Now Available

December 8, 2012 By Brandon Leave a Comment

It’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

The final weeks until Afflicted 2

November 5, 2012 By Brandon 5 Comments

UPDATE: Publication date has been set for December 6th. Mark it on your Goodreads TBR List.

I’m in the home stretch for getting Afflicted II out to you by December and thought I would share some of the music that has been part of the writing process, as well as some thoughts about the Afflicted series itself.

First, let me start off with an admission: Afflicted was an experiment. In 15 years of writing I’ve never attempted to write erotic romance. This was a first. I enjoyed writing it. It was nice to have written something with a definitively happy ending; and if the muse has her way, I may offer up more for your critique.

But let’s get Afflicted finished first (please). [Read more…] about The final weeks until Afflicted 2

Interview with author Amelia C Gormley (with a bonus excerpt)

October 18, 2012 By Brandon 4 Comments

I’m talking to Amelia C. Gormley today whose debut book Inertia (Impulse #1) is garnering great reviews. We’re chatting about her book, her future plans, her next book in the series, and her goal of aiding the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit.

Inertia (Impulse #1) is the story of Derrick Chance, a man who lost his heart once and isn’t willing to risk it again. (But you know that never works out, no matter how much we try.)

B: One of the first things that struck me about your MC, Derrick, is that he felt like an old soul, and was not a fashionista, which I find all too (stereotypically) often in M/M romance. Externally he appears quite comfortable with his life, but internally…that’s a different story. How did you develop his character? [Read more…] about Interview with author Amelia C Gormley (with a bonus excerpt)