Day two of the tour and we’re over at Smoocher’s Voice. Carrie-Ann was kind enough to bring in a few ringers to help interview (interrogate) me about the new gay romance, Cold. 
Don’t forget to leave a comment for the giveaway!
Cold Virtual Book Tour – Day 2
May 21, 2013 By
Cold Blog Hop Starts Today
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
To celebrate the release of Cold we have a blog hop going on this week that’s a little different from your average online book tour. I have carefully selected our tours stops and worked with each blog owner to give you more character information, more back story, and a chance to win a FREE copy of Cold on every blog. Some of the posts may raise more questions. Some of the posts will give you hints about what’s coming next. And, for those of you who have already fallen for Lem… Well, you definitely won’t want to miss this event.
I’ll be blogging every day during this book tour so you don’t miss a single post, or a chance to win.
Online Book Tour Schedule:
(Links will become active as the posts go live.)
May 21st – Smoocher’s Voice – Author Interview (Giveaway)
May 22nd – LeAnn’s Reviews – In-depth Back-story Questions (Giveaway)
May 23rd – Purple Rose Tea House – LGBT Youth in Prison (tie-in post) (Giveaway)
May 24th – Attention Is Arbitrary – Character Interview w/ Lem (Giveaway)
As a special bonus, you can find an interview with me today over at
Hop Against Homophobia
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Welcome, today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and to celebrate hundreds of authors, publishers, and individuals have an extraordinary blog hop going on. There are prizes, information, and many personal stories about what homophobia is and what it does. All of this is a concerted effort to bring awareness to the plague of homophobia and hopefully, to one day bring it to an end. You will find links at the bottom of this post to direct you to other posts from blogs around the world. Enjoy, and help us spread the word. Don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win an e-book copy of my JUST released new gay romance novel, Cold.
The Hidden Aspect of Homophobia – A Personal Experience
I remember a young man I was dating from a conservative Christian family who lived in a small town in Alabama. Both his mother and sister knew he was gay. They loved him dearly but… [Read more...]
Release Day!
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Cold is finally here.
Yes, we’re a little early. But allow me to introduce you to Lem and Anderson, two completely different men who have been thrust together in an environment from which they cannot escape.
To celebrate we will be having a blog hop starting next week with character insights, behind the scenes information, and hints about what’s coming up in book 2. (YES, there’s another book coming.) And throughout the month of May I’ll be posting around the internet with a few more tidbits for you to consider.
You can now download Cold from Amazon, AllRomanceEbooks, Smashwords and Kobo. iTunes and B&N will be available soon.
AND don’t forget, we have a GIVEAWAY going on right now over at Joyfully Jay.
BLOG HOP May 20th-24th
(Links will become active as the posts go live.)
May 20th – It starts here on BrandonShire.com
May 21st – Smoocher’s Voice – Author Interview (Giveaway)
May 22nd – LeAnn’s Reviews – In-depth Back-story Questions (Giveaway)
May 23rd – Purple Rose Tea House – LGBT Youth in Prison (tie-in post) (Giveaway)
May 24th – Attention Is Arbitrary – Character Interview w/ Lem (Giveaway)
Interview with LGBT Author Dick O’Connor
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome author Dick O’Connnor to the blog.
Brandon: Poking around your social sites I noted that you’re gritty and raw, just like real life. I like that. Tell us a little something about yourself that we won’t find online.
Dick: I am a former model (I got too old and the binge drinking was hell on my abs) and a wannabe socialite. I’m originally from a desert cow town in Southern California and got into the gay club scene when I was eighteen once my best friend spotted my innocence in a club and took me under his wing, boozed me up, and taught me how to detach emotion from sex. Overall I’m a neo-Libertine.
B: Where did Stiff come from and what motivated you to write it?
D: STIFF: Memoirs of a Dick is my attempt to recount the stories to the best of my blacked-out memories in college; unfortunately, alcohol can make things a little hazy. If it didn’t happen the way I remember then it damn well should have.
Motivations for Gay Romance – Cold
April 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Today I have an exclusive post over at Scorching Reviews for their 2013 LGBT Fiction Blog Hop. I’m talking about my latest gay romance, Cold and my motivations for creating the characters within that book. Click on over there and check out the post, and don’t forget, there’s a new LGBT author posting every single day in April.
Add Cold to your To Be Read list on Goodreads
Publication Date: May 20, 2013
Cold by Brandon Shire coming in May
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The beta readers are sending back their comments about Cold.
“Another five star read!”
“Love these characters!”
“You had me crying, again!”
The exact release date is still to be determined, but it will be in May. You can join in the conversation on Goodreads, or get notified via email by signing up for my newsletter.
Read the book blurb
Prison is a brutal, heartless, and demeaning environment. No one knows this better than a man sentenced to life in prison for murder. Lem Porter is a high-profile prisoner who had a solid career ahead of him in a field he loved until he killed his brother. He has spent almost eighteen years behind bars and doesn’t have much hope left.
Anderson Passero had it all. He built a career, a name, and a relationship with a man he thought he loved. Only after he very publicly landed in prison did he realize how ignorant he’d been. He has eight months left on his sentence and he is eager to go home and put prison life behind him. He doesn’t know it yet, but he will always carry these eight months with him, and they may just help him to understand what love really means.
NOTE to Current Email Subscribers:
The frequency of emails will increase as we have integrated the blog with our email subscriber list at the request of fans. As followers of this blog know, we offer a broad range of voices from other LGBT authors, musicians and filmmakers, as well as info about LGBT Youth related news. It is my sincere hope that you’ll stick with us and help spread the word. Exclusive information about new releases and upcoming books will still be available via email first, before appearing on the blog or social media sites.
~Brandon
My Favorite Book – LGBT Author Elizabeth Noble
March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome Elizabeth Noble to the blog. She’s here to tell us about her favorite book. As I did with many of the guest authors I’ve had here before, I asked Elizabeth to pick her favorite from one of her own books. And she was nice enough to give us an excerpt too!
Thank you for having me today!
I have lots of favorites that revolve around my writing. A favorite way to write, as well as a place. Favorite things to surround myself with when I write, but an actual favorite book? I nearly gave myself hives trying to pick a favorite book of mine that I’d written. How could I possibly do that? It was like saying pick my favorite child.
Each book has its good and bad from the point of the writer. The book I’m most excited about is the one I’m currently writing. The book that gives me a warm gooey feeling (the thank heavens it’s done feeling) in my stomach is the one about to be released. But a favorite among the books already published, that was hard. So, I employed my variation of an age old technique. I stood in front of the framed versions of my covers, closed my eyes and went eenee, menie, miney, moe. [Read more...]
Interview with LGBT Author Brian Centrone
March 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Welcome author Brian Centrone to the blog.
Some of my readers may not be familiar with you Brian, please tell us a little about yourself.
Thanks for the invite Brandon, I’m glad to be here. I lived for three years in Manchester where I got my MA in Novel Writing from The University of Manchester. I teach writing and literature in New York and Ohio. I am a big pop culture junkie; I love fashion, music, art and literature. Creativity fuels me – always has. I am a very private person though my effusive personality might suggest otherwise. [Read more...]
Special Guest Post – Author Kia Zi Shiru
February 15, 2013 By 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...]
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