It’s my distinct pleasure to be one included as one of the inaugural authors on MLR Press’ Author’s Blog.  That said, it is also my pleasure to announce that “Kingsley & I Together,” the second in the “Kingsley & I” series is currently in press and scheduled for release by MLR Press in March 2009.

“Kingsley & I” is the electrifyingly erotic love story of two men, one (Kingsley) gay, the other (I) hesitantly bisexual, that irrevocably dominates the rest of their lives. Yet, as the immortal Bard points out, “The course of true love never did run smooth.” Can it be any different for Kingsley & I? Convinced of, even overawed by the power of their erotic attraction for each other, they pledge themselves to each other, but pledging, no matter how passionate or sincere, is never quite the same as living together day-by-day.  In “Kingsley & I Together” readers will get to know more about the elusive Kingsley (“The King”), and “I” as their relationship continues to unfold. In this second book, the two take on the question, “What does it take to make an electrifyingly erotic relationship like their last?” and in the the course of answering the question, readers will come to know Kingsley and I more intimately than ever before. (continue reading…)

Now that I have your attention…

Writers get asked all kinds of questions, some so often they’ve become cliches: where do you get your ideas, how long have you wanted to be a writer, when are you going to write a real book – this usually comes when you write what people think is fluff, like romance or chick lit or in my case, m/m stuff with lots of hot man on man sex. Horror, that’s not real writing!

But I get one question most female writers don’t: how can you write about gay men having sex with other men? I started writing what’s known today as m/m, much of it erotica which includes some pretty graphic sex scenes years before it became popular. So how can I, female, write such personal accounts of men? I mean what do I know about cocks and balls and cock rings and the like? Back when I started reading it – in the early 80′s – and later when I started writing it, it was important that no hint of my sexuality be revealed. No problem since I have an androgynous name. Back then it was unheard of for women to read, let alone write gay sex stories. Now you get publishers who are putting out calls specifically for women to write this stuff. Talk about turn around. Me, I’m just writing what I want and I’m happy that other people seem to like it too. I finally caught the beginning of a trend instead of coming in as an also ran. (continue reading…)