My plans for 2020 were:

- Attend an MFA reunion
This kinda happened in the spring, for an hour or two on Zoom. A group of writers, a year inside: I better hear about everybody's pandemic project next year.

- Visit family in South Korea
LOL NOPE. Originally the plan was to go in October, but when it arrived I couldn't get there by law, by hook, or by ( Read more... )

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At long last, this collaboration is complete: Gay A Day is now available for pre-order (and on Amazon can be had for $5 off with promo code GIFTBOOK18)!


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Hello! Because I'm never too busy to talk to a friend, I've started a new podcast with my BBF, a PhD, called the Mutual Admiration Society. Conversations on writing, winning, and life in general, between two old pals who cover the waterfront of writing: academia, professional writing, blogs, diaries, and fiction ( Read more... )

I've had an editing weekend, and it seems like a good time for an update:

0) The Joseph and His Friend Annotation

Two weeks ago I went through the nearly 500 pages of my annotation project, Joseph and His Friend. It took a year to research, nine grueling days to compile, nine relatively easier days to edit it. The manuscript was pretty clean the ( Read more... )

Hear me argue for the better drunk in An Earful of Queer’s special segment, Dueling Dandies!

An Earful of Queer is a new monthly LGBTQ fiction podcast; each episode comes with an interview in front, and a cage match in the back!

First up for interview is my own dear publisher Steve Berman, and then it’s the debut episode of Dueling Dandies: the ( Read more... )

I didn't win the Lambda Award, but I did have this trip:

Day 1 - Philadelphia
- All travel was efficient and timely.
- Cheesesteaks with mroctober, talked about books and boys ( Read more... )

In my Short Story class I got to pick an author to do a presentation on, and I picked Keith Banner (1) because I want my fellow classmates to experience the treat that is reading "Holding Hands For Safety" and (2) because I am Facebook friends with Keith and he very kindly agreed to answer some questions, which are now posted on his blog, 2+2=5My ( Read more... )