#4

so, I'm expanding my horizons.

after two years of hosting my work pretty much exclusively on gayauthors.org, I've decided to start expanding my horizons and pursuing a wider, non-gay audience.

why?

because, well, my writing just isn't all that gay.

I mean, sure, I'm a gay man, and I like to explore gay themes in my stories, but I've come to realise that most of my work just isn't gay enough for the gay literature market. there's not enough lusting, not enough fashion, not enough hot, sweaty sex.

and you know what?

that's ok.

I mean, sure, it's difficult to accept that I'm just not all that popular with my target gay audience, but opening my work up to a wider audience will allow me to connect with a wider range of people, and maybe bring some joy to a section of the community that I could never have reached by sticking to the homogenous (homo-genous, geddit?) environment that is gayauthors.org.

so anyway, I've uploaded The Boy Next Door to fictionpress.com, and I'll see how it all goes.

I also cracked out the notepad at work today, and wrote three full pages of notes about the upcoming chapters of A Shot of Clarity, including dialogue from the final scene. the words were flowing really easily today, and the ideas were coming to me basically fully-formed, so hopefully that's a sign of things to come.

in terms of posting dates, I'm hoping to get Part Two out no later than the end of September. I'm fully aware that not much happened in the recently-posted Part One, so I'm going to try and get a move on and get into the really meaty part of the story.

once I've done that, hopefully the readers will start to flow.

anyway, it's 11.24pm, and Miss Universe is on the tv in the background, so I should probably call it a night.

Peace