Reviews by Jessewave

Ethan Stone loves to ask your opinions about controversial topics in M/M romance. This one is REALLY touchy, although it’s humorous. I know what I think but he’s more interested in  YOUR opinion. Today I’m talking about realism versus romance regarding sex in books. I want to clarify up front this isn’t about the m/m genre [...]

Cody Hecht, who you met yesterday, is our newest guest contributor. I invited Cody to give us his perspective as a young adult, and he brings a fresh point of view to the issues that affect gay youth, a huge part of our community and population. This is a new direction for this site because [...]

Young adult! Many of us positively associate this genre with nostalgic tales of teenage angst, glittery vampires, and boy wizards. But hearing “young adult” can also send heads shaking. “Oh no! No thanks. Not for me!” I don’t understand what these readers are rejecting – probably because I’m not quite sure what “young adult” is [...]

Hi all! Ally Blue here. I have come to you asking for your help with a project. I asked Wave if she’d put up a link for me, and she did me one better. She said I could write up a short piece explaining what we’re doing and why we’re doing it. So here I [...]

Howdy Guys & Gals! I’m here today to give you an update on all the fun, fun, fun, we have planned for ABQ this coming October. So don’t let your daddy take your T-Bird away, damn it…you just might need it. Hell, bring your daddy along if you have to…I’ll do my best to keep [...]

I knew I was crazy to let her loose on an unsuspecting world but I couldn’t resist! Sammy is like crack to me — the good kind, like chocolate. When she pitched this idea of a kindergarten teacher trying to write M/M I thought …. how bad could that be? Well you’re about to find [...]

Jordan Castillo Price is a regular visitor to this site and every time she shows up she shares her knowledge on different topics. Today she’s talking about storytelling. Who knew that there was so much involved? I thought you could just grab ideas out of the air and massage them, but Jordan shows how complicated [...]

Several months ago Stephani Hecht asked me to display the Safe Reading Zone sign on the site and explained the reasons behind the campaign. I was happy to do so and the sign has found a permanent place here. However, Stephani has never had an opportunity to explain this very important campaign to the readers [...]

This morning at about 3.00 A.M. I received an email from Jeff Pearce, an author I hadn’t spoken to in several months. Apparently he had seen my post yesterday on the Chicks & Dicks blog and read the comments. He was so concerned at the treatment I had received at the hands of his peers/colleagues [...]

Okay, obviously I’m not here to write about dogs. Several readers have asked me to do a basic breakdown of the process and… gulp… the cost of producing a Blind Eye Book from start to finish. I can only assume that these intrepid readers are looking for inventive new ways to go bankrupt. And boy [...]

The very touchy topic of cheating has been discussed on this site a few times because so many romance readers abhor the very idea of cheating, regardless of the circumstances, and the opinions have ranged from no cheating to ….. absolutely no cheating. So this post by L.A. Witt is very timely not only in light of [...]

The Partner Writers Really Need  When Marie answered Heidi’s call for authors to join her at Des Moines Pride in 2010, neither one of us had any idea this would start a chain reaction leading to an ten-day road trip, a naughty blog, and in short an epic partnership. We’re fond of saying, “We’re Thelma [...]

I’ve been asked time and again – and I’m sure many readers and writers have been asked the same – “what do you prefer: plot led or character led stories?” Usually, when put on the spot, I’ll ramble and say that both are equally as important to me, but I’ve been doing a lot of [...]

Title: Judas Kiss Director: J.T. Tepnapa Starring: Richard Harmon, Charlie David, Sean Paul Lockhart, Timo Descamps Producers: Blue Seraph Productions, Border2Border Entertainment Amazon Buy/Watch Link Genre: Drama/Sci-fi Country of Origin/Language: USA/English Rating: Unrated Released: 2011 Length: 94  minutes Rating: 5 stars out of 5 A guest review by Jay Bell

We experience many firsts in life…first steps, first kiss, first love.  And so when Wave graciously asked me to post a little note to all of you I decided I would share…  The first time I read M/M fiction or How I fell in love with a throbbing manroot! There I was…an innocent…quietly going through [...]

Writers are often inspired by the work of other writers. That’s natural. There’s a certain synergy created by reading. Ideas spark ideas. But sometimes that inspiration can go too far. What started out seeming like a gift from the muses can turn out to be an outright copy of another author’s story or even worse, [...]

Today’s post by Alex Beecroft is an issue I’m sure many authors have struggled with, especially if they have been around for a while and have an established fan base in a particular genre. What will their fans think, for example, if they crossed genres from writing horrors to entering the world of romance like [...]

A Guest Post by Tj Picture this. I’m in my local drug store doing a little shopping, and yeah, maybe checking out that cute guy picking up a prescription at the pharmacy counter. (Oh wait, maybe that’s not such a good idea – Lord knows what he’s being treated for!) Shaking my head, I turn [...]