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Discussion: Happy Ever After/For Now…
Posted by Erastes One thing that I have a great deal of trouble with, as a writer in this genre, is the Happy Ever After. It’s wonderful now of course, that any writer of contemporary gay fiction can...
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A Rake Ain’t Nothin’ But A Garden Implement
by Tracey Pennington You see them everywhere in the romance genre. Some are young; more are in their mid-thirties to early forties. The vast majority of them are handsome and desirable. Most are in...
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Discussion: Cover… MY EYES!
It’s a fairly well known that that Romance – and by this I mean heterosexual Romance – (Harlequin, Avon, Mills & Boon and the like) – generally have a certain sort of cover. You know the type…...
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Malibu Historical Barbie
by Tracey Pennington It’s an odd fact, but many fans of historical romance—and many writers of it as well—dislike history. If you ask them, they will tell you, at first, that they love historical...
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Why here and not there?
by Fiona Glass Reading through several of Erastes’ recent reviews, I’ve noticed anachronisms being mentioned: railways in a Regency setting, confusion over the rules of aristocratic titles, that sort...
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Women writing M/M
There’s a subject I keep seeing all over the net recently, and that’s about people who are not gay and lesbian writing gay and lesbian fiction. Some people find it annoying, some people even find it...
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Opinions Please? Improvements?
Hi, Thanks to everyone who has helped this community to grow in popularity it’s very much appreciated and it makes us feel great that you agree with us that this genre is one that deserves its own...
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Dear Author’s Query Saturday
Dear Author have started to showcase Query Letters on a Saturday and this week they have a query regarding a m/m story based in 1919 New York. The Query Letter itself needs a little work, but I think...
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Best GBLT book of 2007?
I’ve been contacted by Dear Author and Smart Bitches and they’ve asked if Speak Its Name would like to help nominate some of the books for ther upcoming awards, namely the GBLT category. Rather proud...
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Turns on and Squicks: a rebuttal
By T J Pennington Were it possible, I would have posted this response on Erotica Readers & Writers Association. Regrettably, while Jean Roberta’s’ editorial on women who write male/male romance was...
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The List – Revisted
The List has been fiddled with and I’ve put it into historical order. We have: Anthologies Ancient World Dark Ages Middle Ages Renaissance 17th Century & Regency 18th Century 19th Century 20th...
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Headless Naked Torsos: A Note on Cover Art
by Tracey J. Pennington I must say something about covers which feature the ubiquitous headless naked male torso. Please note–this is not a criticism of authors, who typically have no control over what...
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Gay Historical Panel at GLBT UK MEET
On 23rd July, the 2nd annual GLBT UK MEETUP was held and it was a resounding success. In a year we went from 12 attendees to over 40 and we are planning even better next year. Here’s the panel hosted...
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