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The ramblings of an itinerant gay Buddhist, writer of young adult gay fiction, living in the mountains and jungles of South America with my dog, Pony.

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Comprehensive 2025 Reading Report -- Wow!!!

After an "eventful" last few days over the New Year (you can read all about it in the comments in Chapter 7 of Medellin), I got such a nice surprise this morning when I saw the 2025 reading stats, especially that Swing for the Fences was the #2 most recommended story of 2025, and ranked in the Top 10 in eleven different categories. Even Medellin made the Top 2 in two different categories, and it's barely gotten started yet. Of course, many, many, many thanks to my readers and "fans" for all thei
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Holiday Update 2025

Happy Holidays to everyone! I really miss celebrating Christmas (as a cultural holiday, not a religious one, since I'm not Christian) back in the States. You'll understand why when you read about Colombian Christmas celebrations later on in Medellín. Medellín certainly doesn't have as high a readership as Swing for the Fences, but I'm still relatively pleased with how it's going. I wanted to do something a little different and don't want to be pigeonholed into just one type of story (although I
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Medellín and Stealing Home

So, now that Swing for the Fences has ended, my latest novel has started posting, Medellín. It's very, very different in tone and theme than Swing for the Fences was,  but I just ask (and hope) that readers give this one a chance, as it is probably my most personal and favorite story to date that I've written. Very heavy on the teenage angst, with the addition of bullets, bombs, and multiple love interests for Hunter (who is probably one of the most unsympathetic and unlikable narrators I've eve
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Nifty Archives Not So Nifty

So… the Nifty Archive isn’t feeling all that “nifty” right now. Last Wednesday morning, I submitted Chapter 25 of Swing for the Fences as usual, expecting it to be posted that evening. That’s how it has always worked in the past. But by Thursday, nothing. Other stories had gone up in the Gay Male/High School section, but mine hadn’t. I resubmitted Thursday. Still nothing. Friday came and went. Still nothing. I emailed the archive at nifty@nifty.org AND stories@nifty.org. No resp
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SFTF Chapters 21 & 22

So, Chapters 21 and 22 of Swing for the Fences have both been posted now, and they're what I would consider "transitional" (and shorter) chapters, giving Nick and Jack some time to "settle in" as new boyfriends and be happy and in love for a little while. But stay tuned for Chapter 23 (which will be posted on Wednesday, September 3rd), as some more "excitement" will come along to challenge Nick and his friends. The second round of revisions/edits for Medellin is taking longer than I expecte
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Swinging for the Fences & Other Musings

It looks like it's been about 16 years since I've written a blog here. I guess I'd forgotten they even existed. So, I'm back writing again after about 20 years, with my second complete novel, Swing for the Fences. Chapter 20 will be released on Saturday morning (August 23rd). After that, only 25 more chapters to go. The chapters in this novel are much shorter than I'm used to writing, hence the large number of chapters.  My next novel, which I have almost completed, Medellin, will only have
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