I am passionate about anything Book. Writing. Editing. Collecting. Selling. Being the owner of a mobile book store, I travel a lot over weekends and meet many bookworms. This last weekend, after setting up our store, I did something to measure people's reactions; I placed the Gay section right next to the Children's section. I knew there would be reaction, and let me tell you, some were funny, others mumbled and grumbled. Two customers looked shocked. One customer mumbled "disgusting" and walked out, and another customer approached me with, "you should move that gay section away from where it is". Two customers, one pushing a pram, laughed about it. One customer shut his son's eyes with the palm of his hand. One child asked mommy, "What is gay, mom?" to which she answered; "Gay people come home from a party at five o clock in the morning..."

What?!!!!

It sounded hysterical.

The covers were not explicit with nude males, maybe just one. But it's not a full frontal. Just his torso. On the whole, I sold a lot more gay books than ever before, so guess where I will place them next weekend. Right.

On to last week's editing requests. JL Alberto, Scotty94 and Cole Matthews are looking for help with their stories. Scotty stepped up and volunteered to beta for Cole Matthews, so a great big hug and shout out to Scotty. Thank you.

I posted a paragraph in the Editor's Corner on Saturday about Ghost Editors, and I want to repeat it here: Once you have purchased the editor title from the store (free), please step up to help our writers. This doesn't just apply to editors and betas, it applies to authors who are able to edit. Don't be shy. Just step up. We need you.

Here is a tip for writers: there are a lot of articles on grammar, punctuation and the rules they follow in the Editor's Corner, why not take a look at these fine articles by fine writers and editors like Libby Drew and Cia? You might find an article on comma usage, or how not to end your sentence with prepositions. Maybe you struggle with the words Get and Let. Too many Thats and Thens in your story? These articles are valuable and really help the writer out of a jam.

So, until next week, on behalf of Joann414 and the editorial team, have a great week and remember, please step up to help us.