For the NSYNC fans out there, I hope y'all had a merry transition from April to May.

As with a new month, Ask An Author comes to showcase a deserving author. An anonymous reader sent me a list of questions for @Laura S. Fox. Let's see how she responded.

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Laura S. Fox

13 Stories / 1,588,251 Words 

How long have you been writing gay-themed fiction and what got you started?

I have been writing this type of story for as long as 16 years if I'm counting correctly. It was a long time I did that before I reached GA in 2017. 

It all started with fanfiction, actually. I don't know if the term is much in use now, but back in those days, they called it 'slash', that was when various male characters in TV shows, anime series, and so on, were being paired by the imagination of various fanfiction writers. I'd consumed quite a bit of fanfiction written in various fandoms before I got gutsy enough to write some of my own.

It took me some years to start writing original fiction, and that happened when I discovered that M/M romance was a big thing on Amazon. 

What brought you to Gay Authors?

Since I began writing original fiction and wanted to bring it under the eyes of an audience - something that happened with little success for many years - I began searching for platforms where I could publish my stories so that people could read it. If I remember well, it was because of a Google search that I ended up here.

What have you enjoyed the most about your GA experience?

What GA has and many other places on the Internet today don't is a strong, amazing community. I'm not using big words just for the fun of doing so. There aren't that many platforms where you can publish this type of story and experience great feedback. I know it for a fact since I publish my works on many different platforms. I won't mention other sites, but let's just say that there are platforms with a much larger audience where thousands of views only bring a measly comment or two on each chapter, not to mention the negativity that sometimes stems from the fact that people are not required to sign up and leave a comment or a review under at least an alias. 

To put it simply, GA is a lot more troll-proof than a lot of places on the net these days, and that's really great.

What ONE story or series have you read on GA you may want to read again?

I think that the one story I loved the most was lomax61's Gay Vacation Companion, but I'm not sure it is still on the site. It gave a fresh and natural perspective on a relationship that developed to circumstances that weren't supposed to lead to that

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Thanks for the interview, Laura! Don't forget to click the link in her name to check out her stories. 

Hope y'all enjoy your month of May!