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  1. We have something a little different this month. A reader sent in a question for Mann Ramblings that we’ll start the feature with. @Mann Ramblings • If you could tell your younger writing-self anything, what would it be? • • • Ok. Here's my answer: You're not an erotic author. You're an author. Write what you want. Let the boys get raunchy, and sometimes beat the hell out of each other. Feel free to kill off the character if it's right for the tale. But temper the sensational aspects. Too much sex or hyper-violence will unbalance a story and they'll never let you forget that one scene. You're going to hate some of your old work. Rewriting an entire novel is a bitch, but you may do it anyways. • • • • • Considering how much I’ve benefitted from his experience when he edits my work, I found both the question and the answer fascinating. So much so, I decided to pose the same one to a few of our Signature Authors. We can all benefit from their experience. • • • • • @Cia • If you could tell your younger writing-self anything, what would it be? • • • Let's see, how about, "Don't stop writing so you forget how to do all this." As a teen I wrote fantasy stories, but then I stopped. Picking it up again as an adult meant relearning a lot of rules I'd let myself forget because, frankly, you don't write dialogue when you are writing purchase orders or grocery lists. Good thing, I guess, since it would take up a lot of room to write "Your daughter's stinky butt needs more diapers because you're running scary low and she exploded three times!" the babysitter said or "Milk, you always forget you need more milk," her husband reminds her. It'd take forever to cross everything off the huge list I'd be dragging along behind me through the store! • • • • • @Valkyrie • If you could tell your younger writing-self anything, what would it be? • • • I would tell my younger self to write more. I dabbled in writing in my youth and never finished a longer story until I joined GA. I wrote more poetry vs prose back then. When I tried writing longer works, I'd get bogged down in trying to make it 'perfect', so the biggest piece of advice I would give my younger self would be to relax and simply write, and not worry about revising as I go • • • • • @Graeme • If you could tell your younger writing-self anything, what would it be? • • • Firstly, listen to your editor. I've been lucky in that I've had a number of experienced editors over my writing time, but when I started I didn't listen as much as I should have. In hindsight, they were correct with their observations, but it took me some time before I accepted what they were saying. Along the same lines, I would tell myself the advice I received later on in my writing, and that's to always keep in mind the end goal. Work out how you want the story to end, and then write in that direction. Don't lose sight of that goal, because that's how you can write yourself into a corner. If you know where you're headed, that will help remind you to leave an escape route to allow you to get to that goal. Meandering on your way to the goal is fine, but don't forget where you want to finish while you wander. Finally, don't be afraid to try new things. Some will work, some won't, but even the failures will teach you something. • • • • • @CassieQ • If you could tell your younger writing-self anything, what would it be? • • • Set realistic goals. I started writing with the idea of completing full novel-length works when I was in high school. I sucked at it. I went for years without being able to complete a full novel length work and I grew incredibly frustrated with myself and thought maybe I just didn't have it in me to be a writer. I think it was around 2004 when I found NaNoWriMo and managed to pull off my first full length work in a reasonable amount of time. I had been setting deadlines, but they were super vague, like “I’m going to finish this novel by the end of the year” or “I’m going to have this done by the end of the summer” but without really laying down a plan or breaking a huge task (finishing a novel) into smaller goals. NaNoWriMo’s daily word count goals were like magic. It taught me how to break down a 50,000-word project into ~1,500 words per day. Right now NaNoWriMo is a bit too ambitious to fit in with my current schedule, but it helped immensely to help develop realistic writing goals when I was working on later works, especially longer pieces like Reach, Not The Sun and Geeks. • • • • • @CarlHoliday • If you could tell your younger writing-self anything, what would it be? • • • Your writing mentor gave you a list of authors to read and those not to read. Now, you need to read all of their works. Plus, go back to school and take all the writing and literature courses you can. Don't force your writing. Let your voice come out naturally through your reading, studying, and practice writing the kinds of stories you read.  • • • • • I’ll finish the month off with one of the questions still remaining from a previous feature. • • • • • @Geron Kees • What reform do you most admire? • • • I would have to say that the word reform draws me in two different directions. As mostly used today in the broad sense in our country, the word means very little to me. We live in an age where words have attained new power as manipulative tools, specifically selected and used to make unpopular or unbeneficial things sound more palatable. The word reform is spat out in connection with every change that those behind the change want to sound wonderful - tax reform, health care reform, social reform - but the truth is that it is misused in most instances. The word reform, used as a noun, has a dictionary meaning of: "a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; a self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice." All definitions point to a change for the better and/or the correction of some level of abuse or evil. In the times we live in, the word is a mask for changes that do not benefit society or the individual that lives within it. Or, shall we say, not the average person that lives within it. Most changes these days touted as reforms benefit a select few. The complete absence of real truth in political and corporate America today is frightening. Here is where reform is needed, but where, historically, it never happens, until the type of upheaval we all dread occurs. On the other hand, personal reform, as in, how can I better myself, is entirely another matter. Here is a use of the word I can actually control. In reference to myself, it really is about positive change, and it requires a change that most people - but especially me - feels betters my life and the lives of those around me. I have always been a person that, once focused on a troubling aspect of my life, takes steps to correct it. So in that area, I embrace reform, both as a word and as an action. I prefer to like myself every day of the week, and not just on Sundays, like so many others seem to do these days. You asked, and I answered. • • • If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? • "You're the last to arrive. Everyone will be delighted to see you again!" • • • • • That’s it for March! Tune in again next month. In the meantime, send me your questions, and I’ll chase the authors down to get a response. Namaste
  2. Hi there! Although I have a couple of questions and responses predating the ones in this issue, I felt these responses were time sensitive. The question came in soon after someone claimed Ask An Author only featured established, popular authors. Wrooong! The member who sent in in suggested asking it of newer authors and provided a short list of candidates. Here’s the message I sent out: In case you haven't come across it, the first Wednesday of every month I coordinate a blog feature. Ask an Author's predicated on readers sending in question and authors answering them. I keep the identity of the person asking confidential; some of our readers are truly shy, but one sent me a question to ask you and a couple other new authors. Would you mind replying to the one before and forwarding the response to me? Thanks! As you're recently arrived at GA as an author, how have you found your experience posting and interacting with readers? And here are the responses I received: @James Carnarvon I have found the whole experience incredibly positive and encouraging. Unlike many GA authors perhaps, I had sat on my finished story for many years before sharing it with the world, and I was pretty nervous about letting it out there. The great responses I started to get right from the beginning gave me confidence to keep posting, especially knowing that the story gets better and better after the first couple of chapters. The 'Likes', 'Loves' and other reactions are great as far as they go, but the really fascinating feedback is the chapter-by-chapter comments, whether they are simply expressing appreciation for the writing or speculating on what might happen next. I think I mentioned in one of my own comments that to have people commenting with such insight and obvious engagement into the story and its characters, well, there's really no greater vote of confidence for a writer. Comments that offer different viewpoints are also welcome. There was one particular plot development in my story that did not convince everyone, and it was good to see that the readers here are not afraid to offer constructive criticism as well as positive comments. In a way, it added value to all the positive comments I had received. If I do find time to write anything else that fits GA's brief, I would have every confidence about continuing to post here. @btaoc1963 So far, the experience has been great! GA has more feedback options than I'm used to, and it's nice to see reactions as well as comments from readers 🙂. As far as posting, GA is more structured than most sites, and as a creative person I'm not always good at following directions lol. I sort of tend to 'wing it' which gets me into trouble. I'm still learning a few ins and outs but I truly enjoy the site, and I'm glad I came across it. GA is definitely a good home for my story. @Mac Rountree The experience has been totally positive. I am trying different writing techniques and readers are noticing and commenting. I find that feedback very helpful as I work on new stories. I was struggling with the ending to a story and a reader commented on the chapter I had posted that he hoped that the characters would return to where they started. Bingo! That was exactly what I needed. I would probably still be struggling if not for that comment. The generosity of people to read and comment has been very gratifying; especially when they are asking for more! The bottom line question though, is: am I able to write a story that readers find compelling. I think the answer is yes. I have three stories posted at this time. One story has one more chapter and a second story has four more chapters. The manuscripts are completed and I am posting them on a regular schedule. The third story has just started. I already have seven chapters written and couldn't wait to finish it before posting it for readers to read and respond. The response has been positive. I am also working on a story that will start on December 1 and will have daily postings until January 6. There is a through narrative of two men who fall in love in college. This is layered with the Christian seasons of Advent and Christmas and the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. There are specific scripture readings for each day during that time and I am weaving the readings and the narrative together. I hope that the readers enjoy it as much as I am enjoying writing it. I am grateful for having gayauthors. I follow several stories on here and greatly admire the quality of writing I find. @GabrielCaldwell Hi, I haven't been here long, and I've only had one reader message me directly. This site is different to another site where I've posted because readers can comment at the end of chapters. I was a little nervous about that, as I imagined it might be like the YouTube comment section, but so far it's been great. All of the comments have been encouraging, and someone pointed out a minor error, which was helpful. I've been enjoying it so far! If the individuals who didn’t respond in time do so in the future, I’ll feature their responses in a future issue. In the meantime, now that you’ve met these four, say hello to them at some point. You should also check out their work. I’ve read some and enjoyed. We’ve established the blog is not limited to a certain type of author so send in questions for anyone. When answered, I’ll feature them.
  3. How many of you have tried to use a publisher for your work? I've done so a little over 2 weeks ago and it took me a whole day to get everything together and in order, only to stumble over the pitch and the exposé. If you-- like me-- have never even seen such a thing, let me tell you that this sucks. More than the writing and editing itself. I had three different versions for this, each in varying length, until I finally found one that I thought was perfect. To the point but explanatory, short but well-rounded, blah. Now I'm kind of stumbling through the publishing world, waiting for their judgment on my work and finding out that most other publishers don't want to hear from me if I already sent my work to someone else and haven't got a reply yet. But how long do I have to wait for an answer, until it's okay to say "welp, they obviously don't want it"? I know that two weeks are not enough time and that I should wait at least a month, but how much time should I let pass until it's okay to ask if everything is alright? Or shouldn't I ask that and just silently tuck my tail and move on? Please share your experiences!
  4. Hello! I've recently bought and read 15 gay romance novelettes and books to get myself up to date with popular choices, both from indie authors and publishers. As fun as that was, I noticed a few trends that I'm now wondering about. For example, most of the werewolf or shapeshifter stories tend to have incredibly corny romance elements (mistake leading to misunderstanding leading to tearful short-term separation leading to another tearful talking things out and finally a happily ever after), almost every vampire story contains a crazy serial killer vampire, most BDSM stories are about an abused sub who finally finds that one (crazy rich) dom who treats them right... You get the picture. I don't mean to sound judgemental, I like archetypes and serial killers and rags to riches stories, but after reading a good 15 books, I felt a little betrayed and confused. I'm wondering how to discern "standard story arc" stories from "non-standard" ones, but that seems to be a thing of dumb luck instead of reading book matters. How many "storyline recipes" are there, and which did you notice in your own forays into the land of the published? Is it a good idea to stick to them? Do you have a favorite? Which stereotypical setting do you think is supersaturated and should be left the heck alone?
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