Category Archives: Love in Los Angeles

So, your mom read your erotic gay romance. How’d that work out?

While Starling and Doves are under lock and key as we go into the editorial process with our publisher, there was one person beyond the first readers that helped us through our initial process who we’ve let read the books. … Continue reading

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So, you’ve written an erotic gay romance. What does your mom think?

When my mother found out that we’d signed a contract on Starling (now the first book in the Love in Los Angeles series) she was proud.  Then, when she found out it was a romance novel, she asked me if … Continue reading

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New York Minute

I grew up in New York State, in Upstate New York, in Rochester, New York, but never in New York because when you say “I’m from New York,” to someone from out of state, the assumption is, always, that you’re … Continue reading

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California Dreaming

Like most native New Yorkers, I have a pretty conflicted relationship with Los Angeles. Much of that is merely logistical, after all, I don’t even know how to drive. But much of that is rooted in cultural differences around status, … Continue reading

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