My second book–I know, right?—will be published March 1 via Berlin-based Bruno Gmunder. Filthy Remarks: 444 Sex Quotes features hundreds of pithy aphorisms about sex, men and relationships from poets and porn stars, Nobel laureates and world leaders. If you shop online, I invite you to pre-order via Amazon where the book is just about $12. All of the pre-orders will be fulfilled on publication day, which helps goose my rankings on their bestseller charts. And a quick social media reminder that although I am not doing much blogging these days, I am still active on Twitter and Facebook. This blog and my professional website will be revamped sometime this year. Cheers!

UPDATE: October, 2012

The next two essays in my Camino de Santiago travel series have been posted to the Out Traveler website. If you read my original emails and/or blog posts two-and-a-half years ago, you might recognize some of the stories.

As I note over on my Camino blog, I don't know yet if they'll run any additional installments, but the traffic has been good. I'm researching self-publishing and unless something really great falls into my lap, I'm on track to publish the book next May to coincide with the third anniversary of my adventure.

Thank you for your support! Please log in to Facebook to like, share or leave a comment; if you're on the Twitter machine, please retweet. Help me spread the word that there's a new travel writer in town and he needs to pay some bills.

CLICK HERE for Part 1 ("500 Miles: Hiking the Camino de Santiago").

CLICK HERE for Part 2 ("Pain & Solace").

CLICK HERE for Part 3 ("Self & Solitude").

UPDATE: Sept. 2012

As I note over on my Camino de Santiago blog, I've had a breakthrough: After two solid years of rejection, I finally sold a series of essays about my pilgrimage to Out Traveler, the premiere LGBT travel website. This is a taste of what the book will look like and hopefully will lead to a publishing contract; if not, I'll proceed with self-publishing next spring.

CLICK HERE to read the first essay and help spread the word! I hope you enjoy it. Otherwise, you can find me posting regularly on the Twitter machine.

Update: August 2012

UPDATE: Stay tuned for an overhaul to this blog later this year (I hope). In the meantime, please continue to utilize the links below for my latest scribbling and Twitterings.

In late July, I had my first bylined article published on the website for The Advocate, the premiere LGBT newsmagazine (they did briefly plug my book, published under my pen name, last year). Feels good to have finally cracked that nut! CLICK HERE to read it.

UPDATE: Bylines, Twitter, Facebook

UPDATE 03/17/12: A few quick reminder links about where to find me—and my work—on the interwebs.

CLICK HERE for my daily-updated GPTimes porn-biz blog. [Note: NSFW!]
CLICK HERE for my GPTimes porn blog on the Kindle. [Note: NSFW!].

CLICK HERE for my Camino memoir blog, A Knock on the Head.
CLICK HERE for my Camino memoir blog on the Kindle.

CLICK HERE to buy Gay Porn Heroes—my first book!—on Amazon.
CLICK HERE to buy Gay Porn Heroes—my first book!—on Amazon U.K.
CLICK HERE to buy Gay Porn Heroes—my first book!—on TLA Gay.

CLICK HERE for the Gay Porn Heroes—my first book!—page at Bruno Gmunder's website.

As you know, I'm taking a break from regular long-form blogging. I am on Facebook, but don't really use it except to repost links from Twitter.

CLICK HERE for my frequently updated GPTimes porn-related Twitter feed. [Note: NSFW!]
CLICK HERE for my 500 Turtles non-porn writing Twitter feed.
CLICK HERE for my Bad Mood Quotes Twitter feed.

I also regularly have short items, mostly showbiz stuff, published at these websites:
BraveNewHollywood.com.
GoldDerby.com.
Queerty.com.

Finally: Email me here.

Salud!

Never forget: Matthew Shepard

NEVER FORGET

Matthew Shepard, (12/1/76-10/12/98)

More information:
* The Matthew Shepard Foundation
* MatthewsPlace.com
* Matthew Shepard Foundation on Twitter


See also:
* It Gets Better Project
* Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
* The Trevor Project

Amazon Kindle

A quick update for you: Both my GPTimes porn blog [NSFW] and my Camino blog are now available via the Amazon Kindle. Both are priced at $1.99 per month and every subscription kicks back a few coins to me. It all helps. There is a free 14-day trial if you want to try it out first. Bless you and everyone who looks like you.

CLICK HERE for my GPTimes porn blog on the Kindle [NSFW].
CLICK HERE for my A Knock on the Head Camino blog.

August update

Earlier this month, the Berlin-based publisher Bruno Gmunder sent out an email blast to the industry touting its September slate of books and sundry. My first book, Gay Porn Heroes, was among them. Reading that email blast gave me a shiver. It finally felt real, y'know? It's being published next month and it's in pre-order right now on Amazon.com.

I humbly demand ask that you visit Amazon and click the little link to "like" the entry and help raise our profile on the site. When the book is published, please leave a positive review and/or rate the reviews that may already be there. This also helps boost the book in Amazon's sales algorithm.

A quick note about content. It's an oversized, hardcover photobook with text. I chose most of the photos, arranged them, and wrote all of the mini-essays (over 100). Having worked in this crazy industry since 1995, I was well-suited for the task. Despite the title, it's not a hardcore sex book. But there are photos of naked men, obviously. If you find a typo, don't let me know for while...

As noted in the entries below this one, I'm Tweeting fairly regularly but I'm not really blogging here for the time being. A big upgrade to my online life is coming later this year, hopefully in time for the 10th anniversary of this blog in November.

Once again, the Gay Porn Heroes Amazon link: CLICK HERE.

Writing

P.S. In addition to the links in the previous post, I also write short, bloggy items about showbiz awards and entertainment industry ephemera for these two websites:

* CLICK HERE for BraveNewHollywood.com.
* CLICK HERE for GoldDerby.com.

More to come as the jobs crop up.

Update: June 2011

Greetings. One year ago today, my birthday, I was recuperating in my hotel in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. I had just finished hiking 500 miles across Northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago. Amazing. I'm continually gobsmacked that it's been a year already.

Anyway, I am taking a break from this blog for awhile. An update is coming soon eventually. In the meantime, find me at the following links:

* CLICK HERE for my periodically updated Camino blog.
* CLICK HERE for my non-adult, safe-for-work Twitter account: @500Turtles
* CLICK HERE for my quote-lovers, probably safe-for-work Twitter account: @BadMoodQuotes

I am on Facebook but I don't really blog there, just post links to my writing and stuff, which you can find on Twitter.

Visit the links in the column to your right for my porn-biz, NOT-safe-for-work blog and Twitter feed.

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