Dear Friends, The Fourth of July—following closely on Pride Month—always reminds me how fragile our liberties are. And never have I had a keener sense of our fragilities then I do today. But it seems to me that the Constitution is still reasonably intact, and that wisdom and justice still Read more…
Dear Reader, LGBTQ pride is an everyday thing. And yet it is right and fitting to assign it a unique month. June always feels special to me, because each day reminds me of the great progress made in the struggle for equality. And the fight for essential rights still not Read more…
Dear Reader, I hope you’ll tell me when you find typos. They have the inevitability of Greek tragedy. But as far as I know, the text is right, and the covers—ebook, paperback, and hardcover—are stunning. Thank you, Tim Barber (dissectdesigns.com). LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC is live! The process of getting Read more…
Dear Reader, Fourteen days and counting! It all goes so fast. LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC is set to release on May 1, as scheduled. There’s always something, of course. In this case, as I told you last time, I felt the need of a few edits to the story. That Read more…
Dear Reader, The world lost a great crusader this week, Mathilde Krim. Dr. Krim was one of the most important warriors—arguably the most visible heterosexual—on the front lines of the battle against AIDS. She recognized the epidemic early on, and helped to found, in 1983, the organization that would become Read more…
Dear Reader, I had coffee last week with a gym acquaintance who is a generation younger than I am. I was telling him about Volume II, LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC. He mentioned, almost in passing, that he and his friends came of age in the AIDS era, that they never experienced the Read more…
Dear Reader, This week has been particularly creative, and I’m delighted to report that the second volume of my Love Trilogy, LOVE AND THE EPIDEMIC, is taking shape. Just as when I was writing YOU’RE SURE TO FALL IN LOVE, characters show up in my head and start talking to me. And Read more…