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, Love is in the air! Many thanks to all who entered my Valentine’s Day contest. Your definitions of love are inspiring and varied. After careful thought—and heart searching—I was able to choose my three favorites. But I couldn’t resist sharing my other favorites as well, so a list Read more…
Dear Reader, As Valentine’s Day draws closer—only two weeks away!—I want to remind you to get your entry in for the Calling All Lovers contest. Define love, in about 280 characters, and send your entry to me at bruce@audacitybooks.com. Win books and get your definition published here in the Valentine’s Day blog 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, At this most romantic time of the year, help me solve the mystery. Or, as Cole Porter asked, “What is this thing called love?” In your own words—maybe 280 characters, like a tweet—define love. And share your definition with the blogosphere.* Please enter no later than Friday, February 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, For the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m looking back on the old year with fondness. Sure, there was more than the usual lunacy coming out of Washington. And a lot of disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against trusted news-givers. And enough violence Read more…
Dear Reader, I’m resisting the idea of creating a list of resolutions for the new year, as always. It seems artificial, somehow, and the likelihood of failure feels like a set-up for negativity. But I will be taking stock: Knowing where we are and where we’ve been is a powerful Read more…
Dear Reader, It’s probably the ugliness of the current political scene that got me on this topic. That and the fact that I never met Edie Windsor, the fiercely courageous rights advocate who died last week. Perhaps I wanted to celebrate the living, rather than waiting to eulogize. Whatever my Read more…