Gay Writes at Dear Author
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Today is National Coming Out Day, and here at Dear Author, we’re going to be celebrating NCOD all week with our own “Gay Writes” campaign.
One of the reasons NCOD was established in 1988 is because the single most important thing most GLBT people can do to advance GLBT rights is to come out, whether to coworkers, family, friends, or the person behind them in the grocery store. Because the thing that changes people’s minds about gay rights above anything else is knowing someone who is GLBT.
The end of DADT (very near and dear to my heart) and of DOMA, the adoption of ENDA, and marriage equality are all huge issues at the moment in the US. We’re so close to equality in so many areas, and yet, kids are killing themselves because of the anti-gay rhetoric they hear every day from their classmates and parents, in their schools and churches. Dan Savage started the It Gets Better Project, a YouTube video channel where people can post their own video talking to these GLBT youth, telling them that no matter how bad things feel in high school (or even in middle school), that it will get better and they should stick it out. Dan’s own video with his wonderful husband Terry has been viewed more than half a million times. People like Tim Gunn (from Project Runway) and Chris Colfer (from Glee) and Kate Bornstein (amazing cultural critic) have posted their own videos. But so have the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus, the Broadway company of Chicago, the cast of Wicked, and these guys (best video of the whole project, IMO). But so have hundreds and hundreds of ordinary people, each telling their own story about being bullied when they were younger and how it was worth living through it so they could experience life in all its glory.
So, with these things in mind, we are Dear Author thought it was important to celebrate GLBT romance. Because it doesn’t get much better than living through the worst things life can throw at you and finding your happy ending with your perfect partner (as I say in my own IGBP video).
So, ten days ago I put a (very informal) call out to authors and publishers of GLBT romances (mostly over Twitter and in emails to my contacts at various presses) for giveaways for our Dear Author NCOD celebration, and to our reviewers for reviews of GLBT romances. And the response was so huge (especially considering its very informal nature), we’ve had to make it a National Coming Out WEEK celebration. We’ve got more than 125 books to give away and six reviews of GLBT romance novels.
All week, we’ll run reviews and each review will have its own personal giveaway that will remain open for 24 hours. You’ll need to comment on the review to win. But that doesn’t begin to cover all the books we have to give away. So comment on THIS post any time before Friday, 11:59 PST, and you’ll be entered to win one (or more, depending on whether they’re bundled) of our giveaway prizes, most of which are GLBT romances. Comment with the top 5 prizes you’d be interested in winning and you’ll make my life a lot easier. Otherwise, if you win, you’ll get a random drawing of the prizes. You might get that anyway, but you’re more likely to get something you want if you tell me what it is!
We’d like to thank the many many authors who donated books (and, really, so many did, we actually had to start turning people away). We’d also like to thank the amazing publishers of GLBT romance novels who donated books (in alphabetical order): Blind Eye Books, Bold Strokes Books (the first to respond! Thanks, Radclyffe!), Dreamspinner Press, Loose Id (who are running their own NCOD celebration all month AND who donated a VIP pass that gets the winner 10% off all year at Loose Id), MLR Press, Noble Romance Publishing, Samhain Publishing, and Torquere Books. These are by no means the only publishers of GLBT romance, and are CERTAINLY not the only authors of GLBT romance, but they responded to my pleas and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts.
And now, our prizes: (Print books can only go to US recipients. One win per person for the week of our Gay Writes giveaways, but feel free to comment on all posts to increase your chances of winning! Comment by Saturday 11:59 pm PST for a chance of winning.)
Loose Id‘s VIP pass: 10% off all Loose Id books for a year
A choice of any Torquere book in their catalog (5 prizes)
A choice of any GLBT Samhain book in their catalog (3 prizes)
(Now with all new fixed Amazon links so you can see what these books are!)
A.B. Gayle, Mardi Gras
Digital
Adriana Kraft, Meghan’s Playhouse Book Five: Meg’s Folly Digital
Adriana Kraft, To Love and To Cherish
Print
Adriana Kraft, Toy Box: Tattooed Ladies
Digital
Alex Beecroft, False Colors
Print (I adore this book)
Ally Blue, Adder
Print
Ally Blue, An Inner Darkness
Print
Ally Blue, Easy
Print
Ally Blue, Love, Like Ghosts
Print
Ally Blue, Shenandoah
Digital
Anthology, Forbidden Love
Digital
Anthology, Last Gasp
Digital
Anthology, Past Shadows
Print
Anthology, Lee Benoit (Ed.), Someplace in This World Digital
Anthology, The Ties that Bind
Print
Anthology, Temperature Rising
Print
Anthology, Time Well Bent
Print
Ashley M. Christman, Requiem, Digital
Astrid Amara, Half Pass, Samhain E-ARC (only being released in January–read it before anyone else!)
Barry Eisler, Inside Out
Print (NOT romance, but hardcover!)
Belinda McBride, Blacque/Bleu Digital
Brita Addams, Chocolate, Tea, and the Duchess
Digital
Bryl R. Tyne, Ignited
Digital
Bryl R. Tyne bundle: The Zagzagel Diaries: Forsaken
The Zagzagel Diaries: Denial
The Zagzagel Diaries: Desperate
The Zagzagel Diaries: Lost
Digital (NOT romance)
Bryl R. Tyne Trey #3
Digital
C. Margery Kempe, Spinning Gold
Digital
Carsen Taite, It Should be a Crime
Print
Clancy Nacht, A Certain Pressure in the Pipes
Digital
Clare London, Freeman
Print
Dena Celeste, Her Master’s Gift
Digital
Erin Dutton, Point of Ignition
Print
Gill McKnight, Goldenseal
Print
Ginn Hale duology, Lord of the White Hell Book One
Lord of the White Hell Book Two
Print (3 copies of the duology)
H.C. Brown, Delicious
Digital
Heidi Cullinan, Double Blind
Print
Heidi Cullinan, Hero
Digital
Heidi Cullinan, Hero
Print
Heidi Cullinan, Miles and the Magic Flute
Digital
Heidi Cullinan bundle, Special Delivery
and Double Blind
Digital (I adore this series. Brilliant.)
Heidi Cullinan, Sweet Son
Digital
Heidi Cullinan, Wounds in the Walls Digital
Isabella, Always Faithful
Digital
Isabella, ALways Faithful Print
J.L. Langley, Without Reservations
Print
James Buchanan Trilogy: Cheating Chance,
Inland Empire, and
All or Nothing
Print (I adore this series, too.)
Jeanne Barrack, Bend in the Road
Print
Jennifer Fulton, Dark Dreamer
Print
Jlee Meyer, Hotel Liaison
Print
Joely Skye, Marked
Print
Jove Belle, Split the Aces
Print
Jules Jones, Lord and Master Digital (I read this book during labor with son#2. Wonderful!)
Jules Jones, Spin Drift Digital
Julie Cannon, Power Play
Print
K.A. Mitchell bundle: Collision Course and
No Souvenirs
Digital (Brilliant brilliant romances–some of my favorite)
K.A. Mitchell, Diving in Deep
Print
K.A. Mitchell, Historical Anthology, Print
K.B. Cutter, Summer Heat
Digital
K.T. Grant, Lovestruck
Digital
K.Z. Snow, Electric Melty Tingles Digital
K.Z. Snow, Mobry’s Dick
Print
K.Z. Snow, The Prayer Waltz
Digital
Kari Gregg, Lovely Wicked Digital
Keira Andrews, The Station Digital
Keva D, Out of the Closet Digital
Kim Baldwin, Breaking the Ice
Print
Kim Baldwin, Focus of Desire
Print
Kimberly Gardner, Almost Heaven Digital
Kirsten Saell, Crossing Swords
Print
L.B. Gregg bundle, Catch Me If You Can and Trust Me If You Dare Digital
L.D. Madison, Caught By Surprise Digital
Lee Benoit, Moonspun Digital
Lydia Nyx, The Game in Spain Digital
Lynn Lorenz, Jackson’s Pride
Print
Martin Delacroix, Boys Who Love Men Digital
Meghan O’Brien, Battlescars
Print
Missy Welsh, My Summer of Wes
Digital
Radclyffe, Trauma Alert
Print
Reno MacLeod & Jaye Valentine, A Perfect Game
Digital
Rick R. Reed, Tales from the Sexual Underground
Print
Roxy Harte, You’re Invited, Digital (Not yet released–be the first to read this)
Sarah Black, Fearless
Print
Scarlet Hyacinth, Unseen Paths: Elven Journals
Digital
Shayla Kersten 4 ebooks from backlist Digital
Shayla Kersten, Naughtiest Nuptials
Print
Shayla Kersten, Past Lies
Print
Sloan Parker, More
Digital
Stephani Hecht bundle, EMS Heat (4 books)
Digital
Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, The Gentleman and the Rogue
Digital
Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, Seducing Stephen
Digital
Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, The Nobleman and the Spy, Digital (Not yet released–be the first to read this)
Tamara Allen, Whistling in the Dark
Print
Treva Harte, Maxxed Out Digital
Victor J. Banis, Deadly Wrong
Print
Victor J. Banis, The Man from C.A.M.P.
Print
Victoria Janssen, The Moonlight Mistress
Print
William Maltese, Beyond Machu
Print
William Maltese, Goldsands
Print
William Maltese, Snakes
Print
Wren Boudreau, Back to Normal Digital
Z.A. Maxfield, Notturno
Print
ETA (because I missed two emails):
James Buchanan, Hard Fall
Digital
Laura Baumbach, A Bit of Rough
Print
Laura Baumbach, Out There in the Night
Print
Anthology, Because of the Brave
Print
Anthology, The Mysterious
Print
Obviously I’m not eligible for any prizes but I’d like to personally add my thanks to Sarah’s to all who generously donated prizes.
I don’t care if I win, or if I do what it may be- I just wanted to send a huge THANK YOU to all the amazing people who volunteered their hard work for this.
There are times I grimace at being part of the romance community- yet many, many more times that I am humbled by being in the company of such caring and accepting people.
Sarah, thanks so much for organizing and hosting this, and for your wonderful It Gets Better video. Watching you hold up those books celebrating ALL romantic relationships is truly powerful.
Wow, that’s a lot of books that were donated. Thanks, guys. Happy coming out day, everyone!
Ok, here are my top five prizes I’d be interested in winning. (I own a lot of the ones listed, they’re all great books!):
Ally Blue – Shenandoah (Digital)
Heidi Cullinan – Hero (Digital)
Isabella – Always Faithful (Digital)
L.B. Gregg bundle – Catch Me if You Can and Trust Me if You Dare (Digital)
Treva Harte – Maxxed Out (Digital)
Thank you for the opportunity to be counted as standing with so many others in care and love and concern for the times in which we live and their impact on individual lives. I am so sorry that young people dying is what brings us together and sorry too that we have to talk in terms of tolerance and granting rights when we should all be equally part of our society. This is a great initative Jane and Dr Sarah.
What a great way to celebrate! Thank you!!
1. Ginn Hale duology, Lord of the White Hell Book One Lord of the White Hell Book Two Print (3 copies of the duology)
2. Kimberly Gardner, Almost Heaven Digital
3. L.D. Madison, Caught By Surprise Digital
4. Astrid Amara, Half Pass, Samhain E-ARC (only being released in January-read it before anyone else!)
5. Ginn Hale duology, Lord of the White Hell Book One Lord of the White Hell Book Two Print (3 copies of the duology)
Yeah, I know I have Ginn Hale twice. I’ve read MANY MANY of the others and I REALLY want to read these. :)
Hmm. Got the KA Mitchells. Read the Beecroft. . . I want the LB Greggs, I think.
I haven’t read a lot of these titles or authors so this list is great.
What a great event! Count me in. Looking forward to the reviews.
Would love to win some of the print books–I’m trying to convince my library system to add more romance from all perspectives and donating the books seems to make it most likely to get on the shelves. Particularly Alex Beecroft, False Colors Print, James Buchanan Trilogy: Cheating Chance, Inland Empire, and All or Nothing Print
Thank you, Sarah and DA, for celebrating this turning point in the lives of so many people.
I’d love to have Ginn Hale’s duology, ZAM’s Notturno, Tamara Allen’s Whistling in the Dark, Rick Reed’s Tales from the Sexual Underground, or J.L. Langley’s Without Reservations. (Don’t have an e-reader, so print editions are a blessing to me!)
“…kids are killing themselves because of the anti-gay rhetoric they hear every day from their classmates and parents, in their schools and churches…”
That hurts my heart!
(btw, I love K A Mitchell– “Diving in Deep” holds a special place in my ‘book heart’)
No preference for me. Looking to read new writers.
Here are my top 5:
A.B. Gayle, Mardi Gras Digital
J.L. Langley, Without Reservations Print
Z.A. Maxfield, Notturno Print
Joely Skye, Marked Print
Ally Blue, Easy Print
Thank you so much for all the authors and everyone putting this on! I can’t believe in this day and age people are still so closed minded. I am going to raise my children, to treat everyone the same no matter what!!!
~~*Drea*~~
This is totally awesome. What a wonderful thing it is you are doing.
Thank you.
Wow! Great contest!!
1. Ginn Hale Duology
2. Rick Reed Tales of the Sexual Underground-Print
3. James Buchanan Trilogy-Print
4. ZA Maxfield- Print
5. Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee- The Nobleman and the Spy
I couldn’t even begin to pick 5. A huge thank you for bringing this genre the attention it deserves and if I win I’ll happily take whatever you choice(s) you select.
It is beyond reprehensible that we are approaching 2011 and intolerance is still so prevalent. The headlines are heartbreaking and there does not seem to be any real solution being put into practice. We have to start teaching children to accept each others differences, not just in the classroom but at home where hate is often taught on the knee of a closed minded parent. Television, movies, the internet, it has to be a global effort – as long as it is dramatized as entertainment future generations will not be able to see how damaging it is.
Thanks for giving me a forum for my two cents…
Wow! This is an awesome response and I will be sure to share it with my blog followers all week.
Random is good for me, Thank you.
Gosh, this is a great contest. Thanks for having it!
Cheesy creezy, that’s a lot of books!
I’m super excited and proud that DearAuthor is devoting the entire week to GLBT reviews and posts.
(Also, sign me up for any f/f or lez books. Or random. Or whatever. I heart books!)
I think it’s great that America celebrates National Coming Out Day – this is the first I’ve heard of it and they should definately turn it into an international thing. People are still way too prejudiced even in our enlightened times, and in some instances we even seem to be moving backwards.
All the better that GBLT authors out there are being promoted, that Tolerance (yes, with a capital T) is being honoured (or perhaps more to the point, we are reminded of its necessity) on this day.
I’m a big fan of GBLT books, so it wasn’t easy to pick favourites (although I limited myself to digital versions since I live in Europe)…
1. K.A. Mitchell, No Souveniers (bundle?)
2.Lynn Lorenz, Jackson’s Pride
3. LB Gregg, Catch Me If You Can
4. Lee Benoit, Moonspun
5. Jules Jones, Lord and Master
Thank you Sarah and publishers for doing this. :)
hugs
molli
This is really great, any prize would be wonderful.
Thank you guys for doing this amazing thing, if more GBLT kids decide that life is worth living as a result of this day, it is all worth it.
So many amazing books, I read and love so many of them.
I guess these are my top five choices:
A choice of any GLBT Samhain book in their catalog
Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, The Nobleman and the Spy
Astrid Amara, Half Pass, Samhain E-ARC
Victor J. Banis, Deadly Wrong Print
Kimberly Gardner, Almost Heaven Digital
Thank you again.
What a lot of great looking books. And what a great idea.
1. Ginn Hale duology, Lord of the White Hell Book One Lord of the White Hell Book Two Print
2. Astrid Amara, Half Pass, Samhain E-ARC
3. L.B. Gregg bundle
4. Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, The Nobleman and the Spy, Digital
This is a really cool way to celebrate NCOD. I’m putting my name in for a random drawing. There are way too many books here to pick only five.
Wow, a great way to celebrate NCOD. I don’t qualify for print prizes (non-USA), so anything digital for me. My fav from the list would be:
1. A.B. Gayle, Mardi Gras
2. K.Z. Snow, Electric Melty Tingles
3. Missy Welsh, My Summer of Wes
4. Wren Boudreau, Back to Normal
5. Anthology, Lee Benoit (Ed.), Someplace in This World
I also want to thank you for the link to ” It Gets Better Project” on YouTube – heartwarming!
So glad NCOD and IGBP exist. This giveaway is an amazing and generous way to spread the word/celebrate. If drawn, I’d prefer any of the f/f books.
Thanks for putting this together.
Wow, you’re amazing. What great stuff. Decisions.
I’m in Canada so not sure that’s an issue for print or not.
1. KA Mitchell Diving in Deep print
2. KZ Snow Mobry’s Dick print
3. Ally Blue Adder print
4. James Buchanan Trilogy print (swoon)
5. Ginn Hale duology, Lord of the White Hell Book One Lord of the White Hell Book Two Print (3 copies of the duology)
WOW! So honored to see my book up there! Happy Coming Out Day!
What a fantastic way to celebrate NCOD!
Any lezfic prize would be fantastic … Thanks!!
What a great way to celebrate National Coming Out Day
Stephani Hecht bundle, EMS Heat digital
Roxy Harte, You're Invited, Digital
Anthology, Forbidden Love Digital
L.B. Gregg bundle digital
A.B. Gayle, Mardi Gras Digital
This is awesome. I’m proud to be part of this community!
What a great way to celebrate coming out day!
If I’m lucky enough to win, here’s my top five choices:
Keira Andrews – The Station (digital)
Clare London – Freeman (print)
The Gina Hale duology (print)
KA Mitchel historical anthology (print)
The James Buchanan trilogy (print)
This is such a cool thing that you guys are doing. And what a great post Joan. Very informational (TM-Stephen Colbert)and apropos for crap that’s going down these days.
And so nice of Bold Strokes Books to come through with some lesbian stories.
Put me in for:
Radclyffe
Jove Belle
Kim Baldwin
K.B Cutter
Jennifer Fulton
Thanks so much!!!
If donors can also be contestants, I’d love to be considered for Ginn Hale’s Duology, Astrid Amara’s Half Pass, Belinda McBride’s Blacque/Bleu, and Sarah Black’s Fearless.
I was into my 30s before I came out, and I know that events like this one at Dear Author make a huge difference. Adding our voices and visibility to the many in support of GLBT folk — and especially GLBT youth — is one of the most powerful things we do. Thank you Sarah!
I have just spent the last several hours going through the videos on youtube. Wish they had been around when I was a teen.
Have to share this one:
I am thrilled to see my book, Chocolate, Tea and the Duchess on the list. Thank you Noble Romance for including in the package.
I wish you a great week-long celebration. What a wonderful event.
Brita Addams
You guys and everyone involved are so full of awesome. BTW, boyfriend and I loved the It Get’s Better video recommended.
Don’t enter me in the contest, but please accept my compliments and affection for the wonderful campaign. Great post, Joan. And to all the readers i want to say some of my all time favorite books are on this list, so you’ve got treats before you. Wish my book was out so i could add it to the pile. Next year!
I love this contest. Thank you. I’d love any of these that are print about lesbian romance.
Thanks
I think this is a wonderful way to celebrate Coming Out day. You guys are great!!
How generous of all involved! Thank you.
while any would be appreciated, my first choices would be…
James Buchanan Trilogy: Cheating Chance, Inland Empire, and All or Nothing Print
Adriana Kraft, Toy Box: Tattooed Ladies Digital
J.L. Langley, Without Reservations Print
This is a terrfic way to celebrate! :)
And the book selection looks great.
1. LB Gregg bundle
2. Ginn Hale duology
3. James Buchanan bundle
Oh God, I would dye for prints, but I’m not from US, so I go only for digital.
This is a beautiful idea. Kudos to SarahF and to all the donors.
I’d love anything m/m in print (except False Colours, which I already have).
Like Jayne, I’m not eligible for the drawing, but just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all the publishers who have provided prizes and to Joan/Sarah for her hard work on this.
Oh, and that Dan Savage & Terry video made me weepy! And I loved your video too, Sarah.
This is so great! I couldn’t even begin to choose which books from that awesome list, so I’m not even going to try. I’ll be happy if I won anything at all. Good job you guys, and thanks to everyone for donated their books and their time.
awesome way to celebrate! my top 5 are as follows:
Radclyffe, Trauma Alert Print
K.A. Mitchell, Diving in Deep Print
Ginn Hale duology, Lord of the White Hell Book One Lord of the White Hell Book Two Print (3 copies of the duology)
L.D. Madison, Caught By Surprise Digitall
Meghan O'Brien, Battlescars Print
Tamara Allen, Whistling in the Dark Print
well, top 6.. I love these authors!
James Buchanan Trilogy: Cheating Chance, Inland Empire, and All or Nothing
Other than that, I am easy to please. I’d really like the Trilogy if I won though.
Thank you Dear Author for doing this. I’ve been out for over 15 years. I’ve been fortunate to not have a lot of the problems many face when coming out.
What a great collection of prizes. It’s great to see so many publishers and authors coming together for coming out.
I’d be happy with any number of those books, but since I have a few of them, I’ll throw out five I’d like in no particular order.
James Buchanan
Victor Banis
Stephani Hecht
Blacque/Blue
Adder
The number of books you have is incredible! My choices:
1. Ginn Hale duology
2. Devon & Dee – Nobleman and the Spy
3. Astrid Amara, Half Pass, Samhain E-ARC
4. A.B. Gayle, Mardi Gras
5. Heidi Cullinan, Hero Digital
Firstly, thank you Sarah and to all the authors and publishers. Also, I watched Dan Savage’s video on the weekend – it was beautiful – so thank you Sarah for all the links. (I will be watching them tonight.)
Ummm. Living where I do I can only go the digital route *grin* so….
1. L.B. Gregg bundle
2. K.A. Mitchell bundle
3. Sloan Parker, More
4. Astrid Amara, Half Pass
Many thanks!
I love reading and have started reading gay fiction and erotica during the last year. I have read a few – but looking at this list, my wish list just exploded! Would love to have any of these. Prefer print books, but digital would be OK too.
Wow, what a wonderful giveaway! I have been very into m/m romances lately so I have been lucky enough to read quite a number of these. I especially have loved the K.A. Mitchell books, the Heidi Cullinan Special Delivery/Double Blind, and the James Buchanan Inland Empire series. Oh, and really enjoyed Adder too.
I’d love any of the m/m digital titles, but here are some top picks…
– Any of the Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee books
– Wren Boudreau, Back to Normal
– L.D. Madison, Caught By Surprise
– Sloan Parker, More
– Heidi Cullinan, Sweet Son
Thanks!
This is a great contest! I’m proud to be a part of it, and to be included with all these amazing authors!
Happy Coming Out Day! It’s an honor to be part of such a wonderful celebration. My sincerest wishes for a year of tolerance, respect, love and freedom for everyone.
What a great giveaway for such a wonderful and timely cause! Happy Coming Out Day!
I just realized that I haven’t read any M/M romances that aren’t YA or manga/anime. Go figure.
I love that you all are doing this! What a great way to celebrate NCOD. <3
What a fantastic giveaway. No print books for me in the UK, but I’d like Wren Boudreau’s Back to Normal or a Torquere book (that’s six things *grin*)
What a great thing to do you guys! DA introduced me to m/m romance and I’ve been hooked ever since and I know from experience that I have become more open minded and tolerant as a result.
My top 5 would be the Samhain prize, any digital book from Ally Blue, KT Grant or KZ Snow or the Stephani Hecht bundle.
This, is amazing!
Huge thanks to Sarah and Dear Author for hosting this day, this week and this awesome contest. I’m happy and proud to be a part of something positive in celebration of coming out.
Thanks for posting information about the It Gets Better project, Sarah, and especially for sharing your own story via It Gets Better. That takes a lot of courage and strength. The stories on there are absolutely humbling.
Any other parents out there, I’d like to encourage you to talk to your child’s school about GLBTQ bullying, and ask how they handle it. The Trevor Project (for crisis intervention and suicide prevention among GLBTQ youth) has educational materials available for free to schools. I’m planning to talk to my son’s high school this week. I expect resistence, TBH, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? You have to start somewhere.
The Trevor Project is here:
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/about-trevor/organization
Don’t enter me in the contest. I just wanted to stop in and thank you for doing this, and for letting me be a part of it :)
Wow, that’s a long list of prizes! Lots of good reads there… If I happen to win, I’d prefer (ebooks only):
1) A choice of any Torquere book in their catalog
2) A choice of any GLBT Samhain book in their catalog
3) H.C. Brown: Delicious
4) Reno MacLeod & Jaye Valentine: A Perfect Game
5) Anthology, Lee Benoit (Ed.): Someplace in This World
Fantastic, wonderful cause – and a great contest! How cool of you to do this!
My top five are:
Loose Id’s VIP pass
K.Z. Snow, Electric Melty Tingles Digital
Heidi Cullinan, Wounds in the Walls Digital
Treva Harte, Maxxed Out Digital
Wren Boudreau, Back to Normal Digital
Thank you for this generous offering of books. My top five are:
Ginn Hale’s duology
Tamara Allen’s Whistling in the Dark
James Buchanan’s trilogy
ZAM’s Notturno
Keira Andrew’s The Station
Thank you for offering this wonderful contest! I’d be happy with books from any of the following authors:
Ally Blue
JL Langley
KA Mitchell
LB Gregg
KZ Snow
So many great books on that list!
I’d love to read:
1. Astrid Amara’s Half Pass eARC
2. Tamara Allen’s Whistling in the Dark
3. Rafclyffe’s Trauma Alert
4. Dee&Devon The Nobleman & the Spy
5. ZA Maxfield’s Notturno
This is a great contest; I was just thinking about the fact I _haven’t_ read any MM fiction in a very long time!
I’d be happy with any of the books on that list!
I would love to win:
1) Ginn Hale duology, Lord of the White Hell Book One Lord of the White Hell Book Two Print (3 copies of the duology)
2) Keira Andrews, The Station
3) Radclyffe, Trauma Alert
4) Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, The Nobleman and the Spy
5) Tamara Allen, Whistling in the Dark
Thanks for organizing this.
Thank you for this initiative. It’s a wonderful campaign. Any of these prizes would be most welcome.
Amazing giveaway!
1) J.L. Langley, Without Reservations Print
2) Heidi Cullinan, Hero Print
3) Ally Blue, Love, Like Ghosts Print
4) K.A. Mitchell, Diving in Deep Print
5) Heidi Cullinan, Sweet Son Digital
<3<3
This is so amazing! SO many people giving away free books. :) If I win I would like to be surprised. Give me anything and I can’t wait to read it!!! Thanks to all of the awesome people who put this together.
Kelly
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This is a great way to celebrate NCOD, so thank you for doing this. Here’s my list :D
1. James Buchanan Trilogy: Cheating Chance, Inland Empire, and All or Nothing Print
2. Treva Harte, Maxxed Out Digital
3. Lee Benoit, Moonspun Digital
4. Ally Blue, Adder Print
5. Belinda McBride, Blacque/Bleu Digital
Thanks again!
I’d love to be considered for any of the prizes.
I also want to thank Sarah and Dear Author for hosting this celebration. Its so timely this year amid a season of heartbreak.
Blacque/Bleu was written for Loose Id’s Coming Out month; I was both humbled and excited when the story was accepted. B/B will go live at midnight tonight. (ET)
In my lifetime, I’ve had many friends and loved ones come out. Sadly, I’ve seen a few go back in the closet because of family disapproval, misplaced guilt and professional issues. My hope is that every day, every week and every year gets better for everyone, regardless of their sexuality.
I think I’ve read about half of the books on the list. I haven’t read many in print, though. It was so hard to decide.
1. Ginn Hale, Lord of the White Hell
2. Jeanne Barrack, Bend in the Road
3. Sarah Black, Fearless
4. Tamara Allen, Whistling in the Dark
5. Ally Blue, Adder
Here are digital choices — Half Pass E-ARC by Astrid Amara, Shenandoah by Ally Blue, any of the K.Z. Snow books, Seducing Stephen or The Nobleman and the Spy by Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, and Trust Me If You Dare by L.B. Gregg
Yes, I flunked math. But I love to read.
Thank you for this wonderful initiative. After all the tragedies in the news these past weeks, I’m glad that we can all come together and make something good and positive. Please count me in:
1) Alex Beecroft, False Colors Print
2)Adriana Kraft, To Love and To Cherish Print
3)Sarah Black, Fearless Print
4)K.A. Mitchell, Diving in Deep Print
What a great event! I’d love any m/m romance, or one of the open prizes from the publishers…
Thanks to Sarah and Dear Author to giving GLBT books face time on this site so prominently this week. I’ve only read a few of the authors, so it’s exciting to see that there are so many out there
Thank you Sarah and DA for the opportunity to win some fabulous books. I would happily accept either print or digital. I haven’t read many of these authors, so it would be wonderful if I could win any of these books.
Thanks so much for both the giveaway and this week’s content. My top 5, (in alphabetical order not order of preference,) are:
Astrid Amara, Half Pass, Samhain E-ARC
Clare London, Freeman
Heidi Cullinan bundle, Special Delivery and Double Blind
James Buchanan Trilogy
L.B. Gregg bundle, Catch Me If You Can and Trust Me If You Dare
Thanks for doing this! I’ve been all about gay rights since I was 11 or 12 and discovered it ticked off my religion teacher in Catholic school to be so. So, tween rebellion can occasionally be a force for good, I guess.
For my preferred prizes should I win:
1. False Colors
2. Samhain freebie
3. Radclyffe (haven’t read any f/f yet and she seems to be it.)
4. James Buchanan trilogy
5. Torquere freebie
I love all the attention you are giving NCOD!!!
Thank you for putting this together…it’s great to see so many positive things coming out lately to help everyone, but especially the younger generation. A good friend of mine came out a few months ago after ten years in a marriage. Her father is a minister and even he has been accepting and loving. It’s great to see that tolerance is spreading even if a bit slowly.
Top book choices would be anything by LB Gregg, Ginn Hale, Ally Blue, and JL Langley
This is a wonderful thing you and the authors are doing. I don’t understand why some people are full of such hate, but I hope their eyes will one day be opened to what they’re doing to others.
I would be thrilled with any of these books if I win.
I love it! This is fantastic! Win or not, I am so happy you’re doing this! I am sharing like mad! http://zonagirlie.livejournal.com/
WOW!!! What a wonderful giveaway :) may we always practice & show love, in all forms, to all people, from this day onward!
Tame
I think this is a pretty awesome way to celebrate. Thanks so much for putting it together!
My top five would be:
Loose Id’s VIP pass
Ally Blue, Adder
Ginn Hale duology
K.Z. Snow, Electric Melty Tingles
L.B. Gregg bundle
I would choose:
1.Radclyffe Trauma Alert Print
2.Laura Baumbach A Bit of Rough Print
3.Anthology Forbidden Love Digital
4.K.A. Mitchell bundle
5.Kim Baldwin Breaking the Ice Print
You guys are so amazing for doing this! And all the effort that went into this event! I wasn’t even aware of this particular date until I went to loose id this morning and saw all their newly listed titles, (and of course brought them all, my poor credit card).
Anyways what I would really love to win is the Loose Id’s VIP pass, or maybe the Z.A. Maxfield, Notturno Print. Anyways look forward to what unravels this week! :D
How wonderful you are doing this. If I win, I’d be happy with any of the prizes with a preference for a digital book. Thanks
HI, I Tough to choose, I have several of htem but I do not have have Radcliffe Trauma ALert, Ally LBue’s Easy, Lynn LOrenz JAckson PRide, The Mysterious.
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I would love to win a few of these. Let’s see here. Soo many goodies to choose from.
James Buchanan Trilogy
William Maltese, Beyond Machu
Jennifer Fulton, Dark Dreamer
Jules Jones, Lord and Master
Heidi Cullinan, Hero Digital
My top five picks.
Thank you so much for doing this. What a wonderful way to celebrate NCOD. The length of the list of books up there is amazing.
I’d like to read:
1. False Colors
2. Any K.A. Mitchell
3. the Ginn Hale duology
4. Any of them, really
5. Any of the lesbian ones.
Thank you so much for thinking of this and promoting NCOD and romance this way. What an amazing collection of authors and books!
What a brilliant thing to do. Thank you for coming out in support of NCOD :)
If authors are allowed to take part in the competition, I’d love a chance to win Ginn Hale’s books, or Freeman by Clare London, or anything by Heidi Cullinan (except for Hero, which I already have in both ebook and print!)
Thank you again.
I am a new reader of the m/m romances and would love to win any of these listed in either print or ebook. I haven’t tried a f/f book yet even though I was given one by an author to try.
As a member of The GLBT Bookshelf, I’m thrilled to find this! Great list of books, too.
It’s great that all these authors are showing their support!
Commenting! (I loved the videos you linked to — it’s so inspiring to see all of the stories of things “getting better”.)
My top five prizes —
The Astrid Amara e-arc
The Ginn Hale duology
and any of the anthologies except “Last Gasp” (I own “Last Gasp”)
Wow, what an incredibly generous giveaway. I would be happy to win and review any of the titles.
Been hooked on m/m stories ever since reading Cameron Dane’s Hawkins Brothers series.
My wish list:
Back to Normal by Wren Boudreau
EMS 4 series by Stephanie Hecht
Blacque/Bleu by Belinda McBride
Caught by Surprise by L.D. Madison
Loose ID vip pass
Thank you so much for this. The donation list is amazing and the fact that you’re doing this is also amazing.
After watching the videos on the It Gets Better channel, I’m just humbled at the outpouring of love and support. The only thing that dims my excitement at it is that it’s taken such tragedy to really get this moving.
What a fabulous way to celebrate National Coming Out Day. Thank you to Dear Author and to the writers and publishers who made this happen. Thanks as well for providing the links to the It Gets Better Project Videos. They’re right – it does get better.
If I am lucky enough to win, I am only eligible for digital as I also live outside of U.S.
I hope my luck is good enough to get one of these. They all sound so lovely. <3
Thanks to everyone who donated. it’s a brilliant idea.
We’re doing our own version of “it gets better” at our high school.
Thank you so much for running this contest for such an important day! Maybe my wife and I should make our own IGB video!
D
Wow, they all look great! I’d be happy with any romance(s) featuring guys.
Oh, I wish I knew about this – I would have donated some of my books!
But big thanks to everyone participating.
I’m most pleased and humbled to see my title included in this august roster.
A eclectic, diverse group of voices. Bravo!
What a terrific giveaway, and a great idea for promoting the cause.
How to choose, how to choose…. Eliminate everything I already own and:
1. Well, I love everything I’ve ever bought from Loose Id, so I’ll put that on top.
2. Z A Maxfield’s Notturno
3. Laura Baumbach’s Out there in the Night
4. Ooo!! The James Buchanan trilogy! (does that count as one or three?) If just one…
5. Anything by Heidi Cullinan (I’ve heard good things about her) /Closes eyes and picks one/ Double Blind in Print version
Thank you SO MUCH to all the donors!
Wonderful idea and thank you for hosting it and to the folks donating!
IF I should be lucky enough to be picked, I would like to be considered for the following (in no particular order):
Lynn Lorenz Jackson’s Pride
Barry Eisler Inside Out
Meghan O’Brien Battlescars
Stephani Hecht EMS Heat Bundle
Alex Beecroft True Colors
This is a wonderful list of books and authors. Thanks for such great contest.
1. L.B. Gregg bundle – Catch Me If You Can and Trust Me If You Dare
2. K.A. Mitchell – Diving In Deep
3. Stephani Hecht – bundle EMS Heat
4. Z.A. Maxfield – Notturno
5. J.L. Langley – Without Reservations
6. Clare London – Freeman
I have a extra one because I really couldn’t choose between them.
Wow! Thanks so much for putting all this together. I just stumbled across this blog via another blog I follow, and I’m happy to have found it! I review a lot of GLBT lit on my own blog, so this is a great find! I’m super grateful to you for putting it all together.
I would love to win – I won’t pick a top 5 because I’d be happy with anything, but I don’t have a digital reader so please enter me for printed books. :) Thanks!!
I think its fantastic of you to seek these people out, and great of them to offer up their work! I hope I win :)
I find it very touching that such a long list of books have been made available.
Simply put — thank you. I hope NCOD 2010 only leads to moving forward.
[as per choice: digital only, please]
What a very great idea! I just found this site, but I plan on making it one of my daily stops.
Because of the Brave
The Man from C.A.M.P
Marked
An Inner Darkness
Love, Like Ghosts
Temperature Rising
I am just starting to read GLBT fiction, so I would be happy to win any ebooks, but especially would love to give the LB Gregg titles a go!
Oh, dear, what a treat.
Thank you for hosting this!!
Hugs,
Lucia
(fingers crossed)
I am happy to say that I’ve read and enjoyed some of the books in the list above. Here are my picks:
1. Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, The Gentleman and the Rogue – Digital
2. Heidi Cullinan bundle, Special Delivery and Double Blind – Digital
3. Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, Seducing Stephen – Digital
4. Stephani Hecht bundle, EMS Heat (4 books) – Digital
5. Heidi Cullinan, Hero – Digital
Thank you.
Great idea – I love my GLBTQ romances! There are some fantastic ones on your list :D
I just want to thank you, Sarah and Dear Author, for making Gay Writes such a special event.
If you happen to have books left after satisfying your readers’ wishes, I’d love any of them. The following are my top picks from your magnificent list:
Barry Eisler – Inside Out
Sloan Parker – More
William Maltese – Goldsands (the only one I don’t have of Maltese)
Lynn Lorenz – Jackson’s Pride
Tamara Allen – Whistling in the Dark
Wow what an excellent way to celebrate a wonderful day. So great that you got positive feedback and support to help you accomplish this.
If I won, I request the Ginn Hale duology (really really really want those books) and anything by James Buchanan.
Great contest and for a great occasion! I didn’t know there was a National Coming Out day. :) Thanks to all the genereous authors who offered books for the cause – and to our greatest delight ! Pity the print books are out of bounds, but there is some nice choice in digital. Here are my choices:
Astrid Amara – Half Pass
Shayla Kersten – Past Lies
Bonnie Dee & Summer Devon – The Gentleman & The Rogue
LB Gregg bundle
Brita Addams – Chocolate, Tea & The Duchess
Personally, I look forward to a time when a coming out day won’t be necessary because it won’t matter if a person is gay or straight. This week at Dear Author brings that day just a little closer, so good for you and all the authors that donated!
I have quite a few of the books on the list (and love them) so if my name gets drawn I would love:
1) Torquere choice
2) Samhain choice
3) Loose Id VIP pass
4) Ginn Hale duology
5) Heidi Cullinan – Hero (digital or print)
As a previous bookseller, i must send a huge THANK YOU for this awesome dedication (and amazingly list) not to mention the appreciation to writers, publishers, and critics. After finally coming out to my bookstore staff, my manager finally approached me to research and find more materials for the store that were LGBT themed – fiction and nonfiction. From that point, we dedicated an entire section for LGBT themed books. I feel LGBT literature has only expanded exponentially. Thank you so much for highlighting this!
@Ryan: What a cool story. That was really great of your manager.
A fantastic list of books to investigate, even if I don’t win anything!
Carsen Taite – It should be a crime
Clare London – Freeman
Erin Dutton – Point of Origin
JLee Meyer – Hotel Liaison
Tamara Allen – Whistling in the Dark
This is such a lovely idea. Thank you especially for bringing attention to this day for people like myself who might not have known about it.
My top five list is:
L.B. Gregg bundle
James Buchanan Trilogy
K.A. Mitchell – Diving in Deep
Ally Blue, Love – Like Ghosts
Torquere Choice
The list to choose from is so great, it’s hard to pick only five.
James Buchanan Trilogy
Miles & the Magic Flute, Heidi Cullinan
Samhain – Choice
Double Blind, Heidi Cullinan
Ginn Hale – Lord of the White Hell 1 & 2
Tough to choose:
Heidi Cullinan, Hero Print
Barry Eisler, Inside Out Print
Ally Blue, Adder Print
A choice of any GLBT Samhain book in their catalog
A choice of any Torquere book in their catalog
Thanks!
This is an awesome contest!! Random book would be fantastic…..
Wow, that is a lovely list to choose from.
False Colors by Alex Beecroft (print)
Without Reservations by J.L. Langley (print)
Past Lies by Shayla Kersten (print)
Notturno by Z.A. Maxfield (print)
Out There In The Night by Laura Baumbach (print)
I just came across this series of reviews and wanted to say “thank you!” I’m going off to find a copy of Special Delivery by Heidi Cullinan due to a reference in one review. Nice work!
This is a great contest and I’ve enjoyed reading all the reviews so far.
This is so awesome ladies (and gent)! Thanks for the great reviews. I’m late to the party but I KNOW I’ll be adding a lot of these book to my TBR list. If luck somehow graces me I’d love the James Buchanan trilogy or one of the anthologies.
Thanks again for all your hard work!
This is a great contest, thanks so much!
Sloan Parker, More Digital
K.A. Mitchell bundle: Collision Course and No Souvenirs Digital (Brilliant brilliant romances-some of my favorite)
K.A. Mitchell, Diving in Deep Print
K.A. Mitchell, Historical Anthology, Print
L.M Turner Resistance which will be bundled with a digital copy of her novella, The Subtle Build of Perfection.
Too tempting to pass up!
Astrid Amara, Half Pass
L.D. Madison, Caught By Surprise
Summer Devon and Bonnie Dee, The Nobleman and the Spy
Wren Boudreau, Back to Normal
Heidi Cullinan bundle, Special Delivery and Double Blind
Hi
I’m not sure if I’m in time for this – I can’t work out the time from the UK.
I have been following your reviews all week (and many of the It Gets Better videos elsewhere) and think that this is an excellent project.
Should I be lucky I would love to have a chance to read:
Electric Melty Tingles by KZ Snow
Spin Drift by Jules Jones
The Man from CAMP by Victor J Banis
Boys who Love Men by Martin Delacroix
or
Mardi Gras by AB Gayle.
What a lovely selection of books. Thank you.
What a terrific idea! I’m going to read some of these books even if I don’t win anything.
I’ve enjoyed all the reviews this week and thank you for the giveaways, I’d like any of the digital books that are available.
I’m thrilled at all the work you put in and even if I win, I’ll be buying several of these books.
(Any one of the books would be a great prize although I already own K.A. Mitchell’s Collision Course and No Souveniers.
Ginn Hale’s duology
Heidi Cullen’s Double Blind
James Buchanan
Victor J Banis
Coulda sworn I’d hit the original post; apparently not.
Dealer’s choice!
This was a really cool idea – thanks to both yourselves for organising it and the authors/publishers who donated their works.
My top five (in order) should I be lucky enough to win something are:
1. Clancy Nacht, A Certain Pressure in the Pipes (digital)
2. Ally Blue, Shenandoah (digital)
3. Heidi Cullinan, Hero (digital)
4. L.B. Gregg bundle (digital)
5. Lee Benoit, Moonspun (digital)
Thank you.
Thank you so much for doing this and supporting Nat’l COming OUt Day. :)
I’d love to win Lovestruck by KT Grant. Also, any of the other F/F books.
Thanks to DA for doing such a great promotion for the week.
My choices for the contest:
Stephani Hecht EMS Heat
James Buchanan Trilogy
Laura Baumbach A Bit of Rough
Jules Jones, Lord and Master
Heidi Cullinan Double Blind
Ginn Hale duology
Heidi Cullinan (any)
K.A. Mitchell bundle
Jules Jones’ Lord and Master
James Buchanan Trilogy
This is a wonderful way to celebrate the week.
You ladies are great for doing this, and the authors and publishers who donated, too.
1. Kirsten Saell
2. James Buchanan
3. K.A. Mitchell
Oooooo! Surprise me!
Thanks for all you do, Sarah. Death to DADT!
Wonderful GLBT promo and giveaways!
All of the books sound great.