“Now, take off the mask.”
To the LGBTQ+ Community and Loved Ones: My Author’s Talk is for You
Hollywood Pride, LGBTQ+ readers, and the Miami Book Fair
A novel I wrote and published earlier this year, Hollywood Pride, has been chosen for the Miami Book Fair. I never imagined this could happen, and I’m filled with gratitude.
This Gay Kid in My High School Lives in My Mind … Without a Name
Writing in today’s age of banned books, genders, and equality — namelessness means so much
I decided to write a novel when I was fifteen years old.
When I was in tenth grade, a girl came up to me in the hall at school and pointed to a boy with the most amazing blond hair I’d ever seen, a shimmering river of gold that brushed his hips as he walked. He was six feet tall, string-bean thin, dressed in white laced up pants, platform shoes, a gauzy shirt, and light makeup. The girl whispered that he had been beaten up by the jocks, hospitalized for three days.
My answer surprised me: One
I caught my breath. Before I could exhale, lightning struck and I was rocketed into an emotional storm of shooting sparks. Hollywood Pride was finally launched, ready to be read. Again, my breath hitched. In an eyeblink, I stepped into a time warp and landed back in the high voltage arena of Hollywood High School, the setting for my novel.