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Replacement Brain Cells
I’ve been sick with a head/chest cold for a couple of weeks–thank you recycled airplane oxygen–but today, I stopped taking the cough medicine. I believe I am on the mend. I also believe the cough medicine was aiding in a massive loss of brain cells during this time period. If at any point during the last two weeks I communicated with you and there were moments when you wondered what I meant or was on, yeah, sorry for that. I think there are a few text messages out there that may need a translation.
One reason I think I’m getting better is because I actually wrote nearly 1000 words. Good ones. In complete sentences and everything. Writing requires all my little brain cells working together, but a lot of them were tripping on meds or curled up in a corner and wishing someone would cut my head off to end the misery. Those cells have, apparently, now been replaced by shiny new brain cells uninhibited by meds and only slightly whiny about continued congestion. It’s possible I experienced a party in my brain this afternoon because after a dry spell of zero creativity–okay, maybe I moved some commas around–I wrote today. I am happy again.
For which story did I write those nearly 1000 words? Don’t go crazy because there’s still a lot more to go, but I wrote them into the sequel for My Summer of Wes.
Yep, it was a good day. 
Why I’ll Attend GayRomLit 2012
I didn’t attend GayRomLit this year to increase my readership or “get my name out there”, though I’m sure my publishers would like it if that happened. No, I went because writing can get lonely and it’s especially so when you find yourself getting that look after saying you write gay erotic romance. So attending GRL was this amazing opportunity to be surrounded by people who hear that news and smile, squeal, clap, and who actually ask my name and what I’ve written. Then to have them squeal again because they love My Summer of Wes? I’m still grinning about that.
The best part of this event, for me, was hanging out with a great mix of new and established authors and seriously enthusiastic readers. Sure, we talked books and characters and half of us were giggling over meeting each other in person. But I also spent hours in the lobby or by the pool chatting about life experiences, getting and giving advice, sharing hugs, and making or renewing friendships.
That’s why I’ll attend GayRomLit 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the Hard Rock Resort and Spa from October 18-21, 2012. I hope to see you there!
Kindlegraph – Autographing Ebooks
If you have a Kindle and would like my autograph for My Summer of Wes, Take The Shot, or KLT23, you can now get one. Seriously! Kindlegraph is a little website designed to allow readers to have their ebooks autographed so long as the book is available via Amazon.com. Should you wish to make a request of me, note that you will need a Twitter account to login.
Part of me is thinking “Oh yeah! Now I can get all their autographs!” while another part is thinking “Oh wow. Is someone going to want mine?” I better go practice signing this name. Just in case.
You Got Here How?
When I get into WordPress, the first thing I look at on my Dashboard is the statistics section. I’m a big fan of charts and graphs, so I’m quite content to see that little group of towers letting me know you’re still visiting Beneath that, there is a list of today’s top keywords that brought you here. Looking at the top keywords for all time was…interesting.
Aside from actually searching for me specifically, there are a remarkable number of you looking for Josh Lanyon and arriving here. Just so we’re clear, I’m not him. (He is awesome, though, isn’t he?)
A disturbing trend among the keywords are the number of people looking for my published stories as free downloads. MY SUMMER OF WES, TAKE THE SHOT and KLT23 are not free stories. If you downloaded them from one of those file-sharing sites, you broke the law and pissed me off.
Now then, here are a list of some interesting keywords that somehow managed to bring you here:
- white towel, naked in towel, low hung towel
This is going to take you to THE LUCKY ONES, a short story in here that does, in fact, have a photo of a lovely young man wearing a white towel low on his hips. Kinky towel people. - tell me u need my tongue and i will happily kneel before you
You got it! I don’t know what the heck this refers to, but you can definitely do this next time you see me. - erotic sleeping beauties
I have to wonder if these people expected to find my SLEEPING BEAUTY partial short story or something else… - fuck or die
This makes me smile! Were you looking for that line in the excerpt of KLT23? - large office table 8 by 4 foot
I’m guessing you did not actually want to find me with that one and left rather quickly once you got here. - how i close my balcony?
You probably didn’t mean to find MY BALCONY, but I hope you liked it anyway. - welsh jizz on belly
Well that’s specific. I wish you well in finding that one. - missy slut welsh
I am not! I have some standards — not a lot but some — so I’m not spreading ‘em for just anyone, thanks. - you are amazing blog
Thank you! That makes up for that other one. - every man deserves
They do at that, but what do you think they deserve? I’m giving them happy endings - welsh licks
Occasionally, yes, I do.
Whatever brought you here, I sincerely thank you for visiting. Have a nice day!
I’m on Amazon!
MY SUMMER OF WES is now available at Amazon.com!
I cried. Yes, I did. And now I’m speechless…
Now on Sale…all over!
MY SUMMER OF WES is now available through All Romance eBooks, eBookwise and Sony’s ReaderStore.
This is getting so exciting! It’s really tickling the hell out of me to find my book for sale all over the ‘net now. I feel like leaning out the window and hollering, “I’m somebody!”
