Clint, I'm not an avid book reader, shorter internet articles are now more my thing. At one time I did read books and I did invest time and effort in reading The Front Runner written(?) by Patricia Nell Warren in 1979(I think it was). This was the first time I had read a 'gay based story'. The highs, lows and final disappointment at the …
Clint, I'm not an avid book reader, shorter internet articles are now more my thing. At one time I did read books and I did invest time and effort in reading The Front Runner written(?) by Patricia Nell Warren in 1979(I think it was). This was the first time I had read a 'gay based story'. The highs, lows and final disappointment at the ending sorta soured my enthusiasm for investing time and emotion in a story line or book. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Probably in The Advocate when David Goodstein was still alive, there was an interview with Patricia Nell Warren. She was a real human female and did write The Front Runner and other novels under her name. She was Lesbian, but writing from that perspective cut too close to the quick for her emotionally, so she wrote about Gay men and the hostile world they lived in. A brave writer with brave editors and publishing house at the time.
Hi Sam. I know that Patricia was a real living being but I was more of the option she was a ghost writer or a front name for the real (male) author as that novel was too male centric to have been penned by any female, straight or lesbian. My own POV of course. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Doug - Have you seen Red, White and Royal Blue? It is based on a story written by Casey McQuiston about the First Son of the POTUS and a British Prince failing for each other. It is kind of the "from enemies to friends to lovers" trope but there are scenes in there that are truly breathtaking. I'll just say one more word - Paris!
Hi Fred, I'm sorta aware of that story and seen short clips from it on various (porn) streaming services (that maybe the underground version) 😎 I'm very basic like that 😉 I haven't seen it in a full film version though. Cheers DougT
I feel ya. Only a few “gay” books have passed muster with me. Mostly non-fiction. Which is why I struggle to write now. But this little ditty was fun. And whatever I do, I try to always look for a silver-lining, even if there’s no “happily ever after.” Cheers!
Clint, I'm not an avid book reader, shorter internet articles are now more my thing. At one time I did read books and I did invest time and effort in reading The Front Runner written(?) by Patricia Nell Warren in 1979(I think it was). This was the first time I had read a 'gay based story'. The highs, lows and final disappointment at the ending sorta soured my enthusiasm for investing time and emotion in a story line or book. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Probably in The Advocate when David Goodstein was still alive, there was an interview with Patricia Nell Warren. She was a real human female and did write The Front Runner and other novels under her name. She was Lesbian, but writing from that perspective cut too close to the quick for her emotionally, so she wrote about Gay men and the hostile world they lived in. A brave writer with brave editors and publishing house at the time.
Hi Sam. I know that Patricia was a real living being but I was more of the option she was a ghost writer or a front name for the real (male) author as that novel was too male centric to have been penned by any female, straight or lesbian. My own POV of course. Cheers DougT 🇫🇴
Doug - Have you seen Red, White and Royal Blue? It is based on a story written by Casey McQuiston about the First Son of the POTUS and a British Prince failing for each other. It is kind of the "from enemies to friends to lovers" trope but there are scenes in there that are truly breathtaking. I'll just say one more word - Paris!
Hi Fred, I'm sorta aware of that story and seen short clips from it on various (porn) streaming services (that maybe the underground version) 😎 I'm very basic like that 😉 I haven't seen it in a full film version though. Cheers DougT
I feel ya. Only a few “gay” books have passed muster with me. Mostly non-fiction. Which is why I struggle to write now. But this little ditty was fun. And whatever I do, I try to always look for a silver-lining, even if there’s no “happily ever after.” Cheers!