(Un)Masked – Andrew Q. Gordon

4.5 out of 5 stars to (Un)Masked by Andrew Q. Gordon

Nice reviews are great, but they’re even better when someone discovers one of your earlier books and ends up really enjoying it. This made both Anyta and I smile. 🙂

An (Un)Masked Day of Silence

Today – April 19, 2013, GLSEN sponsored a Day of Silence to bring attention to bullying among LGBTQ kids. In an effort to help GLSEN raise awareness Dreamspinner Press encouraged it’s authors to write short ficlets using characters from their books participating in the Day of Silence. Anyta and I submitted one for our book (Un)masked. In addition, Dreamspinner Press is donating 20% of all sales today to GLSEN. So if you have a notion to buy any of my books or any others offered by Dreamspinner Press – today is a great day to do it as you will be helping GLSEN and its efforts to end bullying of LGBTQ teens. Continue reading An (Un)Masked Day of Silence

Reviews, Are They Useful?

I apologize for not having a proper ‘Wednesday Brief’ to post, but life – better known as ‘lil q, Easter and a bit of a cold – got in the way and sapped my creativity. I’ll do my best to resume next week and there after. But since this is a group I belong to, I wanted to be able to promote those good souls who managed to keep with it. Those flashers are listed as usual, at the end of this post.

In addition to the Wednesday Briefs, I belong to a few author groups. One of the themes lately has been reviews. Good, bad, or just maybe not really a review at all. Different people have different positions on reviews, but I’ll admit that I read and react to reviews. I like good ones and I don’t like bad ones. That said, well written critical reviews do have some benefit. The trick, for me, is to look past the disappointment to find those benefits. Continue reading Reviews, Are They Useful?