If you know me, or have read this blog, you know I've been working on my first novel, Postcards from the Desert, for a few years. I finished it earlier this year and am currently going through the revision process.
While I've been working on Postcards from the Desert, I've also done some freelance writing. One of the projects began as filler for a local gay newsletter. I called the column The Other Side of the Rainbow. It was a Tales of the City type serial reminiscent of Sex and the City. It's a funny, racy and sometimes shocking look at the gay dating scene.
At the urging of a few of my readers, I decided to publish some of the stories in a novelette form as an ebook for Kindle or the Nook. The first of what I suspect will be four novelettes is called The Other Side of the Rainbow- The Beginning. It's now available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble online. I'm editing and compiling the second of the series, called The Other Side of the Rainbow- Celibacy and the City, which chronicles the gang's big adventure to Manhattan for Gay Pride festivities.
The novelettes feature Bradley Ford, an obituary writer for a local Dayton newspaper, who also writes a blog exposing the gay dating scene in the Ohio town. Using his friends, Tony and Steve as guinea pigs, Bradley reveals their experiences while he avoids men and dating as he tends to his own broken heart. All of that changes when Bradley rediscovers the one who got away.
The Other Side of the Rainbow- The Beginning is a very quick read at just over 8000 words, but it will leave you wanting more.
Check it out for the Nook at Barnes and Noble or for Kindle at Amazon.com.
Rick - you left me wanting to know more about these characters, so it's a good thing this was just "the beginning."
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