Author Submissions
for Consideration
Here are some books that authors have personally contacted the Book Group and asked to be considered as possible Selections by the Group.
Active Book Group members, please send
an email to biggaybookgroup@hotmail.com
if you are interested in any of these titles as
a Future Selection for the
Big Gay Book Group.
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Dear Authors:
Have a book you would like to submit for consideration?
Please submit one
to three copies of your book(s) for our
review committee's perusal.
Send to:
Robert Starner
8509 Paxton Court
Berwyn Heights,
MD 20740
Also, send an email to
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with information about your book.
Your book will be listed here for Book Group
to review and consider for possible Selection
as a book for discussion by the Book Group.
Inside the Vortex
by Justin Hernandez
The foundation of your life was based on abuse, denial, cover-ups, and secrecy? How would that affect your decision making process? These are the questions Justin Hernandez asks himself as he reflects upon his existence. From his upbringing in New York to a cross-country move to Los Angeles for a dance career, every tumultous episode of his life is examined in this confessional memoir. Inside the Vortex is the story of one man's journey that is filled with deception, abuse, addiction, sex, and stripping. At times, all the elements intersect, other times, they collide. (Posted September 30, 2012)
{Patriarch}
My Extraordinary Journey from Man to Gentleman
by H.L. Sudler
What have you learned from your life? What will you take with you when you die? Will it be all the lessons you have learned, all the pain you remember? Romances, milestones, regrets, eras? Through this heartfelt, humorous, inspirational, and oftentimes brutally honest collection of essays, PATHS Humanitarian Writing Award winner H.L. Sudler embarks upon a journey of self-discovery in his quest to define what it truly means to be a patriarch in the wake of his father's death.
Searching for answers among tales of love and war, triumph and losses, religious awakening, personal evolution, suicide attempts, and closure surrounding the fragmentation of his family, Sudler poses to himself: How long does it take for a man to become a patriarch? What are the requirements? Need he necessarily be the eldest male member of a family, its core? Or can he merely stand like the first inhabitants of the planet and say I was there; I lived through this...? Examining issues both personal and topical, Sudler begs the reader to gaze deeply into themselves and beneath fears, flaws and anger, and across borders. For him, from man to gentleman and ultimately to patriarch. (Posted September 30, 2012)
He's on the lam!
Debt-ridden drifter Waylon Boyd fakes his own death. He reinvents himself
as Duncan Seaver, leaving a neglected wife and stacks of unpaid bills
behind in Token Creek, Arkansas. After landing in Los Angeles, Duncan
finds that his good looks and sex appeal make him a "star" in
the seedy world of blue movies.
Her career's on the skids!
Out-of-work actress Madeline Vaughn needs a job, now! Fifteen years have
passed since her hit series "Hollywood Crime Scene" was canceled.
She's forced to hit the streets of Los Angeles to land that one juicy
part that will put her back into the spotlight.
He's unlucky in love!
Madeline's neighbor, vintage furniture dealer Bradley Fontaine, has given
up on finding the right guy. But after meeting Duncan, he's renting him
his vacant pool house. Duncan's ability to manipulate both Madeline and
Bradley propels him deeper into an ambitious vortex of money, power and
notoriety.
She's got a gun!
Once Duncan's abandoned wife Rhonda suspects her "dead" husband
isn't really dead after all, she scams her way west, following his trail
of lies and deceit. In a town where image is everything, Rhonda's search
for the truth comes at a higher price than she ever imagined.
Visit the author's website at: www.sinandcelluloid.com for additional information about the book and the author.
Posted Aug 2011
Bryan thought he knew who he was, and what he believed in. Joining the Navy and fighting in Vietnam would shatter all his beliefs, yet make him a stronger person than he could ever have realized.
But it is not until more than twenty years later that he can begin to
relive the ordeal in order to dispel the ghosts and horrors of the past.
Constant Greg, likeable Radnor, enigmatic Tuyet... Love, death, war...
some memories will never fade. Is there an answer out there for him, or
is everything as hidden as The Invisible Moon?
Visit the author's website at: http//:jrobertdifulgo.com for additional information about the book and the author.
Posted Aug 2011
John holds the American dream: A man he loves, a beautiful little girl,
a suburban home and a well-paying job... And then a sudden layoff brings
about unexpected financial and emotional strain. As he struggles to find
new work, a growing sense of despair triggers a relapse into alcoholism
and causes him to face his demons of addiction, discrimination, and regret
as he tries desperately to recover before it's too late...
How had it come to this?
I had a good job and a good home and a beautiful little baby girl who loved me unconditionally. And I had Charlie, my sweet Charlie; he cared for me and supported me and wanted me to succeed, even when I so earnestly didn't deserve his affection. It should have been more than enough to keep me moving, to keep me right, to keep me sane, to push me forward.
It should have been enough...
I don't know why I didn't let him be there for me when I needed him most, when he was able to help me, when there was something from me worth saving. I don't know why I failed them so completely. I don't know why I let myself become what I now am.
...what have I done...
Visit the author's website at: http://www.bryanhealey.com for additional information about the book and the author.
Posted Aug 2011
WARNING: THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDMA'S COOKBOOK.
You want mayhem and fast-paced adventure? Up late last night? Have a hangover
today… at your desk? Is the woman to the left giving you flashbacks
of this morning?
Welcome to Fat-Bitch-ology, where "fat bitch" is a state of
mind, not a physical condition. Make your way to the Melillo kitchen;
there's insanity, hilarity and even a few chalk outlines.
Sex, Drugs & A Lobster Roll is your bible to bring to
Christ's second coming. Inside, AMAZIN recipes await you, all ready and
served up with some pretty fabulous stories for good measure!
We all are wondering whether sex is better with drugs while eating a lobster
roll, but your going to have to crack this book to find out!
Visit the author's website at: http://fatbitchology.com for additional information about the book and the author.
Posted Aug 2011
Well
With My Soul
by
Gregory G. Allen
Jacob and Noah Garrett are brothers harboring a lifelong resentment towards each other while dealing with their own compulsive obsessions. One is a liberal gay man who forsakes his family and moves to New York City from Tennessee to make his mark on the world. The other is a southern conservative who is left at home holding the proverbial family bag. The story follows their loosely intertwined lives through the wild times of the late seventies and the restraint of the Reagan years in which one brother ends up becoming a minister and preaching his doctrine while the other believes there are some things people are born with and not meant to change. Well With My Soul is told through the perspective of both brothers and shows how misguided choices can drastically affect those around you for years to come; and family may be all that one has when looking for peace to stifle the embers that smolder beneath the surface.
Visit the author's website at: http://ggallen.net for additional information about the book and the author.
Please note: Mr. Allen has indicated that he lives in Northern NJ and would be interested in working with the Book Group so that he could attend a discussion with the Book Group during the fall/winter 2011/2012.
Posted Aug 2011
Eben Foster, a seasoned FBI agent, is after a cruel and sadistic serial killer with a lust for torturing and murdering gay men. All of the victims are former patients of Dr. Randy McQuaide, a prominent psychologist practicing sex therapy on Anteros Island, and all had accused the doctor of sexual misconduct. Agent Foster goes undercover on the island. As the investigation progresses, Eben finds himself drawn to the handsome man and, against his better judgment, he begins to doubt the doctor's guilt. Caught in a battle between his heart and his mind, will Eben become the killer's next victim?
Visit the author's website at: http://alexandersonwriter.com for additional information about the book and the author.
Please note: Mr. Anderson has indicated that he is offering Book Group members a 20% discount for his book whether or not the Book Group decides to choose his book as a Future Selection..
Posted Aug 2011
Let The Faggots Burn
The UpStairs Lounge Fire
by Johnny Townsend
On Gay Pride Day in 1973, someone set the entrance to a French Quarter gay bar on fire. In the terrible inferno that followed, thirty-two people lost their lives, including a third of the local congregation of the Metropolitan Community Church, their pastor burning to death halfway out a second-story window as he tried to claw his way to freedom. A mother who'd gone to the bar with her two gay sons died alongside them. A man who'd helped his friend escape first was found dead near the fire escape. Two children waited outside of a movie theater across town for a father and step-father who would never pick them up. During this era of rampant homophobia, several families refused to claim the bodies, and many churches refused to bury the dead. Author Johnny Townsend pored through old records and tracked down survivors of the fire and friends and relatives of those killed to compile this fascinating account of a forgotten moment in gay history.
Visit the author's website at http://johnnytownsend.com/index.php
Posted March 27, 2012
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