Reverie is my first book, and my only book, and now it’s published. It’s out there, and the thing that sustained me for so long has become something I hope others find refuge in. Or at least entertainment. Certainly bad puns.
Ryan La Sala
Exclusive REVERIE Cover Reveal + Excerpt @ Paste Magazine
That’s right! REVERIE now has a cover, and you can read the first chapter over at Paste Magazine, courtesy of Eric Smith! Link below. Also, you can pre-order REVERIE! It’s up on Amazon, with more options to come soon.
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Interview: Write or Die Podcast with THE Claribel Ortega
UPDATE: Episode now available for download, or streaming @ Write or Die. Click here!
I’m going to be the guest of episode 4 of the Write or Die Podcast, hosted by THE ONE AND ONLY Claribel Ortega! The episode will be out this Friday, May 18th! I’m delirious with excitement, but also super nervous. More on that later.
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I’M GOING TO BE PUBLISHED. TWICE.
Permit me this one moment of unabashed pride: I GOT A BOOK DEAL. FOR MY VERY STRANGE, VERY QUEER FANTASY BOOK. MY FIRST BOOK. MY ONLY BOOK. AND SOMEHOW, THE DEAL IS FOR TWO BOOKS. I HAVE TO WRITE ANOTHER BOOK??? OH NO!!!
Interview: How I got my agent via Twitter
Anyone that’s been following my writing journey probably knows two undeniable truths about my so-far-success:
- My boyfriend’s iPhone X has portrait mode and I’m not afraid to use it
- I owe a tremendous amount of my success to a contest on twitter known as #DVPit
Some big news
Okay so I couldn’t really say anything about this until today but it’s official: I’m now represented by Veronica Park at Corvisiero! I’m absolutely beyond thrilled to be working with her and her agency. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m tortured by big decisions like this, but Veronica’s wit and savvy made this an easy one. I’m so glad to join her list of clients, and to demand all of her attention until she inevitably realizes she’s made a huge mistake and flees the country.
What the hell is a Praline? An investigation
The other day I posted a status on Facebook that earnestly asked what a praline might be, because honestly I’ve never been able to figure it out passively, and by god I do NOT plan on googling that. What if it’s horrible? I hate googling horrible things.
How To Grow Up Gay and Outdo Your Competition: The Magic Flute
Growing up, I was an absolute amalgam of every gay stereotype possible. If you’re a gay man, think of all the flamboyant hints that perjured you as a fairy princess before you knew better. If you are not a gay man, recall the distant memory of Rainbow Brite, and then light that on fire. That’s about as flaming as I was. Reviewing my younger self, it’s hard to believe that I didn’t have a literal Gay Agenda that told me, in graphic detail, exactly how to spite Catholicism. Mostly this meant I wore an increasing amount of scarfs, the more gossamer the better, but it also meant that I played the flute.
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Kitty-Cornered
I’ve been living in my current apartment for almost ten months, but only recently did I learn that the monstrous church kitty-corner to my front stoop is abandoned. I know what you’re thinking, and I agree: I, too, had no idea I was this interesting.
Word Counts: Yours, Theirs, and Mine
This past weekend I was at a bar with a few folks from work and the topic of writing and fantasy novels came up. This, to me, is always a perilous moment. Compared to a lot of writers, I’m not altogether that enthusiastic with talking about my writing projects with strangers (you know, aside from having a blog that is url’d with my name, where I literally talk about my writing projects with strangers…). But someone mentioned that I was working on getting published and inevitably someone else asked: “How long is your book?”