Ryan Loveless's Blog
August 12, 2022
Ethan, Who Loved Carter republished
Update 8/12/2022: I quietly rereleased Ethan, Who Loved Carter for the 10th anniversary. It's available on Smashwords and at other retailers. (Not Amazon at this time.) The new ISBN is 9780463800379.
January 23, 2020
Stepping Back
I've requested my rights back from Dreamspinner Press. It was a difficult decision, but I believe the right one for me. My books should be removed from sale within the next 10-15 days.
The last two years outside of my writing life have been professionally and personally rewarding in ways I couldn't have imagined a few years ago. Having an author life has grown less and less important to me. A few months ago, I deleted my Ryan Loveless facebook account. I was rarely there anyway. I don't think anyone noticed.
When the Dreamspinner books come down, I have no plans to republish at this time. In the future, that may change. Having said that, I am very aware and appreciative of the interactions I've had with those readers and fellow authors who took the time to tell me how much Ethan, Who Loved Carter has meant to them. (Sometimes the other books too, but mainly that one.) It's meant a lot to me.
What's next? I have some ideas, but we won't talk about how long it's been since I finished something. We'll see what the future brings. I think I need this time to find my joy in writing again.
Thank you to everyone I've met over the years. I appreciate you all. If you count me as your friend, I'm honored. The feeling is mutual. I would be delighted if you opted to keep in touch.
The last two years outside of my writing life have been professionally and personally rewarding in ways I couldn't have imagined a few years ago. Having an author life has grown less and less important to me. A few months ago, I deleted my Ryan Loveless facebook account. I was rarely there anyway. I don't think anyone noticed.
When the Dreamspinner books come down, I have no plans to republish at this time. In the future, that may change. Having said that, I am very aware and appreciative of the interactions I've had with those readers and fellow authors who took the time to tell me how much Ethan, Who Loved Carter has meant to them. (Sometimes the other books too, but mainly that one.) It's meant a lot to me.
What's next? I have some ideas, but we won't talk about how long it's been since I finished something. We'll see what the future brings. I think I need this time to find my joy in writing again.
Thank you to everyone I've met over the years. I appreciate you all. If you count me as your friend, I'm honored. The feeling is mutual. I would be delighted if you opted to keep in touch.
March 10, 2019
May Release on Goodreads!
Hi everyone,
I have a novella upcoming through Dreamspinner in May. You can add it to your tbr lists now though!
Can a wealthy but frustrated CEO and a guilt-ridden stripper find what they need in a consensual, nonsexual whipping boy arrangement?
Billionaire mogul Grant Jessup, fifty-three, buries his sexual tastes and the reasons behind them—the stresses of his business empire and family. In contrast, Jim Sieber understands the regret that makes him seek pain and penance. As an asexual averse to erotic touch, Jim sets strict boundaries. But as the relationship evolves, Grant struggles to respect them, and both men realize for their association to continue and perhaps grow into real feelings, they’ll have to explore new ways to satisfy each other.
I have a novella upcoming through Dreamspinner in May. You can add it to your tbr lists now though!
Can a wealthy but frustrated CEO and a guilt-ridden stripper find what they need in a consensual, nonsexual whipping boy arrangement?
Billionaire mogul Grant Jessup, fifty-three, buries his sexual tastes and the reasons behind them—the stresses of his business empire and family. In contrast, Jim Sieber understands the regret that makes him seek pain and penance. As an asexual averse to erotic touch, Jim sets strict boundaries. But as the relationship evolves, Grant struggles to respect them, and both men realize for their association to continue and perhaps grow into real feelings, they’ll have to explore new ways to satisfy each other.
August 7, 2016
My first YA book!
I wrote a YA version of Ethan, Who Loved Carter. A lot of people have asked me for it since 2012, and I really enjoyed imagining how it would be if Ethan and Carter met as teens. It's the same story, but it's also not because teens aren't adults, you know? So, things change based on what Ethan and Carter would need as teens. There's school and parents. My goal in writing this was to make it a new story that was still true to the original version so that people can read both and enjoy both independently of the other. Hopefully I did okay on that end.
Anyway, if you have a teen or if you like YA, please consider
.
Pre-order here: https://www.harmonyinkpress.com/books...
Anyway, if you have a teen or if you like YA, please consider
. Pre-order here: https://www.harmonyinkpress.com/books...
January 30, 2016
99 cent books for this weekend
These books are on sale for 99 cents through www.dreamspinnerpress.com.
Run over there to grab your e-books from now until Sunday night!
September 1, 2015
Goodbye, Friend (an Ethan, Who Loved Carter short
I was sad about Oliver Sacks dying, so I wrote this as a tribute to him.
Goodby, Friend (an Ethan, Who Loved Carter short) by Ryan Loveless
Dr. Oliver Sacks has died. Carter had lost count of how many times he’d heard that sentence today. He’d woken up to the news and then kept the radio on NPR all day while Ethan was at Pepper’s. Show after show was dedicated to him. Carter tried not to let it mean anything. He didn’t actually know Dr. Sacks, after all. It was just that…
His eyes skimmed over the books lining the shelves, each arranged with Ethan’s particular care. Spines in alignment, alphabetized by category. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales. Which book had taught him that when he got overwhelmed by choice, that was his TS? In which had Dr. Sacks’ explained Tourette’s in a way he could grasp well enough to explain it to others? Which had let him read about other people, real, actual, people, who were like him? Every time he opened one of Dr. Sacks’ books, he learned something that he hadn’t known how much he needed to know. No, he didn’t know Dr. Sacks, but through Dr. Sacks he knew himself.
Getting up, he thumbed the top of the books. They’d come along with him from Tennessee to LA and now to Santa Josephina, to find a home at last mixed among Ethan’s ragged copy of Sherlock Holmes and 100 other bits and bobs.
“In a moment, we’ll replay another interview with Dr. Oliver Sacks, who died today…” The radio again. Carter moved over to the desk to turn it off. He stopped halfway and sat on the couch, thumping down like his legs had lost their will.
“Carter? What’s wrong?” He looked up to see Ethan hurrying in. He’d been so distracted he hadn’t heard Vera’s car.
“I didn’t expect to be this sad.” He felt miserable, and sure enough Ethan’s face reflected Carter’s pain as he charged in, dodged the coffee table and embraced Carter with that two-barrelled force Carter never got enough of. Carter nestled his nose into Ethan’s shoulder and breathed.
“I know it’s stupid,” Carter mumbled.
“Your feelings aren’t stupid,” Ethan said into his hair. “Trying to hide my birthday present from me was stupid.”
Carter bit back a chuckle. He hadn’t realized how seriously Ethan took hunting down presents until he’d made the mistake of telling him it was in the house. Three hours later, they were lucky to still have a roof. “Thanks.”
“Do you want to go out? You’ve been inside all day.”
Carter shook his head. “I want to listen to the radio a little longer.”
Ethan peered at him a long moment before he nodded. “Okay but then we’re going to the backyard and you’re going to tell me all about why this man is so special to you.”
“I already told you,” Carter protested. He gestured at the bookshelf. “All the things he wrote and…”
Ethan grabbed Carter’s flailing hand and held it tight. “I know. You’re going to tell me again and we’re going to look at the stars together and we’re going to see if tonight the music is different.”
Carter kissed Ethan’s cheek. “Think he’s adding to the chorus?” This was how they spent the quiet evenings, going out and finding music in the spaces between the stars, between the clouds, between the blades of grass.
Ethan kissed him back, pressing his lips to Carter’s like a whisper. “I don’t know. But I think that if anyone can hear it, it’s us.”
Carter got up and held out his hand to help Ethan to his feet. “Then let’s go. I don’t want to keep him waiting.”
A/N: Dr. Oliver Sacks died on August 30, 2015 aged 82. Both the author and Carter mourn his loss.
Goodby, Friend (an Ethan, Who Loved Carter short) by Ryan Loveless
Dr. Oliver Sacks has died. Carter had lost count of how many times he’d heard that sentence today. He’d woken up to the news and then kept the radio on NPR all day while Ethan was at Pepper’s. Show after show was dedicated to him. Carter tried not to let it mean anything. He didn’t actually know Dr. Sacks, after all. It was just that…
His eyes skimmed over the books lining the shelves, each arranged with Ethan’s particular care. Spines in alignment, alphabetized by category. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales. Which book had taught him that when he got overwhelmed by choice, that was his TS? In which had Dr. Sacks’ explained Tourette’s in a way he could grasp well enough to explain it to others? Which had let him read about other people, real, actual, people, who were like him? Every time he opened one of Dr. Sacks’ books, he learned something that he hadn’t known how much he needed to know. No, he didn’t know Dr. Sacks, but through Dr. Sacks he knew himself.
Getting up, he thumbed the top of the books. They’d come along with him from Tennessee to LA and now to Santa Josephina, to find a home at last mixed among Ethan’s ragged copy of Sherlock Holmes and 100 other bits and bobs.
“In a moment, we’ll replay another interview with Dr. Oliver Sacks, who died today…” The radio again. Carter moved over to the desk to turn it off. He stopped halfway and sat on the couch, thumping down like his legs had lost their will.
“Carter? What’s wrong?” He looked up to see Ethan hurrying in. He’d been so distracted he hadn’t heard Vera’s car.
“I didn’t expect to be this sad.” He felt miserable, and sure enough Ethan’s face reflected Carter’s pain as he charged in, dodged the coffee table and embraced Carter with that two-barrelled force Carter never got enough of. Carter nestled his nose into Ethan’s shoulder and breathed.
“I know it’s stupid,” Carter mumbled.
“Your feelings aren’t stupid,” Ethan said into his hair. “Trying to hide my birthday present from me was stupid.”
Carter bit back a chuckle. He hadn’t realized how seriously Ethan took hunting down presents until he’d made the mistake of telling him it was in the house. Three hours later, they were lucky to still have a roof. “Thanks.”
“Do you want to go out? You’ve been inside all day.”
Carter shook his head. “I want to listen to the radio a little longer.”
Ethan peered at him a long moment before he nodded. “Okay but then we’re going to the backyard and you’re going to tell me all about why this man is so special to you.”
“I already told you,” Carter protested. He gestured at the bookshelf. “All the things he wrote and…”
Ethan grabbed Carter’s flailing hand and held it tight. “I know. You’re going to tell me again and we’re going to look at the stars together and we’re going to see if tonight the music is different.”
Carter kissed Ethan’s cheek. “Think he’s adding to the chorus?” This was how they spent the quiet evenings, going out and finding music in the spaces between the stars, between the clouds, between the blades of grass.
Ethan kissed him back, pressing his lips to Carter’s like a whisper. “I don’t know. But I think that if anyone can hear it, it’s us.”
Carter got up and held out his hand to help Ethan to his feet. “Then let’s go. I don’t want to keep him waiting.”
A/N: Dr. Oliver Sacks died on August 30, 2015 aged 82. Both the author and Carter mourn his loss.
October 22, 2014
In Me an Invincible Summer: New book is available for pre-order at Dreamspinner!
Hi everyone,
In Me an Invincible Summer will be available on October 31. (Click the cover to add to your to-read list.) Pre-order now from Dreamspinner in ebook or paperback. (Paperback orders also come with the ebook.)
At over 100,000 words, this is a book you can get lost in. I hope you all enjoy reading about Joe's journey to self-acceptance as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Blurb:
To an outsider's view, world-famous action star Joe Nestra lives the Hollywood dream—parties, women, and a high-profile divorce. In reality, Joe's agent directs his public life. Those women he's supposedly intimate with? Prearranged dates ending at the red carpet. With his assistant and best friend Derek Simmons' help, Joe has lived safely in the closet since his divorce, choosing to let off steam with discreet male escorts rather than risk an actual boyfriend. At forty-four, he has no plans to change. Then, taking a role in a film without flashy explosions upends that.
When Joe signs on to play an early 1990s-era AIDS-stricken gay man, his internalized homophobia threatens the production. His out costar Hunter Starling won't put up with Joe's behavior. As the animosity between Joe and Hunter grows, saving the film means Joe must face his deepest fear. Challenges pile up from all directions, from his father disowning him to the entertainment industry's backstabbing reaction. Amid the backlash, Joe ventures into his first gay romantic relationship, tries to help others worse off, and slowly learns how to live his life instead of just acting it.
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
In Me an Invincible Summer will be available on October 31. (Click the cover to add to your to-read list.) Pre-order now from Dreamspinner in ebook or paperback. (Paperback orders also come with the ebook.) At over 100,000 words, this is a book you can get lost in. I hope you all enjoy reading about Joe's journey to self-acceptance as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Blurb:
To an outsider's view, world-famous action star Joe Nestra lives the Hollywood dream—parties, women, and a high-profile divorce. In reality, Joe's agent directs his public life. Those women he's supposedly intimate with? Prearranged dates ending at the red carpet. With his assistant and best friend Derek Simmons' help, Joe has lived safely in the closet since his divorce, choosing to let off steam with discreet male escorts rather than risk an actual boyfriend. At forty-four, he has no plans to change. Then, taking a role in a film without flashy explosions upends that.
When Joe signs on to play an early 1990s-era AIDS-stricken gay man, his internalized homophobia threatens the production. His out costar Hunter Starling won't put up with Joe's behavior. As the animosity between Joe and Hunter grows, saving the film means Joe must face his deepest fear. Challenges pile up from all directions, from his father disowning him to the entertainment industry's backstabbing reaction. Amid the backlash, Joe ventures into his first gay romantic relationship, tries to help others worse off, and slowly learns how to live his life instead of just acting it.
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
August 8, 2014
Chatting at the Dreamspinner GR page tomorrow
Tomorrow at 2PM-5PM EST I'll be at Dreamspinner Press Goodreads page doing a chat. These are always a lot of fun for me, so please stop in. This is the ONLY chat I'm doing for Last Chance Charlie. You can ask about it or my other books, read some excerpts, and we'll have a contest or two. Hope to see you there!
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
July 11, 2014
2 new books ready for pre-order!
Hi Everyone,
Here I come with a few exciting updates! First, Last Chance Charlie is available for pre-order here: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor.... (Please note that it has a BDSM tag. This refers to the "kink for pay" that the MC engages in as part of his job, which is written about in detail. The main romantic pairing are not in a BDSM relationship. There is no romantic aspect in relation to this tag.)
Next up, Ethan, Who Loved Carter will be available in German on July 15. Pre-order Ethan und Carter - Du bist meine Melodie here: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
And finally, I've opened my Ask box up here, so stop in and ask me stuff if you want. :D
Here I come with a few exciting updates! First, Last Chance Charlie is available for pre-order here: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor.... (Please note that it has a BDSM tag. This refers to the "kink for pay" that the MC engages in as part of his job, which is written about in detail. The main romantic pairing are not in a BDSM relationship. There is no romantic aspect in relation to this tag.)
Next up, Ethan, Who Loved Carter will be available in German on July 15. Pre-order Ethan und Carter - Du bist meine Melodie here: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/stor...
And finally, I've opened my Ask box up here, so stop in and ask me stuff if you want. :D
January 15, 2014
Wolf Hunter now at Smashwords!
The Amazon Select time period is up, so Wolf Hunter is now available on Smashwords in all formats!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
As soon as it clears the process, it will be distributed to other online retailers. That could take a few weeks.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
As soon as it clears the process, it will be distributed to other online retailers. That could take a few weeks.
