Cameron's Corner
This first posting will be a bit short as I want to get a start without writing a novel. Wait a minute --- that's what I do. A blog, however, is my chance to crawl out of the pages of one of my stories and touch the minds and lives of my loyal readers. That, to me, is just as vital as writing my books.
Over the past six years, I have worked on a number of novels and finally now that I have the time to pursue writing more extensively, I have begun to finalize and release my stories. The first, as you may know, was Jordan Dare and the Kidnapped Ghost. Its original title was Jordan Dare: A Complicated Life, but that title went nowhere. In case you see that title advertised somewhere, don't buy it. It's the same as Jordan Dare and the Kidnapped Ghost. The whole idea of a Kidnapped Ghost caught my fancy as it is somewhat of an oxymoron. How in the hell do you kidnap a ghost? They're rather hard to hold onto. But Freddie, the teenager in that book who is indeed kidnapped and then killed makes an appearance before Jordan Dare, the one guy who has the gift for seeing and talking to ghosts --- but only gay ghosts. Freddie, being gay and needing someone to avenge his murder is somehow sent to Jordan and the plot takes off from there. So --- back to the title change. The Kidnapped Ghost better catches the eye of a prospective buyer as well as suggests a mystery, to begin with.
The two books that follow, Jordan Dare and the Tolchester Ghost and Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit simply complete the tale. While complete in themselves, in each of the first two books, there is a thread left dangling that is finely woven into the tapestry of Dare's life in the conclusive novel Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit.
Those were my first releases and are novels for everyone to enjoy. Yes, they do have a gay protagonist, but there are no steamy sex scenes and sex plays a very small part in their plot. Love, however, plays a major part because the love Jordan has for his partner, Andrew, drive the plot. (Spoiler Alert!!) Andrew seems to be dead which of course breaks Jordan's heart, but as the three stories develop, Jordie learns that Drew may not be dead, but rather may be in a coma or rendered senseless somewhere. In the final book Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit, he learns that Drew is held unconscious in another world --- the Weir. Andrew is the Captive Spirit who must be rescued.
The next release was the first of my gay coming-of-age novels. There will be others, by the way. Clay Parker examines what it might be like to realize you're gay --- or queer, as it was termed back then --- in 1953. Clay Parker: Growing Up Gay in 1953 is the result and, unlike the Dare books, does contain some rather sexually explicit scenes. It has to for I look at the wonders of sexual discovery through the eyes and mind of a fourteen-year-old of that era. Clay has a lot of problems already; he's an orphan living with an abusive aunt and uncle, he was severely burned in the fire that killed his parents and little brother, and he has no one to turn to for answers about his strange thoughts and sexual discoveries. The novel has a happy ending, I'm pleased to say as that is the kind of book I like to read as well as write. If you haven't read Clay Parker... please do so. Have a handkerchief nearby. I do as I write because I really get emotional as I tell my characters' stories. They are like my children. I love them with all their flaws and foibles. I even love the bad, nasty characters, for, without them, my good guys wouldn't have the problems that make them so interesting.
My next release will probably be in early 2019 and will be a tale set in the Weir, that alternate fantasy world readers learn of in Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit. It will tell the story of two West Virginia boys, born the same night (Halloween --- no less), struck by lightning and marked with a seven-pointed star-shaped birthmark and mixed-color eyes. They meet each other when five and are drawn together by their eyes and common birthmarks. Later, being gay, they fall in love but only after learning they are special and able to enter an entirely different world called the Weir where magic is common and they have been destined to become Spirit Twins. There's much more to tell, of course, but you will have to wait for the book's release in the coming year.
For now, I will sign out, wish you all a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or Winter Solstice --- whichever applies. Happy New Year to all and to all a good read.
Over the past six years, I have worked on a number of novels and finally now that I have the time to pursue writing more extensively, I have begun to finalize and release my stories. The first, as you may know, was Jordan Dare and the Kidnapped Ghost. Its original title was Jordan Dare: A Complicated Life, but that title went nowhere. In case you see that title advertised somewhere, don't buy it. It's the same as Jordan Dare and the Kidnapped Ghost. The whole idea of a Kidnapped Ghost caught my fancy as it is somewhat of an oxymoron. How in the hell do you kidnap a ghost? They're rather hard to hold onto. But Freddie, the teenager in that book who is indeed kidnapped and then killed makes an appearance before Jordan Dare, the one guy who has the gift for seeing and talking to ghosts --- but only gay ghosts. Freddie, being gay and needing someone to avenge his murder is somehow sent to Jordan and the plot takes off from there. So --- back to the title change. The Kidnapped Ghost better catches the eye of a prospective buyer as well as suggests a mystery, to begin with.
The two books that follow, Jordan Dare and the Tolchester Ghost and Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit simply complete the tale. While complete in themselves, in each of the first two books, there is a thread left dangling that is finely woven into the tapestry of Dare's life in the conclusive novel Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit.
Those were my first releases and are novels for everyone to enjoy. Yes, they do have a gay protagonist, but there are no steamy sex scenes and sex plays a very small part in their plot. Love, however, plays a major part because the love Jordan has for his partner, Andrew, drive the plot. (Spoiler Alert!!) Andrew seems to be dead which of course breaks Jordan's heart, but as the three stories develop, Jordie learns that Drew may not be dead, but rather may be in a coma or rendered senseless somewhere. In the final book Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit, he learns that Drew is held unconscious in another world --- the Weir. Andrew is the Captive Spirit who must be rescued.
The next release was the first of my gay coming-of-age novels. There will be others, by the way. Clay Parker examines what it might be like to realize you're gay --- or queer, as it was termed back then --- in 1953. Clay Parker: Growing Up Gay in 1953 is the result and, unlike the Dare books, does contain some rather sexually explicit scenes. It has to for I look at the wonders of sexual discovery through the eyes and mind of a fourteen-year-old of that era. Clay has a lot of problems already; he's an orphan living with an abusive aunt and uncle, he was severely burned in the fire that killed his parents and little brother, and he has no one to turn to for answers about his strange thoughts and sexual discoveries. The novel has a happy ending, I'm pleased to say as that is the kind of book I like to read as well as write. If you haven't read Clay Parker... please do so. Have a handkerchief nearby. I do as I write because I really get emotional as I tell my characters' stories. They are like my children. I love them with all their flaws and foibles. I even love the bad, nasty characters, for, without them, my good guys wouldn't have the problems that make them so interesting.
My next release will probably be in early 2019 and will be a tale set in the Weir, that alternate fantasy world readers learn of in Jordan Dare and the Captive Spirit. It will tell the story of two West Virginia boys, born the same night (Halloween --- no less), struck by lightning and marked with a seven-pointed star-shaped birthmark and mixed-color eyes. They meet each other when five and are drawn together by their eyes and common birthmarks. Later, being gay, they fall in love but only after learning they are special and able to enter an entirely different world called the Weir where magic is common and they have been destined to become Spirit Twins. There's much more to tell, of course, but you will have to wait for the book's release in the coming year.
For now, I will sign out, wish you all a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or Winter Solstice --- whichever applies. Happy New Year to all and to all a good read.
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