I Spent 9 Years Writing a Gay Novel
I’ve never actually tried to work out before how long I spent writing 'The Space Between Galaxies.' Sometimes I say five years, sometimes...
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Queuing Fourteen Hours to See the Queen's Coffin
I just queued for 14 hours to go and see the queen’s coffin and it was one of the most bizarre intense ritual experiences. I’m not a...
The Gays Versus MM Romance
Are erotic gay romances written by women for women ruining the market for gay authors? I recently wrote a blog about the phenomena of mm...
Don't Stop Fetishizing Gay Men
I’ve seen a discussion going on amongst young book reviewers that makes me want to roll my eyes so hard that they fall out of my head....
The five gay novels that I love
I used to ramble in an all-knowing Oscar Wilde tone of voice, that there are about three categories of gay novel and they are all...
How to write a novel during a global pandemic
Step 1) Lose your job, your visa and your house Before the pandemic I was living in Switzerland with my boyfriend Chachi. I was teaching...
The Saga of My Failed Teen Rock Band
Since I was about ten, I dreamed of being a pop-star. I used to cycle home from school singing loudly to myself, hoping a record exec...
My 12 Year 'Rupaul's Drag Race' Addiction
It must be twelve years ago that I started going out with Percy Tankengine, who introduced me to Rupaul’s Drag Race. He’d changed his...
From Cool Britannia to Shit Britain
I remember as a kid having some vague notion of pride in being British. Without being told explicitly I got this sense that my country...
Durian Selection Platter
I had a day stopover in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Rather than going and seeing any sights, I decided to just eat durian products. Durian is...
Lost in Belgium With No Money in a Tiger Costume
I was living in Cologne with an English person called Zack who claimed he was German. Zack would often rhapsodise about how we were going...
Camping in Provence Without Any Camping Equipment
Straight away when we arrived in Nice, Pete started asking people for cigarettes and lighters in made up French: ‘Avez vouz un leet,’ he...
The time I went to see the biggest tree in the world with severe food poisoning
At the start of 2016 I flew to Las Vegas for £95 in the hope of staying at the “Lil’ Ale Inn” the last point of habitation before Area...
A Treacherous and Prolonged Journey to London on the Kennet and Avon Canal Part 2
So our plastic boat was sinking in middle of the canal and the engine had ceased working. I told my boyfriend Wolverine that we should...
A Treacherous and Prolonged Journey to London on the Kennet and Avon Canal
A few years ago in November I bought a boat off Ebay for £2500 from a couple called Esmeralda and Keith. I've changed their names because...
British Drag
There’s something about the good old English approach to drag queens that really warms my heart. The way a gay bar in a principality...
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