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Open house! Free stories and a good cause!

March 23rd, 2016 | Random

Short and sweet: You can help support gay homeless youth and get a bunch of new Something Like… stories in the process. We’re talking two dollars. You’ve got it. I’ve got it. If you honestly don’t have it, I still have some stories you can read for free. Stick around to find out more. There’s...

A new Something Like… story every month!

January 23rd, 2016 | Books, Holiday, Random, Something Like Summer

Late last year I started this thing where I would write new stories, and anyone who wanted to read them would send a little cash my way. Not so different from normal publishing except there are less middle men, editors, and all the other usual filters I run my stuff through. In other words, it’s...

Something Like Summer the Movie – Now Filming!

August 26th, 2015 | Building a Book, Movies, Random, Something Like Summer

The time has come! Filming starts tomorrow. I know many of you have been asking with increasing impatience when this would finally happen. Me? I was holding my breath for much of that time, because so much could have gone wrong. Plenty of books are optioned for film. More than we’ll ever know, because the...

Audio Origin Interview!

July 25th, 2015 | Random

Something Like Summer is a story of humble origins. Some guy who—quite frankly—had no idea what he was doing, scribbled the story down while blubbering his eyes out. Then he sent it around, got the cold shoulder, and turned to his husband for help. How the movie came to be isn’t so different. Something Like...

Q and A with U and I

July 18th, 2015 | Random

[caption id="attachment_4446" align="alignleft" width="225"] Chicago. It's home now.[/caption] Hearts on Fire Reviews has very kindly invited me to do an interview on their site, and it struck me that in a way I’m always being interviewed. By you guys! I get a lot of wonderful messages from people who have read my books, many of...

So Long, and Thanks for All the Schnitzel

July 1st, 2015 | Random

I grew up reading fantasy novels. One breed in particular appealed most to me. I loved stories about normal humans who get transported to a mystical land. Maybe they were searching for the back of a mysterious wardrobe, or perhaps they answered a classified ad that listed a magic kingdom for sale. Or maybe they...

Thunder Trivia Contest – Day 4

May 23rd, 2015 | Random

"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." ~Athenaeus Who you callin' old? Andreas and I had quite the night out, but we survived to tell the tale. Think you know the answer to today's question? Email me with the goods!

Anniversary Celebration. It’s prize time!

May 13th, 2015 | Random

I’m ten years old! At least, Jay Bell the author is. Kind of. I actually started writing seriously in 2003 when I first moved to Germany. I think. The metadata of my earliest Word document claims I didn’t start until 2004, which might also be true. It’s confusing because there was a book and half,...

Remember when we first met? Let’s get nostalgic!

April 8th, 2015 | Random

There’s a wonderfully romantic notion that what authors do all day is write. That’s how it should be, and I like to think the world once spun that way, but not anymore. Much of my day is dealing with stuff. I’ll spare you the boring details, but essentially I need my books to get noticed,...

Giving and Receiving. I like both. ;)

December 2nd, 2014 | Random

[caption id="attachment_3854" align="alignleft" width="184"] He's sexy, Australian, a sniper, and is launching a drone to save animals. ... I'll explain later.[/caption]Note:This post is a year old, but all the charities are still kicking. The Cancer Research Institute is matching donations again, so I'm giving the same amount I did last year. Lately I’ve been asking...