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I’m in with some great company.
Sep 022010
Sep 022010
I’ve always been. Just ask people I went to HS with.
But, today I”m playing over there…come hang out with James’ in the backseat
Aug 132010
Went out last night with my bud Mike. He did an interview with her about her latest project “Cho Dependant,” a CD of comedic songs. On the back end of that he got invited to the premier/release party.
Mike, being a good friend drug me along. Jesse James was there as well as Kat Von D and a bunch of other folks in the industry. Spent a good deal of time talking with some of Mike’s friends about conspiracy theories as to whether Micheal Jackson staged his own death an is living in Dubai somewhere.
Got to listen to Margaret perform Gimme Your Seed and then watch the videos for “Eat Shit and Die” and “I’m Sorry.”
And see ^ me with the celebrity. And this is why folks, James does not have many candid shots around.
The powerpoint presentation that accompanied my 2010 Popular Cultural Association presentation on the panel about the “Dark Side of Romance.”
Apr 022010
Arrived with two bags, leaving with one.
I always bring promo. I always bring books. It is one of those unwritten rules that if you are speaking, even if it’s just generally about a genre, and you write, people will come up and ask where they can get your books. You can grab an immediate sale right then if you can say, “why, I have a bunch right here.” The promo’s all gone, I have ten less books to haul home.
Arrived on Wed night and hooked up with Sarah F. and gave her the paddle SG made for her and her subs. Got dinner and promptly went to bed – and slept pretty much like crap, at least until I turned off the heater/air. Someone has to come up with a quiet unit for that crap.
But, I did manage to get up and be actually functioning by 8am St. Louis time…which translates to 6am LA time. The Romance Track panels for the Popular Culture Association yesterday were fun. The first one up was a panel on Bollywood as romance. Very entertaining.
Then it was on to my panel – The Dark Side of Romance: Rape, Serial Killers and Power Dynamics. We were expecting 15-16 people. We had 30. Sometimes title is everything. One paper discussed sexual force (read forced seduction) in romance. The next was about BDSM in heterosexual romance followed by “Serial Killers Make Great Boyfriends” tying the Dark Hero of paranormals into modern TV shows like Dexter (that one was pretty funny). Then I discussed power dynamics and reality v. writing in gay romance. It apparently went over well as I had half a dozen people come up after the panel to talk to me, more come up at lunch and then – when I was doing a little walking site-seeing tour – come up to me like on the street corner and start telling me how great my presentation was. This is called, “feeding an author’s ego.”
In my afternoon walking around St. Louis, I discovered that traffic laws here are apparently really suggestions. Only tourists wait at crosswalks and it doesn’t matter whether you have a red light or not, if no one is coming the other way pause and proceed. The other thing I learned is that the arch is mind numbingly huge. And you can go up to the top – which is not in this lifetime baby. I do not do heights.
Dinner was at an Irish pub. We took over a room with close to 35 people. I met Jane of Dear Author fame. It was a fun evening of trading stories, laughs and general camaraderie among like minded folks.
Time to go catch Jane’s panel on reviewing (I’m late but the first paper is on Jane Austin…and then more of a free forum with three panelists discussing reviewing. After that, I hop on a plane and head home.
Mar 262010
My friend Jeff Huntwell and I headed off to JT’s Stockroom last night to the Mr. LA Leather Reception. It’s the 10th anniversary of Mr. LA Leather. It’s nice to just hang out with likeminded folks and soak up the vibe. JT’s put out a nice spread with free booze and various “items” on display: fucking machines, cages, full exam room set up. And no, this wasn’t a play party so no demos. Although, if anyone is interested JT’s will be hosting classes every 4th Thursday of the month on various Kink topics.
Of course you could give a crap about my thoughts…so on to the pictures (which are now fixed)
I’m completely honored and humbled that Deputy Joe made the finals in the Pauline Reage Novel category. Here’s the press release with all the finalists.
I can’t say I wouldn’t be thrilled to win…but just making the finals is wonderful. A mystery that takes on Mormonism, being outed in a small community and the main character discovering his sadistic/dominate streak. It was a novel that took a lot of chances.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR NLA-I WRITING AWARDS
(Columbus, OH) — National Leather Association: International (NLA-I), a leading organization for activists in the pansexual SM/leather/fetish community, announced today the finalists for its recently created writing awards. Named after activists and writers Geoff Mains, John Preston, Pauline Reage, Cynthia Slater, and the organization Samois, they are awarded annually to recognize excellence in writing and publishing about leather, SM, bondage and fetishes.
The finalists for the Cynthia Slater Non-fiction Article Award are:
Gloria Brame, “Transformation and Transcendence in BDSM,” which appeared in Filthy Gorgeous Things, July 2009, “Force” issue. Available at: http://filthygorgeousthings.com/
E.R. Chaline, “Contemporary Gay BDSM in the UK,” which appeared in Skin Two (2009).
Jeff Mann, “How to be a Country Leather Bear,” from Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel (eds.), Second Person Queer: Who You Are (So Far). (Arsenal Pulp Press).
Jack Rinella, “Juggling,” which appeared in LeatherViews
Sarah Sloane, “The Biochemistry of BDSM,” which appeared in Sexis. Available at: http://www.edenfantasys.com/sexis/sex/bdsm-biochemistry-110492/The finalists for the Geoff Mains Non-fiction Book Award are:
Lee Harrington, Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond (lulu.com)
david stein, Ask the Man Who Owns Him: The Real Lives of Gay Masters and slaves (Perfectbound Press)
Two Knotty Boys, Two Knotty Boys Back on the Ropes (Green Candy)
The finalists for the Pauline Reage Novel Award are:
Melinda Barron, Graceful Submission (Loose Id)
James, Buchanan, Hard Fall (MLR Press)
Alex Ironrod, Obsession (Nazca Plains)
Claire Thompson, Submission Times Two (Romance Unbound)
The finalists for the John Preston Short Fiction Award are:
Kieran Wyn DeWhurst, “The Last Mistress of the Chatelaine,” in Cecilia Tan and Sarah Desautels (eds.), Like a Thorn: An Anthology of BDSM Fairy Tales (Circlet Press)
Jack Fritscher, “Goodbye Saigon,” in Phillip Mackenzie, Jr. (ed.), Special Forces: Gay Military Erotica (Cleis Press)
Shanna Germain, “Second Skin,” in Cecilia Tan and Sarah Desautels (eds.), Like a Thorn: An Anthology of BDSM Fairy Tales (Circlet Press)
Jeff Mann, “Lost River,” in Richard Labonté (ed.), Daddies: Gay Erotic Stories (Cleis Press)
Xan West, “Missing Daddy,” in Richard Labonté (ed.), Daddies: Gay Erotic Stories (Cleis Press)
The finalists for the Samois Anthology Award are:
Cecilia Tan and Sarah Desautels (eds.), Like a Thorn: An Anthology of BDSM Fairy Tales (Circlet Press)
Rachel Kramer Bussel (ed.), Bottoms Up: Spanking Good Stories (Cleis Press)
The winners will be announced at the NLA-I’s Annual General Meeting, which will be held during Tribal Fire in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (April 30 – May 2 2010). Please contact the award committee chair, Steve Vakesh, for more information about the awards at . For more information about Tribal Fire, the National Leather Association, and the NLA-I’s meeting on Sunday morning, see: http://www.tribalfireokc.com/ and http://www.nla-i.com
Feb 282010
I.
AM.
BEAT.
But it was a good weekend. I sold all my copies of both Hard Fall and Cheating Chance. Almost sold out of Personal Demons, The Good Thief and Edge of Desperation and did well with the others. Zoe is the perfect pitch person, she was a one author whirlwind getting books into hands of various people and convincing them to buy.
Met lots and lots of wonderful people including the owner, art director and one of the authors from Dreamspinner Press, who’s name I am completely spacing right now because I’m so bushed. But she’s delightful and from Texas.
Chatted with Smuttcutter and her gal about Porn and Tattoos. Hung out with Jay Lygon and Zoe Nichols. Both are great fun…although, apparently the Zoe is now adopted by a clique of slashers.
Now I just need to recover and start planning the next event.
Feb 282010
I’m rather bushed…but it’s so much fun hanging out with folks where you can discuss the proper procedure for fitting your GI Joe with the dick eraser and then have people pass around pics of what they do with THEIR Joes and nobody thinks you’re odd.
Stephanie Vaughn is a stitch to be around, so the day flew. It’s a small con, but fun, nice people. And it’s always fun to talk about what fandoms people write in. A good many people recognized our names from the LA Weekly article and several recognized me by my hat…author branding, it’s a good thing. Of course I forgot to TAKE a copy of the LA Weekly article (my friend Jeffery grabbed my 1/2 a dozen since he lives in the more advent guard section of LA).
Swag doesn’t move as well at this con, not sure why. “Have a deck of Ellora’s Cave cover cards.” “I don’t have any cash.” “No, have, as in ‘it’s free.’” What doesn’t go I’ll keep for Antelope Valley Pride in June.
Tomorrow it’s Jay Lygon and I.
Feb 152010
Voting for the LRC’s "Best of 2009" Awards begins on FEBRUARY 15th and ends on FEBRUARY 22nd.
Best Sci Fi/Futuristic Book:
The Edge of Desperation (Jason Edding and James Buchanan-MLR)
Best GBLT author 2009
James Buchanan
Best Mystery/Suspense 2009
Personal Demons (James Buchanan-MLR)
To vote:
Email dawn_roberto AT yahoo DOT com with "LRC’s "BEST OF 2009" Awards" in subject. If this is not in the subject it will not be counted. You are to vote from the nominee list on your pick. The list will be up in our loop files under "LRC Best of award nominees 2009".
All entries are to be in by 2/23/2010. Any entries received after that will NOT be counted and automatically deleted.
