And why is it the best looking ones are always straight?

I know you've all heard the advice, "Show, don't tell." The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just show you -- they make you feel it, live it, taste it, touch it. Storytelling is about being in the moment with the characters.

Kit, you're forty. You look thirty. You act...well, never mind. You're carrying on like you think you're seventy

Everything a gay man does makes a political statement. Everything matters: where you bank, where you shop, where you eat. When you hold your lover’s hand in public

A pause followed my greeting. Then “We’re watching you ” whispered the voice on the other end. “Yeah? Did you see what I did with my keys? ” Silence. Then dial tone. These younger demons. So easily discouraged.

You were the first in every way that counted.

I'm a thirty-something gay man with a dodgy heart. I sell books for a living. Who wants to read about that?