By A.J. Llewellyn They say in Hollywood that your career is made by those you meet, not your qualifications, resume…whatever. Some years ago, I befriended the charismatic actor Don Scribner. He was not only handsome, bright, funny and thoughtful, but oh, so talented, too. We used to talk boxing (we’re both fans) and after a […]
Read More..>>By A.J. Llewellyn Living in LA, I know hundreds of actors and singers and get invited to all kinds of plays, musical performances and showcases. I try to attend everything I can since I value my friendships, but sometimes the results can be questionable. When my best friend, Claire, invited me to join her on […]
Read More..>>By A.J. Llewellyn Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone… I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I’d see you again. – from Fire and Rain, music and lyrics, James Taylor When I first started writing gay erotic romance fiction six years ago, […]
Read More..>>The Sound of Music: An Interview with Cantor Juval Porat: by A.J. Llewellyn Juval Porat is famous for being the first cantor to be ordained invested into the Jewish faith in Germany since the Holocaust. Temple Beth Chayim Chadashim of Los Angeles, the world’s first GLBT synagogue was lucky enough to snap up this talented, […]
Read More..>>By A.J. Llewellyn Erik Rhodes, real name James Elliott Naughtin left this life last week after a long effort to do so. We communicated online. I got to know him through my friend, director John Bruno. I knew him just a little. I cared about him – a lot. He was a […]
Read More..>>By A.J. Llewellyn The boxing world lost a legend this week. Johnny “Mi Vida Loca” Tapia, seems to have finally surrendered to his demons and left this life too soon at the age of 45. I knew Johnny, not well, but well enough from interviews I did with him whenever he was in town at […]
Read More..>>By A.J. Llewellyn As a writer I am an avid reader but I confess most of the stuff I read is non-fiction, or if it is fiction, it tends to be material related to things I adore, such as Hawaii. I have devoured a wealth of material this year but what I have found more […]
Read More..>>by A.J. Llewellyn I had an incredible experience on Saturday night that I wish many more people could have shared. But for those of us who witnessed the giant opening of a butterfly’s gorgeous, all-encompassing, shimmering rainbow wings at the Beth Chayim Chadashim, it was an evening none of us will ever forget. The GLBT […]
Read More..>>Ever Beleno just met an older man…about two thousand years older! By A.J. Llewellyn Several months ago I had afternoon tea with my friend Rosie and a bunch of other people who plan esoteric day trips that had, up until this occasion never really inspired my romance novels. They were, however a much needed diversion […]
Read More..>>Stone Richards By A.J. Llewellyn and D.J. Manly The M/M author community lost a friend and wonderful author in the recent passing of Stone Richards. It shocked me because I knew I hadn’t heard from Stone for a while but had no idea he was struggling with the return of a very virulent form of […]
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