SO I'M READING GAWKER AND...

As long as we're wanging it up today, we may as well mention the recent cockfight between The New Republic's Michael Crowley and famous author Michael Crichton...

What?

"(F)amous (A)uthor Michael Crichton?!" WTF is that all about?!

Okay, Gawkerites, that's it. We're throwing down.





Then again, maybe I'm being too harsh. After all, Gawker is obviously taking its cue from the other gay media outlets, who are finally heeding my call that they publicize unknown heterosexual writers with no discernible gay content, like Crichton, rather than overexposed gay writers.

Yeah... that's probably it...

Just remember: "Reading Is Hot!"

READING IS HOT! AND HELPS YOU HEAL!
Taking the 'Reading Is Hot!' campaign to its logical next step, we see here that David has discovered that Great Literature also speeds the healing process:

Good man, David. Good man.

READING WAS HOT
Last night's reading at New York's LGBT Center was a lot of fun. Good crowd, hot men, wine... what was not to love? Special thanks to the Blogger Kids who turned out for the event: Patrick, Crash, and David (who I finally had the chance to meet in person after all this time. And speaking of David, I caught him last weekend in A Little Night Music. If you get the opportunity, do yourself a favor and see the show!)

I was admittedly at a bit of a disadvantage. Andy Zeller acts, Stewart Lewis acts and sings, Casper Andreas acts and makes films, and Jamie Morris acts, and Rob Byrnes, well... he sits behind his computer most of the day. Also, the other authors/performers are uniformly young and cute, while I am reluctantly middle-aged and rapidly falling apart. But I don't think I bored anyone, and -- since that was my goal -- I'd have to call the evening a success.

Let me add that doing a group event like this was a lot of fun, and I would do it again in a heartbeat. So if any other authors are out there and want to organize something, you know where to find me.

WHERE YOU'LL BE TONIGHT
It's time, kids. No more marking-your-calendars; now it's all about the showing up.

Wednesday, November 15 6:00 PM
Gay Hollywood in New York

at
The LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street, New York

Hooray for Hollywood! Join us for an evening of cocktails, readings, discussion, and book signings as a handful of New York-based artists share how Hollywood and the film industry has both influenced and inspired them.

The evening will kick-off at 6 P.M. with cocktails and mingling. Then at 7 p.m. authors Andy Zeffer (Going Down in La-La Land), Stewart Lewis (Rockstarlet) and Rob Byrnes (When the Stars Come Out) will read fun snippets from their novels. Filmmaker Casper Andreas (Slutty Summer) will show scenes from his recently wrapped film A Four Letter Word, and actor/playwright Jamie Morris (Mommie Queerest, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode) will display some stage magic. The evening promises to be lively, amusing, and entertaining.

Admission to the event is $15, and includes an open bar. [Emphasis mine, of course.]

Be there, bitches.



ALSO: I'll be in Washington DC for the upcoming weekend (that would be Thursday, November 16 through Sunday, November 19.) Look for me at the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner, the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League Annual Brunch, my drive-by at Lambda Rising Bookstore, or during random moments when I'm running drunk and naked down 17th Street NW.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE: I will also be in Rochester (the real one, in Upstate New York) from Wednesday, November 22 through Sunday, November 26. Although no formal events or parades are planned, you might catch me running drunk and naked down Monroe Avenue. If you'll be visiting the area feel free to drop me an e-mail.

OH, AND ALSO: I'll be in Colorado and Las Vegas between Tuesday, December 19 and Sunday, December 31. Possible drunk-and-naked running down Route 25. Just thought you'd like to know...

READING IS HOT!
This just in from Houston:

Somewhat Famous Authors Greg Herren and The Teej demonstrate once again that Reading Is Hot! It's even hotter when you don't give the 'My Pet Goat' treatment to the literature, but we're taking baby steps here.

(Collect the entire set of photos at Becks's site.)

CALENDAR-MARKING TIME

Wednesday, November 15 6:00 PM
Gay Hollywood in New York

at
The LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street, New York

Hooray for Hollywood! Join us for an evening of cocktails, readings, discussion, and book signings as a handful of New York-based artists share how Hollywood and the film industry has both influenced and inspired them.

The evening will kick-off at 6 P.M. with cocktails and mingling. Then at 7 p.m. authors Andy Zeffer (Going Down in La-La Land), Stewart Lewis (Rockstarlet) and Rob Byrnes (When the Stars Come Out) will read fun snippets from their novels. Filmmaker Casper Andreas (Slutty Summer) will show scenes from his recently wrapped film A Four Letter Word, and actor/playwright Jamie Morris (Mommie Queerest, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode) will display some stage magic. The evening promises to be lively, amusing, and entertaining.

Admission to the event is $15, and includes an open bar. [Emphasis mine, of course.]

Be there, bitches.

READING IS HOT!
Okay, I know that yesterday I wrote that gay literature is being over-exposed by the gay media. Still, I was honored to learn this morning that my books are to be featured in a new collaborative campaign in which print and electronic gay outlets work to increase literacy among The Gays: "Reading is Hot!"

Granted, I am less enthusiastic about the campaign tagline -- 'Washington pages aren't the only pages we turn over! -- but I've got to work with what they've given me.

So let me give a shout out to all of those who made this possible: The Advocate, Out, Genre, 365Gay.com, PlanetOut, Towleroad, Gay City News, HX, Next, the New York Blade, Window Media, Queerty, Instinct, After Elton, After Ellen, and the new Gay Gawker.

Look for the following promos in upcoming weeks! And remember: Buy the Damn Books!






NOTES: (1) "Reading is HOT!" artwork may not actually resemble the graphics above, which were designed by an anonymous person. (2) "Reading is HOT!" cooperative campaign may, in fact, be made up out of spite, and not an actual cooperative campaign. (3) Nothing in this entry shall be interpreted to indicate that any of the above-listed print and electronic media outlets and/or blogs have any interest whatsoever in reading or the promotion of gay writers or the advancement of the homosexual agenda. Execpt Gawker.