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I asked to all the authors joining the GayRomLit convention in Atlanta in October (http://gayromlit.com/grl-authors) a personal favor, a special Ebook Giveaway: everyday I will post 1 book from each author, and among those who will leave a comment, I will draw a winner. Very easy and very fast ;-) I will send a PM to the winner, so remember to not leave anonymous comments!Today author is Anel Viz: Anel Viz is a rapidly aging gentleman who does not meet other people’s expectations. Although born and raised in New York City, he bears only a superficial resemblance to the characters in Seinfeld. He has lived large chunks of his life in French-speaking countries, where many people refuse to believe he is American because he is not particularly tall or loud and doesn't swagger. For many years, Anel taught French, expository writing, and ethics at a small liberal arts college in the Midwest, where he still lives. He has also worked as a literary translator. Now that he has retired, he looks forward to devoting himself full time to creative writing, a hobby he began half a dozen years ago. He enjoys pushing the envelope in all genres, both in his literary experiments and his treatment of sex. To date he has published 5 novels, 8 novellas, 3 short story collections, 13 separately published stories, including one YA book under the name Zane Silva, and he has almost as many works in progress as publications. He regularly contributes stories to Wilde Oats online magazine. Anel was married for 20 years and has two grown-up sons. He currently lives with his male partner. They've been together — but not living together — for a decade. For relaxation he enjoys concerts (especially classical music), reading, walks in the woods, camping, visiting the doggie park, preparing gourmet meals, and, time and money permitting, travel.
Website: http://bookworld.editme.com/AnelViz
Most recent title: Alma's Will
Publishers: Dreamspinner Press, Silver Publishing
Alma's Will by Anel Viz
Publisher: Silver Publishing (May 18, 2013)
Amazon Kindle: Alma's Will
Livia Redding returns to Macon, Georgia, with her husband and children after her mother's death to settle her estate. She is shocked and offended to hear that the will stipulates that her house be used as a safe home for gay teenagers rejected by their families. Against her husband's better judgment, Liv decides to contest it and stay on in Georgia with their children.
But her mother had a reason for making the bequest: her son, Ronnie, who disappeared a quarter-century ago, after his father threw him out of the house because he was gay.
Sex in the Suburbs by Luke Legende
Hard as Stone by Rory Ni Coileain
The Great Wall, Made In China #1, by Z. Allora
Gay as Mardi Gras by Lily Velden 
Prelude (Blue Notes) by Venona Keyes and Shira Anthony
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680), was an English poet, and a wit of King Charles II's court. Andrew Marvell described him as "the best English satirist", and he is generally considered to be the most considerable poet and the most learned among the Restoration wits.
In 1939 Frances V. Rummell, an educator and a teacher of French at Stephens College, published an autobiography under the title Diana: A Strange Autobiography; it was the first explicitly lesbian autobiography in which two women end up happily together. This autobiography was published with a note saying, "The publishers wish it expressly understood that this is a true story, the first of its kind ever offered to the general reading public".
For many years "Diana Frederics" remained the pseudonym for an author whose real identity was a mystery. Her only known book is Diana: A Strange Autobiography, published in 1939 by the Dial Press. On July 26, 2010, the PBS television show "History Detectives" revealed the real name of the author of Diana; A Strange Autobiography (1939): Frances V. Rummell, an educator and a teacher of French at Stevens College, who died in 1969.
I asked to all the authors joining the GayRomLit convention in Atlanta in October (
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