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Volume
3, Issue 9 — October 1, 2005
This
is an independently published
magazine, edited by Ronald L. Donaghe. The views expressed herein are
solely those of the writer of each review, article, or column. Writers'
work is accepted solely at the discretion of the editor. All material
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 Contributors This Issue... Andrew Barriger • The Unborn Spouse Situation, p2  Betty
Conley• Deep Water, p3 • The Brothers Bishop, p3 • Three Fortunes in One Cookie, p12 Ronald L. Donaghe • Appropriate Applause, p8 • Holding Me Together, p8 • What God Has Joined Together, p9  Jerry Flack• Self-Exposure: The Nude Self-Portrait, p4 Anna Furtado • Deep Cover, p5 • HLFQ V6, p5  Arlene
Germain• Assorted Flavours, p7 • Stolen Moments, p6 • Ginger's Fire, p7 • Murky Waters, p7 • Relationships Can Be Murder, p6 Gene Hayworth • Uncle Sean, p10  Tony Heyes• Born Gay, p11 • How's Your Romance?, p11 Kathi Isserman • Down the Rabbit Hole, p13 • Force of Nature, p13 • Hunter's Way, p14 • In Too Deep, p14 • Life's Little Edge, p14  Lori L.
Lake• Distant Shores, p15 • Force of Nature, p15 • Gay Detective Novel, p16 William Maltese • Damages, p17 • Gay Male Sleuth, p16 • Interview with Rick Chris, p18  • Person
in a Position of Trust, p17• Sticky, p17 Jay Mandal • Jealosy, p19  Cheri
Rosenberg• Change of Pace, p20 • Justice in the Shadows, p20 • Safe Harbor, p20 |
 From the Editor... The statistics on the browsing activity in The Independent Gay Writer, along with the rest of rldbooks.com, is modest in comparison to well funded, corporate gay sites, but I've watched as hits have exceeded an average of 50 to 60 per hour, 24/7. The list of countries from which the hits have come is now routinely above a dozen, as well, from my back yard to the Middle East. So I must thank all the contributors who have helped develop this glbt-q book and film review magazine. The launch of the October issue was delayed a couple of days, because it is the biggest yet. I think the policy of allowing more than one review of a title is the correct approach; and allowing reviews of backlist and new books helps give depth to the reading experience in these pages. I also think that taking mainly positive reviews sets IGW apart from other review magazines. We rarely savage a book without pointing out its strengths and appeal. This approach holds true to the goal of this publication: to give all writers a chance for exposure. If a book has no redeeming qualities, then we prefer that it not be reviewed here.   Writer,
Andrew Barriger, is back after a long hiatus in this magazine with a
review of new writer, Matt Rauscher's The
Unborn Spouse Situation; Betty Conley (one of IGW's editors),
reviews Deep Water, The Brothers Bishop, and Three Fortunes in One Cookie;
Ronald L. Donaghe does reviews of Appropriate
Applause by John Boyd Brandon, whom we
introduce in the New
Writers Page, Holding Me Together
(a new edition) by
Duane Simolke, and a refreshing take on Gay Marriage by a
non-fundamentalist Christian, in What God
Has Joined Together...  We have
many more reviews by our usual and generous contributors Jerry Flack,
Anna Furtado, Arlene Germain, Gene Hayworth, Kathi Isserman. Tony
Heyes, our man from England reviews two new books this issue, and Lori
Lake and William Maltese review two separate books on detective novels
as well as other
works. Maltese conducts an interview with artist Rick Chris. Jay Mandal
(also English) provides a short story, and our budding writer and
roving reporter, Cheri Rosenberg, does works by Radclyffe. In all,
thirty two books are reviewed in this issue. News... All three novels in the Early Journals of Will Barnett (Uncle Sean, Lance, and All Over Him) have been translated into Spanish and published by Editorial Egales in Barcelona. See Ronald L. Donaghe's home page. New Releases from Bold Stroke Books Title: Innocent Hearts, 2nd ed Author: Radclyffe ISBN: 1-933110-21-X, $15.95 A story of young love in a harsh land and the choices that will change a lifetime… In 1860’s Montana Territory, Kate Beecher, a young woman from Boston, faces the hardships and hard choices of life on the frontier. Just eighteen and quietly struggling against the social constraints of the era, Kate meets a woman who fires first her imagination, and then her dreams. Jessie Forbes, a fiercely independent rancher, finds in Kate the passion she never knew she had been missing. This is the story of their struggle to love in a land, and time, as cruel as it was beautiful. Title: The Temple at Landfall: The Celaeno Series Author: Jane Fletcher ISBN: 1-933110-27-9, $15.95 Lynn feels more like a prisoner than the chosen of the Goddess. Transfer to another temple is her chance to taste a little freedom on the journey, but all does not go to plan and her dull life is shattered by the dangers and choices that await her. First US printing. |
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