For those of you still reading this blog after all these years—with Instagram, TikTok, and the like, are blogs even popular anymore?—possibly looking for a new post from me, well, here I am and here it is. First, after not logging into this blog since April 2022, today, I updated my age, 64, and the number of years I've been with my partner, 31. Otherwise, not a lot has changed in the last year and a half. I'm still writing. Currently, I'm working on a third novel, this one a gay romance featuring two wonderful characters who are sixty years old. Back in the day, I confess I didn't have a lot ..read more

  It's been over a year now since I've published anything here, but that doesn't mean This Gay Relationship hasn't been active. In fact, it's been more active than ever at the 2.0 version of the blog on the Facebook group page. There, you'll find a selection of items from the internet that appeals to me, and that I want to share with you. As well as lots of original content in the form of my comments and, well, original content, including my tell it like it is opinion on various subjects. Check it out. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1415555522044128/  ..read more

It's been a while, hasn't it? I've wanted to give you an update for a long time but didn't get around to it––that is, an update in the completion and submission of my novel. As you'll recall from the previous post, my original goal date was June 30, 2019. Well, I didn't achieve that. I tried, I really did, but my manuscript wasn't ready, and I knew it. After working on it for ten years, I thought I could wait a while longer to submit, until I was certain it was the best I could do. I FINALLY finished my manuscript, realizing a lifelong dream, in mid-September 2019. Shortly after, I subm ..read more

Yea! So what's the significance of June 30? For those of you who are interested, June 30 is the date by which I plan to submit my novel to several publishers. Did I just type that? I can't believe it. It's been a long, long journey. I can't think of anything I've wanted to be more than a writer. I remember writing a short story with a babysitter when I was a kid. It was a western (don't ask me why I chose that genre, because I have no interest in it today), and I wish I still had that story. That was a lot of years ago (I'll be sixty this October). And, while I wrote a first novel in my ea ..read more