The Novel Approach welcomes Sue Brown on the blog tour for her latest release, The Next Call. Enjoy her guest post and then be sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win some great prizes, detailed below.
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When I submitted this story I knew I was taking a risk. It’s not your conventional boy meets boy love story. Nothing about it is conventional. I’m just lucky that Dreamspinner are prepared to take chances with me and I appreciate it very much.
Much like a lot of stories of mine this started as a request from someone at least six years ago, but I’ve only just written it and nothing like the story we discussed. So I apologise to the person who asked for the story. It’s very late and not as ordered.
The Next Call is about a man who volunteers for a LGBT helpline and it’s really the story of the next call he takes, the one that changes his life.
Initially I was going to write about a man who prevents another man from committing suicide by jumping off a bridge. That was how the story was meant to be written and how it worked out in my head but as usual, nothing ever stays that way once the fingers start typing. Mark’s story is written from the heart.
I hope you enjoy it, even if it is different. Let me know.
On the blog tour I want to highlight the amazing work LGBT helplines and charities do for people who really need them. I’ve focused on the UK because that is where I live. Please take the time to look at their sites.
The first helpline has recently celebrated its fortieth birthday, having been in existence since 1974. It went from 5 hours in the evening to 24 hours a day. The London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard’s (LLGS) information and support helpline has provided support to over 3 million people, and more people seek help from the LGBT community database, www.turingnetwork.org.uk. They’ve supported people through discriminatory legislation, the AIDS crisis, and the bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in London to name a few examples.
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Blurb: Mark Grayson volunteers for an LGBT helpline, the same one that helped him through his teenage years. One day he takes a call from “Ricky,” a suicidal man being forced into a marriage he doesn’t want. For weeks Mark talks to Ricky and provides support, but he’s frustrated by the lack of information Ricky provides and the decisions he’s making. In the meantime, Mark starts a relationship with another volunteer. Then tragedy strikes and Mark takes time away from the helpline, but when he comes back, Ricky is waiting. Mark realizes Ricky is stronger than before and their relationship changes, but Mark isn’t sure what their future holds if their relationship is destined to be at the end of the phone.
Buy Links: Dreamspinner Press | Amazon US
About the Author: Sue Brown is owned by her dog and two children. When she isn’t following their orders, she can be found plotting at her laptop. In fact she hides so she can plot and has gotten expert at ignoring the orders.
Sue discovered M/M erotica at the time she woke up to find two men kissing on her favorite television series. The series was boring; the kissing was not. She may be late to the party, but she’s made up for it since, writing fan fiction until she was brave enough to venture out into the world of original fiction.
Links: Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook
GIVEAWAY DETAILS:
There will be FIVE winners chosen from this contest:
1) First Winner will get a $20 Amazon Gift Card.
2) Second Winner will get a paperback copy of Stolen Dreams. (The contest is open for everyone and not limited to a specific region!)
3) First Runner up will get e-copies of The Next Call and Stolen Dreams each.
4) Two Second Runners up will win an e-copy of either The Next Call or Stolen Dreams.
Contest Ends: 28th February, 2015
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