The New Look.

Newsletter moves to Mail Chimp.

I've taken the plunge and updated the mailing list service to MailChimp. This is the first email in the new format. What do you think? Shoot me an email: rick.bettencourt@gmail.com and let me know what your thoughts.

Bandit Loves Me!

My dog started his own blog.

In the last newsletter, I told you how Bandit would be taking over my retired blog, Bandit Talks. We'll he has written his first post. You can read it here.

Why I Write (Gay Fiction)

I originally intended the title of this article to not include the parentheses around gay fiction—thus Why I Write Gay Fiction. But, the more I thought about it I realized the genre isn’t so important; it’s the content that matters. Yes, I’m gay. So a lot of what I write is just me being open about a life familiar to me.

Most of my readers aren't LGBT. Click here to read more...