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Record Number of Nominations

Looks like it is a another big year for LGBTQ publishing. The Lambda Literary Awards received a record number of nominations for books published during 2006 (including "Column Inches" by yours truly in two categories). Each year, the organization honors the best LGBTQ writers and books during Book Expo America, the annual booksellers convention. This will be the 19th annual presentation of awards.                    

In all, 147 publishers nominated 381 titles for awards in 25 categories. Click here to see the full list of nominees.

Keep your fingers crossed for all of us. The finalists in each category will be announced this Thursday, March 1. Readings by the finalists will take place in San Francisco on April 12 and in New York on April 17. More readings will be announced shortly.                    

Winners will be announced on Thursday, May 31, at a gala awards ceremony in New York City.

My Favorite Review...So Far

Bay Windows, New England's largest LGBT newspaper, published a great review of my book, Column Inches, this week in the "Out In Print" column. My favorite line is, "Hunter is a good writer—his work has also appeared in The Advocate, TimeOut New York, and The Cincinnati Enquirer—and readers will easily be sucked into each essay with much interest, even if they don't know local places and politics like the Pipeline or the anti-gay rights law on the docket of a Cincinnati court in 1997."

The full review is available online and this week's issue of the paper.

More Press for "Column Inches"

Many thanks to my friends at Cincinnati Magazine for including a piece on my new book in their great looking September issue.

On the Radio...Wooooah...On the Radio

This weekend I did the first radio interview to promote my book, Column Inches. On Saturday afternoon I was on Alternating Currents, a weekly gay and lesbian radio show that is broadcast on WAIF 88.3 FM from my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. In fact, if you can believe it, Alternating Currents has been around for over two decades and is the second longest running gay and lesbian public affairs show in the country.

Press for Column Inches

Now that my book has been out a little over a month, I am starting to build some momentum for it. Check out my first piece of press in the newly renamed Q City News.

My Book is On Sale

As Tom Petty said, "The waiting is the hardest part." Well the waiting is over.

My first book, "Column Inches: Everyday Observations of a Gay Pragmatist" is officially complete and available for sale through my publisher's web site, Booksurge.com. You can check out the cover and read an excerpt from the book on the Booksurge site.

Within a week it should also be available on Amazon.com and Borders.com. Get your copy today.

Moving Forward

My book is getting very close to its actual release date. It is in it final review and should be available for sale online in the next week or two. Email me at [email protected] and I will let you know the minute it is available online.

As you may have already read, the book is a collections of columns that I wrote during my five years as a contributor to CityBeat, the award-winning alternative newsweekly based in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

The Clock is Still Ticking

Work still continues on my book. Really, it will be out in June...if I have anything to say about it.

Until then, you can read my latest piece in this week's issue of CityBeat, the award winning alternative paper based in my hometown of Cincinnati. In case you didn't know, it is gay pride season. To celebrate this high holy month for the GLBT community, and to commemorate my recent 20-year high school reunion, the story takes a look back at gay life in this conservative midwestern town over the past 20 years.

And, of course, if you would like me to let you know when my book goes on sale, drop me an email at [email protected].

Resetting the Clock

Despite my best efforts, there is going to be a slight delay in the release of my book. I was really hoping that it would go on sale June 1. Please watch here for more details. You will be the first know as soon as I have a date for the release. If you would like to receive an email or more information when the book goes on sale, please drop me an email at [email protected]

Close But Still So Far

As of today, it is t-minus 13 days and counting until the launch of my book Column Inches. Today I finalized the layout for the entire cover. I have one final word to correct in the manuscript before it is finished and ready to approve. I'm so close and yet so far.