Showing posts with label Authors After Dark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Authors After Dark. Show all posts

Sunday, February 24, 2019

Sad Passage


Recalling the Authors After Dark convention in Philadelphia back in 2011.

I took this picture at a dinner out, not knowing that three of the brightest lights in #LGBT fiction would be gone by 2019. Zam Maxfield is still with us, thank heavens. But next to her, Ethan Day left us sad and yearning a few months ago. William Neale, across from Ethan, passed not long after this photo was taken (I edited his first two books--he had an incredible future as a romance author ahead of him). And next to William, Victor Banis, a pioneer in gay fiction, passed away this week. His efforts paved the way for all of us. Despite our political differences, he was a good friend to me and an inspiration. 

We all read that night at GIOVANNI'S ROOM BOOKSTORE--here are a few pics from that event, too.