Meet Our Writers Alan Chin
Alan Chin
Alan Chin enjoyed a twenty-year career working his way from computer programmer to Director of Software Engineering at Charles Schwab & Co. in San Francisco.
In 1991, Alan went back to night school and five years later graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing.
Alan retired from Information Technology in 1999 to devote all his time to writing. Alan is the author of three published novels:
Island Song, by Zumaya Publications, September, 2008,
The Lonely War, Zumaya Publications, November 2009,
Match Maker, Dreamspinner Press, September 2010,
Butterfly's Child, Dreamspinner Press, December 2010.
Alan began studying the art of writing screenplays in 2007, and is the author of two original screenplays, Daddy’s Money and Simple Treasures.
In addition to writing novels and screenplays, Alan is making a name for himself as a literary critic for several online publications which include: Examiner.com GLBT Literature column, Queer Magazine Online, and the Lambda Literary website.
Website: AlanChin.net
Twitter: @alanhchin
Myspace: www.myspace.com/alanhchinDivas Las Vegas by Rob Rosen
The good news is that twenty-something Bill (aka “Em”) gets a $30,000 severance bonus when the bookstore he works for is bought out by a chain store.
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
At fifty-two, Professor David Lurie is a disillusioned, womanizing, burnt out professor of Literature at a university in Cape Town. He is divorced, driven by desire, but lacking in passion.
Lonnie, Me and the Hound of Hell by Marian Allen
The best word to describe Marian Allen’s short story collection, Lonnie, Me and the Hound of Hell, is extraordinary.
Tales My Body Told Me by Wayne Courtois
Paul Lavarnway lives a comfortable life with his partner, Eric. Then Paul meets and becomes infatuated with Richard, a man he meets at the local gym.
Visible Lives
Visible Lives was published to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the death of E. Lynn Harris, one of gay fiction’s best-loved authors.
Short Story Review: The Lawyer, The Ghost and The Cursed Chair by Ruth Sims
Horatio Lamar (H.L.) Snodgrass IV comes from a long line of successful Lawyers. At the height of his own success, he decides to do an office makeover, and he pays someone to haul away some tattered furniture that has been in his family for generations.
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
A Single Man is a day in the life of George, a man who recently lost his male lover in an auto accident.
The Lavender Locker Room by Patricia Nell Warren
This wonderful book is a collection of nineteen essays highlighting gay pioneers in athletics.
All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis
All Lost Things is a Killian Kendall Mystery, I believe the third in a series. The story picks up with Killian about to graduate high school, and change is in the wind for our hero. Within a few short weeks, he graduates, breaks up with his long-time boyfriend, and starts a new job as an assistant to a private investigator.
Normal Miguel by Erik Orrantia
Miguel Hernández leaves Mexico City to complete a one-year teaching internship in the rural hills of Puebla. He is a serious teacher, who traveled away from home and family for the first time.