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Grayson Bell

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Writing has been a part of Grayson’s life in one form or another since childhood. Everything from academic and technical writing to blogging, and even writing fanfiction. These days he splits his time between writing queer fiction stories and writing articles about LGBTQ issues.

As an autistic, gay, transgender man, Grayson adds his personal experience to his writing, because it colors how he sees the world and because it brings much-needed representation to the genres he enjoys exploring.

Sharing his home in Colorado with his dogs, Grayson also enjoys whipping up something creative in the kitchen or escaping into the world of video games.

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My Books

Novels

Coffee-to-Go is Available for Kindle Pre-Order

Leo shouldn’t have run after the customer who left behind his coffee in a rush. He should have looked where he was going. He should have seen that car coming… When Leo wakes up in the hospital, he recognizes his nurse as the handsome customer he rushed after … the […]

Editing Writing

Using Beta Readers

All novels need editing. Never publish a first draft because no writer is ever perfect. For authors who are lucky enough to land an agent and/or publishing contract, they will assign a professional editor to them. Even with the help of a professional editor, I’m sure we’ve all read novels that […]

Writing

How Explicit is too Explicit?

When it comes to writing purely erotic romance novels, explicit sex scenes are to be expected. However, if the novel revolves more around romance, sex scenes less obligatory. However, I’ve found there is some debate among romance writers as to how explicit the sex scenes should be. When I first […]

Novels

Coffee-to-Go Update

I am proud to report that I have completed the first draft of my debut novel, Coffee-to-Go. So what’s next? Right now the manuscript is in the hands of my alpha readers. They will give me their first impressions for the story before I begin to edit. I plan to […]

Novels

Why Write Gay Romance?

Romance is arguably one of the most popular genres in literature. So, why would an author limit themselves to only writing gay romance? The obvious answer is the fact that I happen to be a genderqueer author. However, the reason why I write gay romance goes deeper than that. Representation […]

Fan Fiction

Writing Fan Fiction

When I first began to write fiction, I started with fan fiction. The video game series Dragon Age inspired me to write stories more than any other fandom had before. To date, I have written fifty-six fan fiction works, ranging in size from 100 words to 87,000 words, for a […]

Writing

Writing Erotic Scenes

I’ve seen this question arise frequently in the writers’ groups that I’m in: how do I write an erotic sex scene? The answer may seem obvious to some, but I thought I’d share my approach. Read I’d recommend reading erotic stories to see how other people write sex scenes. Some […]

Fan Fiction LGBTQ Novels

LGBTQ Love and Inclusion

As a genderqueer individual, I strongly believe that we need more LGBTQ representation in literature. I’ve spent the last three years writing a lot of gay fan fiction stories in a variety of fandoms–from the video game Dragon Age to the TV series Supernatural, Teen Wolf and Merlin. I had many […]