{"id":1088,"date":"2014-11-08T22:20:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T06:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2014-11-08T22:35:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T06:35:59","slug":"our-dirty-little-secrets-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=1088","title":{"rendered":"Our Dirty Little Secrets &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Our Dirty Little Secrets &#8211; Part 2<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1092\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jayneicon_orig.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1092\" data-attachment-id=\"1092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?attachment_id=1092\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jayneicon_orig.jpg?fit=248%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"248,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jayneicon_orig\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Author pal &amp;#8211; Jayne Lockwood\/Savannah Smythe&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jayneicon_orig.jpg?fit=248%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jayneicon_orig.jpg?resize=248%2C250\" alt=\"Author pal - Jayne Lockwood\/Savannah Smythe\" width=\"248\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jayneicon_orig.jpg?w=248&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/jayneicon_orig.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Author pal &#8211; Jayne Lockwood\/Savannah Smythe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My on-going conversation with Savannah Smythe\/Jayne Lockwood on the craft of writing, how gay authors are under represented in our own literary house, and my forthcoming novel &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/works\/stories\/aomindex.html\">Angels of Mercy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check them out over at the following locations &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.savannahsmythe.com\/blog.html\">Savannah Smythe Blog\u00a0<\/a> (the continuing conversation from my blog post a few days back)<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/ladyjauthor.com\/blog.html\">ladyjauthor<\/a>\u00a0 (a rather intense discussion about how gay authors are sidelined as guests in what should be their own literary house &#8211; I\u00a0<em>really<\/em> step into it this time&#8230;.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Check them out and see what the hubbub is all about!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Dirty Little Secrets &#8211; Part 2 &nbsp; &nbsp; My on-going conversation with Savannah Smythe\/Jayne Lockwood on the craft of writing, how gay authors are under represented in our own literary house, and my forthcoming novel &#8211; Angels of Mercy. Check them out over at the following locations &#8211; Savannah Smythe Blog\u00a0 (the continuing conversation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[377,270,261,48,216,234,5,4,199,198,22,476,3,32,169,445,396,145,18,325],"tags":[68,477,67,478,480,452,27,483,403,482,66,463,464,393,429,163,479,481,728],"class_list":["post-1088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors-voices","category-gay-community","category-geeking-out","category-giving-back","category-journey","category-language","category-mm-lovefest","category-homoerotica","category-male-feelings","category-men","category-music-that-inspires","category-musical-muses","category-novel-writing","category-pathos","category-social-issues","category-supernatural","category-the-craft","category-words-have-power","category-writing","category-young-adult-realities","tag-angels-of-mercy","tag-authors","tag-elliot-donahey","tag-gay-authors","tag-gay-vs-straight","tag-homo","tag-jay-brannan","tag-jayne-lockwood","tag-kayla-donahey","tag-male","tag-marco-sforza","tag-nanowrimo","tag-nanowrimo2014","tag-nick-donahey","tag-savannah-smythe","tag-storytelling","tag-the-craft-of-writing","tag-women-vs-men","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75tPU-hy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1271,"url":"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=1271","url_meta":{"origin":1088,"position":0},"title":"A Guest Blog Spot on Lady J&#8217;s Website &#8211; Hooray!","author":"S A Collins","date":"January 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Guest Blog on LadyJ's Site - Hooray! 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