Guest Post: Why I Wrote A Gay YA Novel? by Jeffrey Ricker

Jeffrey Ricker’s latest novel is the YA fantasy The Unwanted, published by Bold Strokes Books. I really hope you enjoy this guest post. It may look a bit long but I promise that it’s an extremely beautiful story with a lovely message. When I was a teenager, it was easy to feel like the only gay kid in the world. I knew I really wasn’t the only one, of course. There was another kid in my high school whom I was pretty sure was gay, but out of 1,200 people, being one of two was not exactly comforting. Feeling alone was the default condition. And yet, I knew I was... Read more »