You become more involved with the intricacies of the plot because of this.Ĭan you tell us something about Memorizing you and how it came to exist? In a full novel you have the time to really convey details of everyone’s personalities and lives. I consider it a debut novel because it has all the essential elements of a full novel with complete characters with full storylines, as opposed to the novella which, to me, is a longer short story. Some people call your book “Memorizing You” your debut novel why ? I was very busy with the photography end of my business, but I saw that we were making enormous strides toward equality and I wanted to pen something that people of every generation could read and understand that love chooses we don’t, no matter the gender or persuasion.

Why did it take you over 5 years to write this new book? Searching the net I saw you wrote a novella in 2008 called Cover Boy which got very different kind of reviews. I had come to a point in my life where I thought it was essential to tell a mainstream gay love story something that people who weren’t gay could read and still identify with because of the universal components of the romance. How come you decided to write a full novel ? People might know you as an amazing cover artist. I’m the one the extraterrestrials abducted and threw back, and as the spaceship doors were closing you could hear them scream: “and for God’s sake, clean the probe!” English translation: I’m a photographer/author located in the mid-west.

Hey Dan I’m so pleased and honored to have you here at the Blog of Sid Love 🙂įirst of all, can you tell us something about yourself?

Memorizing You by Dan Skinner