Who's your Favorite FATHOM'S FIVE Hunk?

Have you voted yet?

The search is on to find out who is everyone's favorite Fathom's Five hunk! Is it New York adventurer Jake Stone, Brazilian biologist Eden Santiago, Texas cowboy Shane Houston, Italian art expert Luca da Roma or Californian college quarterback Will Hunter?

It's like Idol without the songs, Survivor without the disgusting food challenges, or Big Brother without the morons! Whose physique will reign supreme? Only you can decide. Right now it's neck-and-neck between Will and Shane, with Jake a close third, Eden an even closer fourth and Luca bringing up the rear—as he does so well ;-)

Don't miss your chance to vote now! Check out the poll in the right-hand sidebar and choose your ideal hunk today!

Dissection of a Sexy Boy's Room!

I LOVE this picture for obvious reasons...but then the writer/detective in me takes over and I start to dissect and analyze everything in sight and piece together the story of a stranger. For example: the washing basket on the floor to the left suggests that this hunky young man may still live at home, an argument that is strengthened by the family photo on the television and the Sesame Street balloons behind him (that's not something you sneak into a dorm room!) His muscle worship is more than evident—there's a jar of protein powder at the end of the bed, an Arnold Schwarzenegger poster on the wall and a book by Arnie on the shelf under the TV, and the 300 poster on the wall could be there for inspiration... or perhaps arousement even... because the pink shaft-like device on the end of the bed has me intrigued, as does the slip of something small and pink in the washing basket. But the most pressing question is: in a room this messy, how does this hunk find the space to fuck anyone!?!

THE WOLFMAN

There are SO many reasons why I'm dying to see this movie, but the two biggest drawcards would have to be the quality cast and the fact that despite how messy and smelly they might be, there is something innately SEXY about werewolves. There's a brutal masculinity about them, a raw animal attraction that simply cannot be denied! I'd never want to run into one in a dark alley, but a dark cinema...? Bring it on!

Muse of the Day

Song of the Day - Regina Spektor’s “Us”

It's been a while since I posted a Regina Spektor song. This is "Us" which is from one of her older albums but was recently included on the soundtrack of the movie (500) DAYS OF SUMMER. It deserves the new attention—it's a beautiful song, upbeat yet poignant, a tough combo to crack!

Phone Sex

I find the world a fascinating place—sometimes disturbing, a lot of times fun, but always fascinating! And I'd be lying if I said I didn't find the "guys with iPhones" phenomenon all of the above: disturbing, fun and fascinating!

The need to be seen these days never fails to astound me, which I guess is no surprise given our obsession with social networking. We've turned into a planet of profile-updaters, and as a result our voyeuristic and exhibitionistic natures have exploded onto computer screens all over the world.

Give a guy a phone and a bathroom mirror and I'll give you thousands of blogs dedicated to young men taking snaps of themselves—in various states of undress—and posting them on social sites for all the world to see. Is it pride or vanity? Is it because we're comfortable with our bodies and don't care, or are we trying to compete for physical perfection and shameless attention? Are we desperately seeking our 15 minutes of fame, or are we telling the world not to take life so seriously and have a little fun? Do we all want to be pornstars deep down inside or are we declaring to the world "this is me and I'm happy with who I am"?

Who knows? All I ask is, if you're going to take a pic of yourself with a toilet in the background, please make sure the lid's down!

Finishing a Novel

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been a bit absent this past week, it's been a big one! I flew down to Melbourne to appear at their GLBT Festival "Midsumma" and do a reading for their lit event Novel Conversations at my favourite gay bookshop Hares & Hyenas; I also received word from editor Richard LaBonte that he'd like to include a short story on mine in his steamy new erotic anthology MUSCLE MEN, coming soon from Cleis Press; and to top it all off I finished putting the final touches on the brand new Fathom's Five novel, THE CURSE OF THE DRAGON!

I'm sure all writers are different, but when I finally finish a novel, my brain kind of melts down for a day or two. I walk around like a zombie and my conversations become painfully dull and dim-witted. I vow to take time off writing and do normal things like pay my bills and clean my bathroom and fold the clothes that keep getting dumped in a pile on a chair in my bedroom. But then I turn on my computer and desperately start plotting something altogether new (despite to dozens of projects I've already planned to write). It's a sick and twisted cycle, an addiction, an all-consuming obsession. I think that's when you know you're a writer. It's not about publishing contracts or books on shelves or chunky word docs sitting in various folders on your computer entitled "Ideas" or "To be completed" or "Untitled"... no, it's about the addiction. The inability to go a single day without thinking "that'd make a good story" or "how am I going to get them out of that fast-flooding room?" or "what are the legs on a helicopter called?" When you're sitting at a table in a restaurant with friends or at a church wedding or stuck in traffic on your way to work thinking about helicopters, that's when you know you're a real writer. That's when it's time to give into the curse and just...write! We're like werewolves, without the big teeth.

By the way, the legs on a helicopter are called landing skids. Not legs. Thankyou Google!

Song of the Day - Cole Porter’s “Day and Night” performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Oh something marvelously different for today's song! I'm a HUGE fan of Cole Porter, I think he is a musical genius yet to be surpassed! Add to his gorgeous melody and lyrics the dancing of Fred and Ginger and this is pure bliss! Yeah, I guess I really am gay! :) Enjoy!

Thursday Muse-Fest!

Why wait till Monday!

A Day in the Life of Storm Trooper Action Figures!

So that's what they get up to when I'm not around! Thems Storm Troopers got attitude!

An Aussie Hunk for Fathom's Five!

One thing that has come as a big surprise to many is the fact that as an Australian, I don't have an Aussie hunk in the Fathom's Five series. Well rest assured I'll be making amends on that one soon, and when he does appear I kind of see him as someone similar to oh-so-hot Aussie nude model Brian Hansen. Less chat, more writing I say!