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    Bleeding Like Me by Riley Parks @writerileywrite #RLFblog #MM #romance

    Bleeding Like Me by Riley Parks @writerileywrite #RLFblog #MM #romanceCompulsion, a post by Riley Parks
    When I want to read a new story, I write one instead. I’m not sure if my compulsion to create new worlds, rather than to get lost in someone else’s is a blessing or a curse. There’s a release I get from writing that I’ve never been able to achieve when sitting down with a book. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy reading, I do, but not as much as I wish I could. I find it difficult to turn off my mind and let myself go.
    Often, I recognize I’m considering how I’d approach the story, or tuning in on the author’s use of literary elements, not in a critical way, but as a study of the craft. It’s especially challenging when I read a novel that’s beautifully written. Regardless of how delicious the prose, I daydream about writing something so stunning, drawing inspiration from my fellow writer’s words. My fingers twitch to to type and I’m left abandoning the gorgeous work, at least for a while, to delve back into my own.
    There are positive aspects of my obsession, the most apparent being, I’m a productive novelist. Writer’s block is a bitch who attempts to get in my way, but she rarely slows me down. The practice of writing so often allows me to perpetually remain in the zone. If I take a few days off, I feel I lose the rhythm of the work, therefore, I don’t stop.
    I wrote Bleeding Like Me in forty-five days. The editing process took longer, but I was feverish in getting the story out. Completing it left me in a stupor, so I picked right up and started writing my next novel.
    While I don’t think I’ll ever break pace, I do want to try to read more. Recently, I joined Goodreads and was awed by the number of books people take down in a year. I decided to make a goal: twenty-four books in twelve months. It’s a lofty ambition, but I feel good about giving it a try. Feel free to visit my Goodreads page to root me on, and I’ll cheer you on too.

    Where to buy Bleeding Like Me

    Genre M/M contemporary new adult romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R+
    Being gay in their neighborhood is perilous. Being gay in a street gang is unheard of. Being gay and in love with a man in a rival gang is a death wish. Through drug addiction, brutality, and seemingly endless peril, they remain, finding stability within each other that shouldn’t exist in their volatile world.
    Publisher Boroughs Publishing Group
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0776QRHJX
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bleeding-like-me-riley-parks/1127398256?ean=2940154614099
    iBooks https://www.itunes.apple.com/us/book/bleeding-like-me/id1308568829?mt=11
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bleeding-like-me
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/757601

     

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    Riley has always loved to write, believing that life has the possibility to be its most beautiful when it’s portrayed on the pages of a book. Feeling the need to create and liberate in the midst of the political landscape, Riley writes novels that focus on LGBTQ protagonists, wanting to honor a community that deserves better representation depicting lives, loves and triumphs in all facets of fiction.
    Website http://www.writerileywrite.com
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    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17307417.Riley_Parks
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Riley-Parks/e/B0778B7TCM/