A month or so ago, when I was reflecting on my XXXX HOT m/m erotic romance political thriller manuscript entitled Total Meltdown that I had just completed, a sudden thought occurred to me:  I had asked fellow writer William Maltese to write a short cover blurb for another work I had just completed, Kingsley & I Together, and being an admirer of his, sent him the manuscript to read.  One thing led to another and soon William at my invitation had his sleeves rolled up and was licking the sharp point of his pencil eagerly adding a hefty Maltese patina to it.  What resulted was not just a new and even HOTTER Total Meltdown a la Raymond Gaynor AND William Maltese, but a new Raymond Gaynor.

Working with William was everything I had imagined and a lot more.  I soon felt like a student scurrying to keep up with the master writer.  Even now I still feel awed at what resulted and pleased that William recently mentioned our work together on his Amazon.com blog at

http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK3PKA3MARO99SX

A love affair?  A definite "Yes" both in terms of the resulting storyline and the collaboration.  Can't think of when I ran so fast, worked so hard and in the end felt so good.  Total Meltdown (Wildside/Borgo Press) has a mid-2009 anticipated release date. 

Sincerely,
Gary Martine aka Raymond Gaynor