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Chris makes no secret of his
sexuality and says his coming out period in highschool is where he got
the idea for this book. “We all came from different elementary
schools, and I remember the students who tried out for football varsity.
I suddenly saw these guys around me gaining this muscle, strength, and
brawn. Some switch in me just turned on.”
The main character in the book
Stephen is a member of the drama club, he has crushes on several
athletes, and is harassed for being a sissy. But there’s a notable
difference: In the book the sissy gets the jock. In fact, he gets
several of them. The gay kid finally gets the football player.
Chris Rice says that the biggest
obstacle to his own success as a novelist isn’t his homosexuality, but
the public’s possible perception of him as the son of a best-selling
author. Altho' amazingly he hasnt read any of his mothers books until
recently. He doesnt agree with the homoerotic label that is attached to
vampires “I don’t pick up on a great deal of the homoeroticism,”
he adds. “The vampires all have this undying love for one another
regardless of gender. They don’t have sex. For me to think something
is gay, there has to be a bit more flesh and carnality involved.”
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