Safe at Third

by Walter Meyer

Overview

Warning: this story includes both explicit language about sex and graphic depictions of sex itself. It�s more R-rated than the PG �Rounding Third� on which it is based.

Not the sequel to the critically acclaimed �Rounding Third,� incorporating the main character from his novel, Walter G. Meyer has used parts of �Triple Play� as a free short story as part of The Real Story Safe Sex Project. The Real Story is an-all volunteer organization created by Brent Hartinger and dedicated to using entertainment and popular culture to spread the word about HIV/AIDS and safe sex to gay and bi male teens and twentysomethings. For more information: brenthartinger.com/therealstory

This excerpt is not lifted intact from �Triple Play,� but is woven together from various parts of the book along with new material written specifically for this project to form a narrative whole. Look for the �Rounding Third� sequel �Triple Play� later this year. Since the publication, of �Rounding Third� with its powerful message about bullying, Walter G. Meyer has been traveling the country speaking about bullying and LGBT awareness and �Safe at Third� is a chance for him to use the characters to talk about safer sex and getting tested.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149836789
Publisher:	MaxM Ltd.
Publication date:	06/18/2014
Series:	Rounding Third , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	113 KB

About the Author

Walter G. Meyer started his writing career early, winning a short story contest when he was in 4th grade. He later wrote for the elementary school and went on to be one of the editors of the his high school paper and began his professional career in ninth grade, freelancing for the local newspaper in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. At Penn State how worked for The Daily Collegian and after graduating he started freelancing for some local media including the now defunct Pittsburgh Press Magazine and Pittsburgher Magazine.
His work has also appeared in numerous other newspapers and magazines including Kiplinger�s Personal Finance, Pittsburgh, Orange Coast, the Orange County Register and Westways. He has co-written two published nonfiction books-- Going for the Green: Selling in the 21st Century, a how-to book in the form of a novel which teaches corporate sales people the proper way to sell and Day is Ending: a doctor�s love shattered by Alzheimer�s disease, a true story of devotion in the face of hardship which was optioned to possibly be a television movie and another script he wrote is under optioxcn-- Trailblazing, the true story of the first openly gay high coach in the US.
A play which he co-wrote, GAM3RS, has been produced in New York to rave reviews and also received a great reception in performances at MIT and elsewhere and has now been optioned to be a web series.
Mr. Meyer�s novel Rounding Third was published just before the teen bullying crisis started making the news and he received numerous requests to write about the topic for newspapers including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and San Diego Union-Tribune and to speak around the country at libraries and community centers and colleges including Arizona State, Penn State, San Diego State and SUNY-Jamestown. He is certified by the national nonprofit �No Bully� to conduct anti-bullying interventions in schools.
He is currently at work on Triple Play, the sequel to Rounding Third, and on a nonfiction book, The Good from the Grief: kindness and generosity in the aftermath of September 11.
You can learn more about him and read some of his work at waltergmeyer.com.