David Sullivan was born near New York City, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in high school and now lives in Bandon, Oregon. Many know David as a Renaissance man. He’s been a tutor to children, an auto mechanic and salesman. He served for almost twenty-nine years for the San Jose Police Department where he worked undercover, motorcycle duty, street patrol, R & D and taught many subject to his fellow officers. He was a peer counselor and police association rep. In 1990 he was seriously injured in an on-duty motorcycle accident on the freeway. The trained fall & roll learned in Jujitsu saved his life.
Concurrent with police work he was a certified and licensed massage therapist since 1983. Add to that his martial arts schools, which he operated for free as a Jujitsu 3rd degree black belt. He’s a dog trainer and community volunteer and still practices massage. His motto is, The Purpose of My Life is to Serve.
He’s written a self-help book, Wisdom is the Answer, Common Sense is the Way (under his legal name of James Giambrone Jr) to help people live simpler and more relaxed lives. He teaches a program, Relaxed Success! based on similar concepts.
What I write
I write bisexual stories with vivid love or sex scenes.
I enjoy plugging in helpful information from my self-help book, to help people.
Some have criticized me for that, saying readers turn to writers for an escape and if they wanted to learn something they’d read a self-help book.
I believe some readers feel that way but we can never lump everyone into the same box. In any group there is a variance, a huge variance.
No author will appeal to everyone just as no religion, food type or art style will.
An example of what I inject into my steamy stories is when a character is burdened with a difficult time or situation. Another character will wonderfully advise to take deep breaths, exercise or see an acupuncturist.
I discuss the challenges in life and offer positive avenues through them.
I also like to dispel the stereotype that being bisexual means liking men and women equally. That may fit a few, but I feel the majority of folks will have another split in desire, maybe 60/40 or 30/70 or 23/77% for one gender or the other.
Anyway, give a read or two to my work. It comes from my heart ! The purpose of my life is to serve !
My stories:
Officer Needs Help (Published January 2010):
Sean Patton is a pacifist police officer in 1977 California who doesn’t like guns but knows that statistically few law enforcement officers ever shoot anyone, so he plays the odds and loses.
When a wife beater shoots him on a domestic-violence call, Sean is forced to shoot back. While his bulletproof vest saved Sean, it couldn’t shield him from the posttraumatic stress.
His hidden bisexuality raises the stakes to risk his career and mental stability. As far as women go, he’s committed to being loyal to his loving and supportive girlfriend, Debbie. But can he swear off men? He knows the drive is inborn. How can he tell Debbie about his other side and still keep her? You’ll feel the heat when Sean makes love to his gay friend from college and later with his lawyer girlfriend in the shower. A tryst with his male supervisor furthers the adventures.
Stopped For Speeding (Due out January 2011)
Gorgeous motorcycle officer Claudia Anderson stops salesman Gavin Staffley for speeding. His wise-assed one-liners get him out of the ticket, but she gets into his heart. Later, in a restaurant, he runs into her and her equally attractive significant other, Trey Vissick, also a cop. A friendship grows and Trey invites Gavin on a police ride-along. On a car stop Trey tells Gavin to wait in the car but he must get out to help Trey when he’s attacked by the three occupants of the car, saving Trey’s life. Their friendship expands as social walls crumble and deeper intentions leak out. The old saying, “In jest there is much truth” again plays itself out. Will it lead to an arresting or captivating scene?
Find David’s blog posts here.