“There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.”
—Shakespeare
Lindsay's Mission
I have spent my life helping others tell their stories in film, on stage, and on television; now, I’d like to focus on telling stories of specific interest to me. Stories that reflect the wide range of experiences I have lived, with characters who find ways to survive in this challenging and ever-changing world. Characters who bravely tackle life with enthusiasm and care but also understand the fragile nature of each of us.
Lindsay
Lindsay Law has produced scores of television plays and dozens of films, in addition to a pair of productions on Broadway. Many of these works have been nominated for Emmys, Tonys, and Oscars. You can find him happily reading and writing in Litchfield County, Connecticut. This is his first #1 bestselling novel.
The Orphan From Shepherds Keep
Three Men, Three Intertwined Lives,
One Rightful Place In Each Other's Heart
A Gay Novel
Over a period of thirty years, three gay men struggle to define themselves and make their mark on a turbulent and unwelcoming world that is so filled with anger that love has become a luxury.
Why Did Lindsay Write
The Orphan From Shepherds Keep
I retired from producing movies and plays more than a decade ago and embarked on what I had always wanted to do—write fiction. I wrote every day, six days a week, for several hours every day. As one of the characters in “ORPHAN" states, ‘I enjoyed creating something that had not previously existed; it gives me real pleasure.’ I kept at it, learning and experimenting, and then I found a wonderfully skilled editor, and she guided the process from then on. Friends and spouses can be useful sounding boards, but there is no match for a knowledgeable editor.
On days I felt discouraged or lost faith in my writing, I turned to a variety of inspiring works to renew the creative spirit within me. These ranged from favorite songs, videos, novels, and movies and were a motivational 'playlist’ that always succeeded in getting me back on track. A partial list of these helpful ‘talismans’ would include chorale performances of Morten Lauridsen’s “Sure on the Shining Night;” a song from the Broadway musical “Hamilton” entitled “How Lucky We Are to Be Alive Right Now;” Andrew Rannels performing “Moon Over Nebraska” on “Live from Lincoln Center;” Justin Peck and Robert Fairchild dancing “The Times Are Racing” in the NYC subway system which I found on YouTube; the soundtrack to the film “Cold Mountain;” Sufjan Stevens songs for the film “Call Me by Your Name;” Adam Lambert singing “Do You Believe in Life After Love” on the Kennedy Center Honors; the opera “Fellow Travelers” by Gregory Spears and Greg Pierce; and that glorious depiction of male friendship by Hanya Yanagihara, “A Little Life.”
When I started, I wanted to create a story in which the main characters are gay, but “being gay” was not the subject matter; I didn’t want to write another coming-out tale or a “problem” novel about the difficulty of being gay in this present world. Rather, I wanted to invent situations where a group of interesting and unique individuals faces the challenges of growing up, finding a vocation, falling in and out of love, and interacting with the world that surrounds us, and they simply “happen” to be gay. In essence, I wanted to write a novel that I wished had been available for me to read when I was in my twenties and thirties.
