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POINT OF VIEW: Breaking Through the Wall

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Sometimes we just get stuck. Writers gotta write, but life has a habit of getting in the way. Maybe a particular project has you stumped. Or maybe it’s a general sense of malaise or a bad review, or a book that didn’t sell like you hoped it would. As I write this, we’re at the tail end of 2020, a year that offered enough pain and distraction to stop the most dedicated of writers dead in their tracks. Whatever it is, you need a way to break through the wall. If you’ve never read it, I’d like to recommend a … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Xanxa Symanah

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Xanxa Symanah

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Giveaway: Xanxa is giving away a mobi copy of her book “The Sunshine Advocate.” Comment on this post for a chance to win! Today, Xanxa Symanah – Xanxa Symanah Wallace has always been involved in creative writing.  In fact, before she learned to read and write, she would make up stories, telling them to anyone who would listen, or simply reciting them to herself when she lacked an audience. She is also a poet, … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Updating Your Golden Oldies

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It happens to all of us published authors, eventually. We sell a story, it lives out its initial life with a publisher or magazine, and then it wings its way home, ready for its next act. And sometimes, if it’s a really old story, it needs a little love to bring it up to your current writerly standards. As authors, we are always learning and refining our craft. The way I write today is different from how I wrote last year, and waaay different from my writing in 2014 when I was first published. Which brings me to my current … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Elizabeth Noble

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Elizabeth Noble

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today, Elizabeth Noble – Mystery, action, chills, and thrills spiced with romance and desire. ELIZABETH NOBLE lives by the adage “I can’t not write.” She doesn’t remember a time when she didn’t make up stories and eventually she learned how to put words on a page. Those words turned into books and fan fiction that turned into a genuine love of M/M fiction. A part of every day is spent living in worlds she created … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Heart of the Holidays – Pat Henshaw

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Pat Henshaw has a new MM holiday romance out: “Heart of the Holidays.” And there’s a giveaway! Everyone hopes his road to happily ever after will be carefree and smooth, but too often hair-pin turns and detours seem to get in the way. Having thought he was on the road to forever before, former Silicon Valley programmer Dan Lassiter is leery about pedaling down it again. His elderly companion Charlie urges him to get to know Rick Reardon whose bakery is across the street from Dan’s bicycle shop. Under the watchful eye of Charlie, Dan and Rick take tentative steps … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Writing in the Margins

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Growing up, I was an insatiable reader. Starting with the Lord of the Rings in third grade, I moved through the canons of Asimov, Clarke, Silverberg, McCaffrey, Heinlein and many more by the time I hit junior high. It wasn’t until I was in eighth grade and realized I had crushes on other boys in my class that I noticed the lack of diversity in speculative fiction. And it wasn’t until much later – after I came out at twenty-three – that I started thinking about actually writing my own queer characters. My very first one was a gay, winged … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Pelaam

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today, Pelaam – Living in clean, green New Zealand, Pelaam is a multi-published author of gay romance and erotic books. When not busy writing she can be found indulging in her other passions of cookery and wine appreciation. She can be found on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pamela.pelaamone — with an author page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pelaam/1467778320131583 Thanks so much, Pelaam, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How long do you write each day?  Pelaam: I try to write for a couple of … Read more

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FIVE STAR REVIEW: Skythane

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Just got a great five star review for Skythane from Melissa (Paranormal Romance Guild) at Queer Sci Fi: “Science fiction fans should be rejoicing. J Scott Coatsworth has rereleased his first book in the genre and holy wow what a way to begin. The story and world building are phenomenal and sweep you in immediately… Coatsworth manages to weave adventure and fantasy into a sci-fi tapestry, along with romance elements… an outstanding beginning, and I for one will be watching for the release of the rest of this series. Five stars.” See the full review here Grab a copy here

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Wonderland – J. Scott Coatsworth

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J. Scott Coatsworth has a new gay post-zombie apocalypse Christmas book out: “Wonderland.” And there’s a giveaway! Zeke is a hermit in his late forties who lives a quiet life in a small cabin in the Western Montana mountains, a few miles outside of Thompson Falls. He’s gotten used to being alone since the end of the world, and has everything he needs. Everything but someone to talk to. Nathan is a younger man on a cross-country trek, searching the country for someone… anyone still alive. Saddled with a ghost from his old life and a case of OCD, he … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: My Squad

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Writing is a solitary prospect. We sit in our little writer caves and come up with words that evoke worlds. It’s a lonely pursuit, but one we do gladly. Many of us writers are introverts. That means we get energy from being alone, as opposed to extroverts, who get energy from being among other people. I’ve always thought of myself as an extroverted introvert. When I was young, I was scared of people. I remember hiding behind my mom’s pantsuit when we met somebody new, scared to see them face-to-face. In high school I forced myself to become more outgoing. … Read more