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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: David Bridger

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David Bridger

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, David Bridger – David Bridger settled in England’s West Country after twenty years of ocean-based mischief, during which he worked as a lifeguard, a sailor, an intelligence gatherer, and an investigator. Now he writes science fiction and fantasy novels. Sometimes they’re informed by his experiences out on the crinkly blue. Thanks so much, David, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How would you describe your writing style/genre?  David Bridger: Literary science fiction … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Getting a Little Perspective

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Oh how pride goeth before the fall. Sometimes when you think you have this whole writer gig figured out, life steps in to give you a hard slap across the cheek. A few weeks ago, I ran across a review that was so negative it might have stopped my nascent writing career in its tracks if I had seen it when it was first published, back in 2015. I patted myself on the back for being so much more evolved these days, both in writing skill and in my reaction to my sometimes bad reviews. I’d even half-convinced myself that … Read more

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Rainbow Awards Honorable Mentions!

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I’m thrilled to have not one but three honorable mention notices from the Rainbow Awards (which means I *could* be in contention for a win. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The first is for River City: “I absolutely loved The River City Chronicles. The author acknowledges Armistead Maupin in the Foreword, but truthfully, I loved this book way more than Maupin. I figured out fairly early on where some of the plot points were headed, but it didn’t matter. It was just lovely to be immersed in this world. If only this was ‘book 1’ then I could … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Belinda McBride

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Belinda McBride

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, Belinda McBride – Belinda is an award-winning, top selling author of erotic romance, speculative fiction and LGBTQ romance. She lives in far Northern California with her family and a pack of Siberian Huskies.  Thanks so much, Belinda, for joining me! JSC: If you could sit down with one other writer, living or dead, who would you choose, and what would you ask them?  Bel: Gosh, that’s a hard one. I’ve been lucky … Read more

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INTERVIEW: Briandaniel Oglesby

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Briandaniel Oglesby

I met Briandaniel a few weeks ago at the annual Playwrights Revolution – a staged reading of four plays that Sacamento’s Capital Stage puts on every summer. Brian’s play “Basement Demons and Trailer Saints” stood out, not just because of the stellar cast of actors who put it on in less than a day, but for the fascinating writing and super-LGBTQ+ group of characters he’d created. So afterwards I screwed up my courage and went to talk to him, hopeful that I could get him to do an interview for QSF (which I will also share on my own blog). … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Assaph Mehr

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Assaph Mehr

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, Assaph Mehr – Assaph has been a bibliophile since he learnt to read at the age of five, and a Romanophile ever since he first got his hands on Asterix, way back in elementary school. This exacerbated when his parents took him on a trip to Rome and Italy – he whinged horribly when they dragged him to “yet another church with baby angels on the ceiling”, yet was happy to skip … Read more

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REVIEW: Homecoming

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Margaret McGaffey Fisk at Tales to Tide You Over reviews “Homecoming”: “…there’s so much to explore within this world that it left me full of questions … The novella reaches a satisfying conclusion, and the author’s sure to find other tales waiting if he chooses to return.” See the full review here Grab the book here

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Stones of Power Series, by M.D. Grimm

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The Stones of Power

Check out this amazing MM fantasy series from M.D. Grimm – “The Stones of Power.” About the Series: Lord Morgorth is a dark mage on the planet Karishian. His peers consider him a villain, but there is more to him than they choose to understand. Cursed by a dark destiny and tormented by painful memories of the past, Morgorth struggles to find his place in the world. Far from innocent, Morgorth has teetered between embracing his destiny and fighting against it his entire life. A decision that is made easier when Aishe comes into his life. Aishe is a creature … Read more

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I’m In a Journal!

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Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality & Culture

Hey all… I was recently asked to provide my perspective for a queer-themed issue of the Indian Journal of Health, Sexuality & Culture: I’ve been a part of the queer writing fiction community for more than thirty years, starting with a queer writing group on AOL that I took over in the early nineties and continuing up to the present. I founded and ran the Queer Sci-Fi site and Facebook Group, and have had the chance to see the growth of Queer speculative fiction first-hand.The roots of queer speculative fiction reach way back. Samuel Delaney, Joanna Russ, and Elizabeth A. … Read more