January 2016 – Page 2 – J. Scott Coatsworth

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“The Autumn Lands” Blog Tour Kicks Off

January 25, 2016 by scott

And we’re off! My first stand-alone print novella “The Autumn Lands” releases on Wednesday, and the blog tour started today with a stop at Anne Barwell’s blog, Drops of Ink: Like many of my stories, it started with the smallest germ of an idea. Back in the nineties, I tried to make a go of writing, and started a bunch of stories that I didn’t finish. One of these was a snippet about a gay kid running through his village after being kissed by another boy for the first time. I had just come out, and was exploring gay themes … Read more

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Point of View: Juggling It All

January 25, 2016 by scott

Hi all, As I sit down to write this, I have a number of pressing issues vying for my attention. On the writing side, I’m launching my blog tour for “The Autumn Lands” today. My novel “Oberon” wants to be third drafted, but I am avoiding it like the plague until I nail down a few more bits and pieces of the science behind the story. I barely snuck by on “River City” this week – it was the first time my translator contacted me and said “where is it?” I’m pulling together an anthology project that shortly will need … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Keelan Ellis

January 24, 2016 by scott

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, Keelan Ellis – Keelan Ellis is an east coast girl for life (probably), a progressive, a lover of music and musicians, a mother of two very challenging girls, a loyal though sometimes thoughtless friend, a slacker, a dreamer and a bad influence. She likes true crime podcasts, great television and expensive craft cocktails made by hipsters in silly vests. Thanks so much, Keelan, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did you … Read more

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Point of View: The Me Me Awards

January 18, 2016 by scott

Today the winners of the MM Romance Readers Choice Awards were announced. I want to give a hearty congratulations to everyone who won – this is your day. You buckled down and worked hard, and it’s a wonderful thing that you won the award. 🙂 However, I am not one of those people. Oh, I know, it’s an honor to be nominated, right? And yeah, it actually kind of is, because it means someone else thought highly enough of me and my work to put me up next to all of those other great authors. But for all of us … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Jay Jordan Hawke

January 17, 2016 by scott

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, Jay Jordan Hawke – Jay Jordan Hawke is the critically acclaimed author of the Two-spirit Chronicles. Book I: Pukawiss the Outcast was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best Young Adult Gay Fiction, and Book II: A Scout is Brave won a Rainbow Award for Best Young Adult Gay Fiction. Jay Hawke holds a bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. in history, as well as a second master’s in Outdoor Education. He loves everything … Read more

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Cover Reveal: The Autumn Lands

January 16, 2016 by scott

Hey all, I am so thrilled to announce the cover (by the amazing Catherine Dair) for my novella The Autumn Lands. I am over the moon about this cover. 🙂 Jerrith is running. Kissed by an elf, he can’t remain in his hometown of Althos any more. Not that he wanted to stay. Caspian still hasn’t figured out why he kissed Jerrith, but he’s running too. Since he was exiled from the Autumn Lands, his past has been hazy, and his future uncertain. But when a stray memory brings things into focus, the two decide to run toward something together. … Read more

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I’m in the (Gay) Paper!

January 14, 2016 by scott

The amazing Matt Burlingame interviewed me about The River City Chronicles for Sacramento’s Outword Magazine – thanks, Matt!

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Point of View: Third Draft Hell

January 11, 2016 by scott

Anyone who follows me regularly will know that I decided to do NaNoWriMo (the writing challenge where you try to knock out a 50k novel in 30 days) for the first time in November. I survived the challenge and wrote Oberon, the first part of a trilogy I’ve been knocking around in my head for about a year. A week later, I dived back in for second draft, and thought that I had managed to iron out most of the problems with the story. I was fairly confident that it all when I sent it off for a beta read. … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Joe Cosentino

January 10, 2016January 10, 2016 by scott

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, Joe Cosentino – Amazon Bestselling author Joe Cosentino wrote Drama Queen and Drama Muscle Nicky and Noah mysteries (Lethe Press), An Infatuation, A Shooting Star, A Home for the Holidays, The Naked Prince and Other Tales from Fairyland (Dreamspinner Press), Cozzi Cove: Bouncing Back (Nine Star Press), Paper Doll (Whiskey Creek Press) and Porcelain Doll (Wild Rose Press) Jana Lane mysteries, and The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Eldridge Plays and Musicals). … Read more