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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

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POINT OF VIEW: Winning the Draft

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I’m in my happy place. 🙂 I just finished the first draft of “Dropnauts: Redemption Book One” (I know, this one has had more names than Diddy) last week. I’m in the middle of the second draft, and that’s one of my favorite parts of writing. Why, you ask? Because: I don’t have to push my poor little writer’s brain to be extra creative and come up with all sorts of new things, like I do in first draft. The story is still fresh to me – in fact, it’s the first time I actually get to take a step … Read more

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Interview: Love Romance Reads

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Hey all… I’m featured over at LRR today. A sample: What kind of research do you do when you set out to write a new book? It really depends on the story. For one sci fi tale about climate change, Mark and I actually visited the parts of San Francisco where the story takes place and walked the route to see what a 25 foot increase in sea level would do to the city. That was a fun trip! For my story “Slow Thaw,” set in Antarctica, I scoured the web for sites to tell me what life was like … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Ava Kelly

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Ava Kelly

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, Ava Kelly – Ava Kelly is an engineer with a deep passion for stories. Whether reading, watching, or writing them, Ava has always been surrounded by tales of all genres. A giveaway will run between August 11thand 18th. Details will be published on August 11that www.avakellyfiction.com/news Thanks so much, Ava, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: Why did you choose to write in your particular field or genre? If you write more … Read more

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REVIEW: Nexus Nine, By Mary E. Lowd

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Nexus Nine

Title: Nexus Nine Author: Mary E. Lowd Genre: GENRE LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gender Fluid Publisher: Fur Planet Pages: 198 Reviewer: J. Scott Coatsworth Get It On Amazon About The Book Deep space, nine lives… Or maybe nine-hundred? When a calico cat with a computer chip in her head — full of lifetimes worth of memories — sets out to uncover the mysteries of her distant past, she finds herself on a space station in a recently war-torn star system. Will her best friend from one of her previous lives as a dog still accept her? Can she make new friends … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Out of the Office, by Louisa Masters

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Out of the Office

Louisa Masters has a new contemporary MM romance book out: Out of the Office. Whoever thought achieving career goals could be boring? Not Duncan Witten, but here he is at forty-one, in his dream job… and hating it. Throw it all away for a challenge? Yes, please! If only Dunc had known his challenging new job came with Paul Hanks, a man who redefines “stubborn.” They need to work together to meet targets, but thanks to Dunc’s idiot predecessor, Paul won’t take his calls or reply to emails. There’s only one solution: travel across the country and confront Paul face-to-face. … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Setting Goals (And Making Them)

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I am both immensely thrilled and a whole lotta stressed today as I write this. I set myself two missions at the start of this year – one, to get into the Science Fiction Writers’ Association (SFWA, pronounced Siffwuh) by writing and selling a qualifying short story. And two, to take steps to snag an agent for what I hope will be the next step in my writing career. Well, missions one accomplished. This week I got not one but four rejections from the major sci fi magazines to which I have submitted. I know, that’s totally not where you … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: David M. Hoenig

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David M. Hoenig

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 M. Hoenig – David is a practicing physician who lives to write instead of writing to live. Thanks so much, David, 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?  DMH: J. Michael Straczynski, and “Can I please fanboy on you and work with you so I can learn at your feet?”  I loved Babylon … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: G.R. Lyons

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G.R. Lyons

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, G.R. Lyons – While daylighting as office manager for the family auto repair business, G.R. Lyons can often be found working on one of multiple manuscripts or desperately trying to keep up with the TBR pile.  GIVEWAY: Direct-to-Kindle copy of any one book from my backlist (except the Matchmakers combined edition, which is three books in one). Comment on this post below for a chance to win. Thanks so much, G.R. Lyons, … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Here Comes the Son, by Dahlia Donovan

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Dahlia Donovan has a new MM urban fantasy romance book out: “Here Comes the Son.” When evil stirs in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, heroes come in both ordinary and extraordinary packages. Ignatius Faber knows a few things for absolute certain. He’s half-demon, his father is the unequivocal prince of darkness, and demons want to destroy his city. And if he doesn’t make the first move on his crush, they’re never going to be anything more than a teenage fantasy that’s lasted into his thirties. Lalo Pavia grew up hard and fast, orphaned at a young age. As an … Read more