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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Loren Rhoads

September 20, 2020 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, Loren Rhoads – Loren Rhoads is the author of a space opera trilogy called In the Wake of the Templars, a succubus/angel duology (with Brian Thomas), and a nonfiction travel guide to 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die. Unsafe Words is the first full-length collection of her short fiction. You can find out more about her work at https://lorenrhoads.com/. Thanks so much, Loren, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How would … Read more

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I’m on the Big Gay Fiction Podcast (Again)!

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 by scott

Jeff at the Big Gay Fiction Podcast had me on the show again to talk about my rereleases, works in progress, and writing in general. Listen to it here!

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POINT OF VIEW: Walking Off a Cliff

September 14, 2020 by scott

So many ways I could go with this one: The cliff our economy might be about to fall off of any day. The yawning cliff of despair at the thought of another four years of this. Or the cliff of letting go of everything stable I had in my writing life and either snagging an agent and a big publisher or going it fully on my own. But today I want to focus on a different type of cliff – the cliffhanger. People either love them or hate them – that moment when you approach the last few pages of … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Melodie Romeo

September 13, 2020 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, Melodie Romeo – Melodie Romeo is a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi, earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi and a master’s degree in History from the University of West Florida. Ms Romeo is a retired school teacher who currently travels the country as an over the road truck driver. Melodie writes historical fiction/romances and historical horror/thrillers. She has gained success under the pen name Edale Lane … Read more

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The Shoreless Sea is Here!

September 10, 2020 by scott

Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 3 is here: “The Shoreless Sea.” And it’s on KU! The fight for the future isn’t over yet. It could lead to a new beginning, or it might spell the end for the last vestiges of humankind. The generation ship Forever has left Earth behind, but a piece of the old civilization lives on in the Inthworld—a virtual realm that retains memories of Earth’s technological wonders and vices. Lilith leads the uprising, and if she sets its inhabitants free, they could destroy Forever. But during the ship’s long voyage, humanity has evolved. Liminals with the … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Upping the Odds

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020 by scott

Some writers seem to have an innate sense of the publishing marketplace, surfing adroitly from one trend to another, catching every wave and riding it to success. The rest of us aren’t so lucky. I’ve been writing seriously for six years now, and I can’t lay claim to catching a single trend. Trends are, by nature, often short and ephemeral – so unless you can turn around a book in ninety days (and some writers can and do) they are notoriously hard to catch. My first book took me five years to write. I did my second book in thirty … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Pat Henshaw

September 6, 2020 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, my dear friend Pat Henshaw – Pat Henshaw, born and raised in Nebraska, has lived on the US’s three coasts, in Texas, Virginia, and now California. Before she retired, she held a number of jobs, including theatrical costumer, newspaper features reporter and movie reviewer, librarian, junior college English instructor, and publicist. She loves to travel and has visited Canada, Mexico, Europe, Egypt, and Central America as well as almost all fifty US … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT: All or None – Aurora Lee Thornton

September 1, 2020 by scott

Aurora Lee Thornton has a new queer fantasy book out: “All or None.” In a world where everyone has a soulmate, uniquely powerful mage Royiora and reluctant assassin Kalo collide in the worst of ways. Royiora Daralkaen, the only mage alive able to use all five kinds of magic, has a near idyllic childhood in the country of Porescalia – before war breaks out with their antagonistic neighbors, Kloria. Kalo Porla, a naturally magic-proof individual known as a Null, is trained to be as an assassin by the authoritarian empire known as the Domain. When Kalo and his partner assassin … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Making Mistakes

August 31, 2020 by scott

Mistakes. We all make them. Yesterday I’d uploaded some changes and corrections for “The Stark Divide.” They were minor corrections – a missing quote, a grammatical error – things a reader had caught and been kind enough to pass along to me. This morning I woke up to the email from Amazon confirming that my changes were live – for “The Rising Tide.” Panicked, I logged into the KDP dashboard and opened the book info for “The Rising Tide.” Sure enough, I had switched the insides over to the text for “The Stark Divide.” These things suck and make me … Read more