Author Spotlight

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Author Spotlight: Meg Macy

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Meg Macy

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: National bestselling author Meg Macy first dreamed of seeing a book with her name on it in the school library. She’s always found comfort, adventure, and connection in books—which might explain why she now writes stories that offer all three. Meg writes LGBTQIA+ romance with a touch of spice, intrigue, and plenty of emotional payoff. M/M romance and M/F polyamory, her stories are comfort reads with a twist. She’s also written cozy … Read more

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Author Spotlight: T.C. Weber

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T. C. Weber

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: T. C. Weber has pursued writing since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with physics and ecology. His published novels include Sleep State Interrupt (the first book of the near-future War for Realitycyberpunk trilogy), The Wrath of Leviathan (the second book of the trilogy), Zero-Day Rising (the trilogy finale), Born in Salt (a character-oriented alternate history novel), The Survivors (a post-apocalyptic cli-fi horror novella), and The Council (a satire of local government and politics). His latest novel is The Others, an undersea science … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Brent Archer

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Brent Archer

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: Brent Archer writes stories of gay love and relationships, often with a second chance or redemption theme. Many of his stories are set in his hometown of Seattle or the surrounding area. Though writing most of his life, Brent came to the romance writing world in 2012, when he visited his cousin Delilah Devlin in Arkansas. She prodded him to write a story and submit it. So, he did, and it sold … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Gregory N. Whitis

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Gregory Whitis

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: Gregory N. Whitis was born in Gainesville, Florida, moved to Dubuque, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S in Zoology. He then attended graduate school at Auburn and earned a Master of Aquaculture. After working three years on Alabama’s largest catfish farm, he started his professional career with Auburn as a State Extension Specialist for Aquaculture, and recently retired after 33 years of service. He’s published two popular novels … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Rebecca James

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Rebecca James

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: Originally from Northern Virginia, Rebecca James now lives in Southeastern Tennessee. She is the mother of three grown children and a former high school English teacher. She has been writing MM Romance for close to ten years. Website: https://www.rebeccajamesmmromance.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccajamesromanceTiktok: @rebeccajamesromanceFacebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaJamesromance/Bluesky: @rebeccajamesmm.bsky.social Thanks so much, Rebecca, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did you know you wanted to write, and when did you discover that you were good at … Read more

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Author Spotlight: L.R. Braden

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L.R. Braden

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: L.R. Braden is a bestselling, multi-award-winning author of dark-yet-hopeful urban fantasy stories that bring magic to the mundane. Her published works include the Magicsmith series, the Rifter series, and several works of shorter fiction. A bit of a recluse, she enjoys collecting skills that may (or may not) prove useful in the event that she is suddenly whisked away on some grand adventure in an alternate reality. Since that hasn’t happened yet, she mostly spends her … Read more

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Author Spotlight: John Beresford

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John Beresford

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: John Beresford is a British science fiction & fantasy author who has been writing his whole life, but let his family and career get in the way of publishing for the first fifty years.  Now retired, he writes full-time and has several works to his credit. Seven novels (a science fiction thriller about what happens when GM food goes wrong, and two fantasy trilogies set on the world of Berikatanya), two volumes … Read more

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Author Spotlight: LJ Cohen

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LJ Cohen

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: LJ Cohen is a novelist, potter, fiber artist, homestead farmer, & relentless optimist. She writes science fiction & fantasy and was among the 1st wave of indie writers to qualify for SFWA membership. LITANY FOR A BROKEN WORLD, her 9th novel is available now. She lives on a farm in central MA and if you want to know how (and why you would even want) to knit a sweater for a cow, … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Sedonia Guillone

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Sedonia Guillone

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: Sedonia Guillone wanted to be an author since the age of six when she first volunteered in the school library and the librarian had to put a limit on how many times she checked out her favorite books. Then at sixteen, a short story she wrote won honorable mention in a contest by the National League of American Pen Women and there was no stopping her. Since then, her first M/M mystery/suspense, … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Dan Kopcow

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Dan Kopcow

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: Dan Kopcow’s rom-com novel, “Madcap Serenade,” published by Black Rose Writing, is the winner of the 2025 Independent Press Award for Best Romantic Comedy, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Humor Category, FIRST PLACE WINNER of the Mark Twain Humor and Satire Award by Chanticleer International Book Awards, among several other awards.   Dan’s sci-fi noir detective novel, “Prior Futures,” published by Black Rose Writing, won a 2022 Independent Press Award for Science Fiction Distinguished … Read more