Author Spotlight

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Author Spotlight: J.R. Loveless

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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: J.R. Loveless is an avid fan, reader and writer of anything pertaining to male/male romance. She started out her adventure into the genre in 2004 when she discovered the anime Loveless, a softer side of Yaoi. The moment she saw Loveless, it sucked her in and hasn’t let go since. ​After Loveless, she voraciously searched for anything she could find within the anime world pertaining to Yaoi and Shounen-Ai. She found Gravitation, … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Z. Allora

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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: Z. Allora is nonbinary. They didn’t always believe in romance, but before giving up on happily ever afters, Z. took out a personal ad in a college newspaper. On October 20, 1987, at 5:08 p.m., Z. found what they didn’t think existed—their other half. Five years later, Z. married their best friend and true love. Z. spent much of their adult life traveling the world and has visited thirty-five countries. Z. also … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Samuel Freedman

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Samuel Freedman

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: Samuel Freedman is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His latest science fiction novel “Revision: The Dawn of Awareness,” released in July 2025, explores questions about humanity’s place in the universe, our purpose, and what actually makes us human. Focusing on new discoveries in the fields of genetics and astrophysics, this mind-blowing story is set in the present day. It will have you rethinking everything you thought you knew about mankind’s … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Martha Gouws

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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: Martha Gouws – “Where fantasy begins with a costume, a spell, and a drop of spit.” Since childhood, I’ve had one foot in the world of fantasy. I dressed in costumes no one could recognize me in, danced with scarves late into the night, and climbed hills in search of strange fruit that might just be magical. On quiet Sundays, while my parents napped, I sat beneath the mulberry tree and tried … Read more

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Point of View: Why Keep Writing When AI Can Do It Faster (If Not Better)?

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I keep my finger on the pulse of Generative AI, that misdescribed beast that’s really not artificial intelligence at all. One of my favorite descriptions likens it to a really advanced version of the predictive text thing that many of us use when typing out text messages. These systems have been trained on massive amounts of our own data, mostly without our permission or compensation, and are simply huge predictive machines that come up with the most likely response to any question we pose to them (when they don’t just “hallucinate” a false answer to meet the query). None of … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Will Haddad

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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: Will Haddad writes about the moment love stops being safe. Set against deserts, mountains, fault lines, and other places where survival gets complicated, his novels follow queer characters forced to confront everything they thought they could outrun. He is the author of the Tectonic series. Website: https://willhaddad.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialwilllove/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Willloveauthor Thanks so much, Will, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did you know you wanted to write, and when did you discover that you were … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Drea Roman

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Drea Roman

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: Drea Roman is an author of omegaverse and contemporary LGBTQ romance. She loves cats, as well as acting, dancing, and writing. Her life revolves around her cats, Benny and Kookaburra, which is right and proper. Without her friends, family, and cats, this journey would not be possible. Thank you so much for reading. Connect with me! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorDreaRoman/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dreasdirtydivasInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drearomanauthor/ Thanks so much, Drea, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Daniel Ausema

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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: Daniel Ausema’s short stories, more than 100 of them, have appeared in places like Strange Horizons, Diabolical Plots, and Fantasy Magazine. His poetry has appeared in many of the same places, with nominations for the Rhysling and Elgin Awards. His newest collection, The Fall of the City of Bells—a novella in verse—is scheduled for release later this month. His novels include the epic fantasy Arcist Chronicles, and he’s the creator of the … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Avery Bridge

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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: Avery Bridge lives in the American southwest, where she gains inspiration from the natural beauty of the surrounding desert, mountains, and endless skies. She also works in the equine therapy industry, providing horse care to the gentle souls who lend their peaceful wisdom to those in need. You will find these settings (and the horses, too) in each of her stories. https://www.averybridgeauthor.comhttps://substack.com/@averybridgehttps://bsky.app/profile/avery-bridge.bsky.social Thanks so much, Avery, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: … Read more

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Point of View: Viva La Spring

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Today is the last day of my contract job running Nebula Con 2026. Four and a half months ago, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association contacted me to let me know that they wanted to hire me to manage the Nebula Awards Convention held this year in Chicago. I’d applied for it a few weeks earlier, and they chose me to do it! I was beyond thrilled at the amazing opportunity although it couldn’t have come at a worse time. We were smack in the middle of our move from Sacramento to Folsom, and just two months away from … Read more