Author Spotlight

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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

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Author Spotlight: Susan Mac Nicol

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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: Susan Mac Nicol is a British MM/LGBTQ+ romance author. A writer, a coffee drinker, a Brit oozing sarcasm, with a passion for all things books. I write steamy, heartfelt and often dark romance featuring unforgettable LGBTQ+ characters, found family, and love that refuses to behave. I’m also an award-winning screenwriter with ten industry awards for the screenplay of Sight Unseen. Interesting facts. My family and I were chased by a rhino on … Read more

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Author Spotlight: James Honaker

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James Honaker

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: James is an author and video game developer based out of North Carolina, USA, specializing in fantasy more broadly. He runs a storefront selling old collectibles (particularly TCG cards, like Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering) on top of his writing and game development. Born in Hawaii to a military family, James spent much of his childhood moving around to various military bases, spending a large chunk of his childhood in Europe. With … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Clayton Graham

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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: Clayton Graham is an award winning Australian author of several science fiction novels and short story collections. He has won many book awards including Author’s Show ‘50 great writers you should be reading’, Readers’ Favorite International Award finalist, and Book Excellence Awards finalist. A background in aerospace engineering encourages his thoughts to surge skyward and well beyond our universe. He delights in creating strange new worlds and the intriguing peoples that inhabit … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Stephanie Lake

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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: Stephanie Lake is the multi‑award‑winning and multi–#1 bestselling husband‑and‑wife duo behind a world of historical M/M romance where passion burns, danger lurks, and love always triumphs. Their stories blend slow‑build tension, laugh‑out‑loud moments, and the kind of steamy, satisfying endings readers return for again and again. Having lived across the globe with their cherished pets, Steph and Lake infuse their books with the flavors of their travels, their shared love of history, … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Finding a Unicorn

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Saturday was Placer Pride. I love Placer Pride, because it takes place in Roseville in Placer County, a place that’s more red than blue – or more conservative than progressive, for my readers outside of the United States. Placer County also has a large, underserved LGBTQ+ community – underserved until recently, when a group of folks out there got together a few years back to start a local Pride Festival, with the aim of eventually opening an LGBTQ+ Center to serve the local queer folks. The first year was small, but what it lacked in size it made up for … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Ellie Thomas

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Ellie Thomas

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: Ellie Thomas lives by the sea. She comes from a teaching background and goes for long seaside walks where she daydreams about history. She is a voracious reader especially about anything historical. She mainly writes historical gay romance. Ellie also writes historical erotic romance as L. E. Thomas. Website: https://elliethomasromance.wordpress.com/ Facebook reader group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8308047409266947 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/elliethomas.bsky.social Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19835510.Ellie_Thomas Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ellie-thomas Thanks so much, Ellie, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How would you describe your writing style/genre? … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Oliver Takely

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Oliver Takely

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: Oliver Takely is a passionate MM romance author who writes authentic stories featuring complex, flawed, and loveable men. Whether it’s set in the dark stress of London, Soho, or a sweet smalltown, he guarantees a happily-ever-after for all his guys, even if the journey is a tough one. With years of writing experience and a creative day job, Oliver is also an avid reader of MM romance, consuming hundreds of books each … Read more

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Author spotlight: Lisa Oliver

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Lisa Oliver

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: Lisa Oliver started self-publishing her MM Paranormal Fated Mate stories back in 2014 – and she is still growing strong. Now, with over a hundred titles written under her own name and numerous collaborations as well, Lisa has branched out a little bit from the Fated Mates genre with her Another Arranged Marriage Series, but every single book Lisa writes comes with a “you will smile at the end of it” guarantee. … Read more

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Point of View: When Did I Get So Old?

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Scott Tenth Birthday

Just a blink of an eye ago, I was that little kid in the picture, blowing out candles on the sports cake that was so not who I am. But that’s how they treated boys in the Seventies. We were all little athletes in training, ready to grow up into big manly sportsing men. Boy, did I miss the mark. Even then, I knew I was different, but I didn’t have the words for it. I was on the cusp of my teen years, but there was nothing in my little suburban world to prepare me to be a gay … Read more