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Author Spotlight: Joseph Picard

Joseph Picard

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: A generally creative type, a lifelong interest in writing became a greater focus when a short story spawned a sequel… and another sequel… and a prequel. Fleshing them out and cleaning them up eventually became his first novel, Lifehack. While cycling to a computer repair job in 2001, Joseph was struck by a car, resulting in T5/6 paraplegia. Since then, he has married, and had two children, Caitlin and Lachlan. Later dealing … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Jess Mahler

Jess Mahler

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: Jess’ weird fish-out-of-water life has left them with an enduring love/hate affair with common tropes. The relationship counselor recommended they break it off, but they just keeps coming back to play with tropes (and fuck them up) some more. In between their tropic indulgences, they write queer fantasy with aromantic, neurodivergent, and generally ‘weird’ characters, take care of their family, argue halakha, and try to do a bit of educational activism on … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Mike Karpa

Mike Karpa

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: Mike’s fiction, memoir and nonfiction can be found in Tin House, Foglifter, Oyster River Pages and other magazines. He is the author of thriller Criminals, which was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2022 (Indie), the upbeat scifi romance Red Dot, and comic novel The Wealthy Whites of Williamsburg, which won Best LGBTQ Book at the San Francisco Book Festival. He lives with his husband and dog in San Francisco. Thanks so … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Naomi Rivers

Naomi Rivers

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: Naomi Rivers writes lesbian romance and women’s fiction.   Naomi Rivers is a wife writing team who believes in romance, fairy tales, and happily ever after. Their first novel, THIS: A Simple, Complex Love Story, was written over twenty years to maintain their connection during multiple deployments. They are both retired U.S. military veterans and reside with their two rescue dogs on the east coast. Naomi’s work has appeared in I Heart SapphFic’s anthology Favorite … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Patricia Loofbourrow

Patricia Loofbourrow

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: Patricia Loofbourrow is the NY Times and USA Today best selling author of the Red Dog Conspiracy steampunk noir crime fiction series. She has been a professional blogger, author, and editor since 2000 and began writing novels in 2005. Her first published novel, The Jacq of Spades, released in 2015 and has sold over 20,000 copies worldwide. A native of southern California, Patricia Loofbourrow has lived in Moore, Oklahoma since 2005. You … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Cliff Jones Jr.

Cliff Jones Jr.

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: Cliff is a software developer by day, but he likes to spend his evenings on long walks writing strange, often psychedelic fiction. His specialty is dreampunk, the weird hippie cousin of cyberpunk. Visit CliffJonesJr.com when you’re ready to go down that rabbit hole. Thanks so much, Cliff, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How would you describe your writing style/genre? Cliff Jones Jr.: The niche genre that I’ve settled into is dreampunk. It sounds like … Read more

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Point of View: My Life is Political.

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I’m going to do something authors are never supposed to do, because they tell us it will drive away potential readers. I’m going to talk about politics. I’m not doing this to be divisive. Far from it. I’m doing it because I am scared to death at what might be coming, and the only way to release some of the pain and fear is to talk about it. There was a long time, growing up, when I cared nothing for politics. I’ve voted in every election since I turned eighteen, but I never worried much about what it might mean … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Edale Lane

Edale Lane

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: Edale Lane is an Amazon Best-selling author and winner of Rainbow, Lesfic Bard, and Imaginarium Awards. Her sapphic historical fiction and mystery stories feature women leading the action and enticing readers with likable characters, engaging storytelling, and vivid world-creation. Lane (whose legal name is Melodie Romeo) holds a bachelor’s degree in music education, a master’s in history, and taught school for 24 years before embarking on an adventure driving an 18-wheeler over-the-road. … Read more

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Point of View: It Doesn’t Have to Be Like This

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I am struggling. Everything seems to be collapsing all around us. Our leaders are feckless and timid in the face of this rolling disaster, unable to stand up to the rising tide of darkness, hatred and ignorance. Our courts are bereft of the moral authority they once carried, hollowed out by years and years of attacks and subversion, now active participants in the decline. Violence stalks our land, made manifest in an eyeblink at a Pennsylvania farm, and dark storm clouds are gathering on the horizon, threats to both our liberty and safety. And it just keeps getting worse. It’s … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Karenna Colcroft

Karenna Colcroft

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: Karenna Colcroft lives just north of Boston, Massachusetts, and has been in love with the city since childhood, though she has yet to encounter any werewolves, vampires, or other paranormal beings in her travels. At least none that she knows of.  Karenna is a polyamorous, nonbinary human who lives with her husband. She also has two adult children and a bonus son, four grandchildren, and three cats. Find out more about Karenna … Read more