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Flash Fiction: The Frog Prince

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Frog Prince

This one’s fun. Boy Meets Boy asked me to write a flash fic piece and gave me a few photos to choose from as inspiration. Here’s the one I chose: And a teaser: ā€œHoly crap.ā€ Jillian Tinsnipā€™s spell had gone horribly awry. He was a bit of a crap magician to begin with. He was always leaving his wand back at the apprentice dorm when it was time for his Witchery & Wizardry course, and just last week heā€™d accidentally turned the rest of his class into frogs when he was trying a spell to conjure himself up a fair … Read more

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Almost All of My Books Are On Sale!

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Black Friday 2017

Have you been thinking “I really need to expand the J. Scott Coatsworth” wing of my library?” Is there one book you’ve had your eye on, but have just been waiting for a good sale? Well, wait no more. Both Mischief Corner Books and Dreamspinner/DSP Publications are having great sales this weekend. Mischief Corner – 25% off current eBooks (use code MCBBFS17 at check-out): The Autumn Lands – On Sale for Just $2.99 My boy meets elf on another planet story. https://www.mischiefcornerbooks.com/store/p91/The_Autumn_Lands.html The Great North – On Sale for Just $2.99 My post-apocalyptic fantasy love story. https://www.mischiefcornerbooks.com/store/p121/The_Great_North.html This Wish Tonight … Read more

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I’m Featured at Gay Star News!!!

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Gay Star News

The amazing folks at Gay Star News just featured me and QSF: Excited by the gay relationship included in the latest Star Trek series, I spoke with science fiction author J. Scott Coatsworth to dig a little deeper into why the genre of science fiction holds such appeal for a lot of LGBTI people. Coatsworth runs Queer Sci Fi with his husband Mark, a site that celebrates fiction that reflects queer reality. When did you first become interested in science fiction? When I was in second or third grade. My mom has always been a big sci-fi/fantasy nut, and a … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: A Good Beta

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Hey all, I just got the last of my beta reads back for “The Rising Tide,” the sequel to “”The Stark Divide.” If you don’t know what a beta reader is, it’s someone who reads an author’s story and gives it a critical review before the author submits the book to the publisher, giving us the chance to fix any egregious errors or plot misfires before the editors see the story. I love my beta readers. I hate my beta readers. It’s a private joke between Angel and us that, just once, I want my beta readers to all agree … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Thianna Durston

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Thianna Durston

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, Thianna Durston – a writer by day and supernova by night. Or at least thatā€™s what the faeries tell her. And who is she to deny those pesky *cough* lovely little creatures? Thanks so much, Thianna, for joining me! Giveaway While my newest releases are contemporary romance, Iā€™m giving away the readerā€™s choice of one of my m/m paranormal romances: Lelandā€™s Gift (holiday), Discovery (contemporary), or Donā€™t Mess With His Pack (BDSM). … Read more

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PODCAST: Hanging Out With Jeff & Will

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Jeff and Will

Hey all, This last week, I got to spend half an hour with the infamous Jeff & Will – talking about QRI, QSFm and my latest release, “The Stark Divide.” Love these guys! Check it out here: Big Gay Fiction Podcast ā€“ Episode 110 – J. Scott Coatsworth interview, Book & Music Reviews plus Holiday Giveaway Announcement

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POINT OF VIEW: Worlds That Never Were

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Forever

Hey all, This week I am bouncing between edits for “Lander”, from my Oberon Cycle trilogy, and beta reads for “The Rising Tide”, in my Liminal Sky series.Ā Both involve interesting worlds that are almost characters in and of themselves. šŸ™‚ Forever, in Liminal Sky, is an O’Neill Cylinder. From Wikipedia: “…a space settlement design proposed by American physicist Gerard K. O’Neill in his 1976 book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space.[1] O’Neill proposed the colonization of space for the 21st century, using materials extracted from the Moon and later from asteroids.” But I’ve had a hard time finding art … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Morgan Elektra

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Morgan Elektra

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, Morgan Elektra – Born in the artists’ community of Woodstock, NY, Morgan Elektra discovered her passion for writing at a young age, penning stories of witches, vampires, and monsters at the dining room table. After years working day jobs and moonlighting as a reviewer for popular horror website Dread Central, Morgan left the comfort of an office to follow her dreams of writing fiction. She spent the early twenty-teens as a freelance … Read more

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POINT OF VIEW: Sometimes I Want It Sweet

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I write all kinds of things. OK, basically three kinds of things: –Sci Fi –Fantasy –Contemporary Magical Realism I am well-known for always wanting my contemporary to have a little extra something. The magical medallion in “Between the Lines”, the Freaky friday situation in “The Bear at the Bar”, and the sparkles in “River City”. Even my holiday tales have been affected. “A New Year” features an elf from Faerie, and last year’s Christmas tale “Wonderland” had both zombies and a post-apocalyptic Earth. But sometimes I just wanna go sweet. So this year, for the first time, I’ve penned a … Read more