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Point of View: Writing a Successful Serial

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Scott

I’m about forty three chapters into “The River City Chronicles“, and am also part of the group serial tale “Marionettes in the Mist” over at Mischief Corner Books. I was just having a conversation with another QSF writer yesterday – someone who is about to embark on a serial project of his own. And it got me thinking – what have I learned in the process of doing two serial fiction projects? So here, in no particular order, is my accumulated wisdom on the subject. 😉 1) Keep Good Notes: This is by far the most important rule of writing … Read more

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The Autumn Lands is Now Whispersynced!

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Great news – The Autumn Lands, my novella published in the fall by Mischief Corner Books in the Travels Through the Scarlet Equinox anthology and as a stand-alone (my first in print) novella in January is now whispersynced. This means that if you bought it from Amazon in Kindle format, you can get the audio for just $1.99, and it will work with the eBook version. 🙂 Get it here!

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Author Spotlight: K.C. Faelan

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KC Faelan

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, K.C. Faelan – KC is a writer of M/M and LGBT Fiction. Her stories are character driven, with a touch of humor, romance, and all the fun that entails. She believes in HEAs, or at least a strong HFN, where the characters in her stories must work for their HEA, but in the end get their love match. KC loves food and will often incorporate scenes of cooking or eating in the … Read more

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Another Great A More Perfect Union Review

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Noah Willoughby

Author Noah Willoughby reviews Flames and the anthology A More Perfect Union: On AMPU: The anthology is very well-compiled and well-written. Though all stories are fictional, each one has clearly put true-to-life experiences into their stories. The main characters and how they relate to one another and react to the situations around them shows that each author has put a piece of himself into their story. While all the stories are different, they follow the same theme: love is love. The same theme rings true for this whole anthology. I highly recommend this one! ​ Rating: 4.5 stars On Flames: … Read more

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The River City Chronicles Featured in the Sac Bee!

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Our hometown newspaper, the Sacramento Bee, just featured my serial tale “The River City Chronicles”! Sacramento-based website designer J. Scott Coatsworth has been writing since he was in grade school. As an adult, one of his most recent projects is the LBGT-oriented “The River City Chronicles,” which he describes as “a magical realism tale set in my hometown.” Read it for free at www.jscottcoatsworth.com. The concept is evocative of novelist Armistead Maupin’s “Tales of the City,” the serial that ran weekdays in the San Francisco Chronicle beginning in 1976 and immortalized the fictitious address 28 Barbary Lane. Maupin appeared for … Read more

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Point of View: Taking a Stand

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Scott

I’ve given a lot of thought to our current political environment and the state of this election. As a writer, I’m supposed to have this special “writer persona”. One that doesn’t alarm anyone, that doesn’t ruffle any feathers–one that focuses solely on the promotion of my work. I get that. Who hasn’t been disappointed to learn the political views of one of their artist heroes? I remember vividly how terrible I felt when I learned that Orson Scott Card, the sci fi writer who thrilled and amazed me with “Ender’s Game” and “Speaker for the Dead”, had literally called for … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Natsuya Uesugi

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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, Natsuya Uesugi – Natsuya Uesugi is a systems analyst and white hat hacker and has worked in the design of aerospace, semiconductor and financial systems. With a Master’s Degree in International Management and a minor in Japanese, Natsuya has been around computers most of his life. He also studied animation and game design in art school where he finalized the character designs and personalities for the main characters of grydscaen. He enjoys … Read more

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Guest Column: Introducing the Gehenna Post

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Author of the Science Fiction novel Plane Walker delves into the promises of the new E-Magazine and newsletter, the Gehenna Post. Launching in August, Gehenna Publishing House’s new E-Magazine and Newsletter, The Gehenna Post will provide readers with a variety of different articles that will truly excite any lover of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror.  Every month, for free to our subscribers, short stories from promising new authors, interviews with industry giants, and reviews of popular novels will be provided through our newsletter.  After each issue is released, the newsletter will then be converted to an E-Magazine available on Amazon … Read more

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I’m Liking Something Today…

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Jay Brannan

Hey all… I just posted my monthly thing I like at the Mischief Corner Books blog: Today, gay singer Jay Brannan: Once a month, the giant Stuff We Like hand turns around and points to me, and I have to decide which of the many things I like is the one to get shared this time around. This week, I had NO IDEA what to write about. I’ve done Jelly Bellies, my distant relative Elizabeth Coatsworth, Robotech, and the Italian language. What’s left? Then, like a star from heaven, one of my favorite gay singers appeared in my inbox with … Read more

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Point of View: Taking Stock

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Scott

Hey all, A couple weeks ago, I kinda hit rock bottom as a writer. Having just had three new stories release, I should have been on top of the world. But I had no time to write, and a number of things I thought would go really well in my writing plan had fizzled. I had dreams when I got back into writing. Big dreams. Each story/novella/novel I released would be bigger than the last. People would read my stories and be amazed, touched, moved to tears. And I would start to make a living at this whole writing thing, at … Read more