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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Edale Lane

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Edale Lane/Melodie Romeo

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 award-winning author (Rainbow Awards, Imaginarium Awards, Lesfic Bard Awards) who is realizing her dream of being a full-time writer. She is the alter-ego of author Melodie Romeo, (Tribute in Blood, Terror in Time, and others) who founded Past and Prologue Press. Both identities are qualified to write historical fiction by virtue of an MA in History and 24 years spent as a teacher, along with skill and dedication … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Molly Bragg

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Molly Bragg

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: I’m a 46-year-old trans woman with a degree in Astro-physics and a love of storytelling.  I love science fiction, superheroes, and giant robots.  My hobbies include collecting transformers, watching way too many crafting videos on YouTube, and complaining bitterly about the way a certain comic book company treats my favorite superhero. Thanks so much, Molly, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: Do you ever base your characters on real people? If so, … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Meraki P. Lyhne

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Meraki P. Lyhne

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: Meraki P. Lyhne, real name Martin, is a Danish author spanning multiple genres and pseudonyms. Meraki P. Lyhne mainly writes contemporary paranormal LGBT fiction with various degrees of romantic heat, some with a HEA, some with a HFN, and some with white-knuckling cliffhangers. Mostly, he writes long series with focus on worldbuilding, action, and something epic. Other than that, he’s a single dad to a teenage boy, the happy companion to a … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Brenda W. Clough

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Brenda W. Clough

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: Brenda W. Clough is the first female Asian-American SF writer, first appearing in print in 1984. Her novella ‘May Be Some Time’ was a finalist for both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and became the novel Revise the World. Her latest time travel trilogy is Edge to Center, available at Book View Café. Marian Halcombe, a series of eleven neo-Victorian thrillers appeared in 2021. Her complete bibliography is up on her … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Steven Hopstaken & Melissa Prusi

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Steven Hopstaken & Melissa Prusi

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: Steven Hopstaken was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he spent his formative years watching and reading science fiction and horror. He has a degree in journalism and spends his free time traveling; writing screenplays, short stories and novels; and practicing photography. Melissa Prusi was born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (often mistaken for Canada), and has been a video editor, a semi-professional film reviewer, a three-time champion on … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Raymond Henri

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Raymond Henri

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: Raymond Henri is the author of the science fiction/fantasy Tear of God chronicles. An alleged geek who is overly fascinated by too much, his writing is an amalgam of rich details seldom found together but make a great combination, much like children and sleep. He resides in Georgia with his wife and three children where he is currently working on the next novel in his series. Thanks so much, Raymond, for joining … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: James Van Pelt

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James Van Pelt

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 Van Pelt, has been selling short fiction to many of the major venues since 1989. He was a finalist for the Nebula, the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award, Locus Awards, and Analog and Asimov’s reader’s choice awards (his 2020 Analog novella, “Minerva Girls,” won that year’s Anlab Award for best in its category). Years and years ago he was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Khan Wong

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Khan Wong

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: In past chapters of life, Khan Wong has published poetry and played cello in an earnest folk-rock duo. As an internationally known hula hoop teacher and performer, he’s toured with a circus, taught workshops all over the world, and produced circus arts shows in San Francisco. He’s worked in the nonprofit arts for many years, most recently as an arts funder for a public sector grantmaking agency. Thanks so much, Khan, for … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Cathy Pegau

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: C. Pagau

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: Cathy Pegau grew up in New York reading horror, science fiction, and fantasy novels, and playing RPGs. Writing seemed like a natural progression, adding a touch of romance to her favorite types of stories. Her science fiction romances have won RWA Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal (FF&P) Chapter Best Futuristic Romance and Best of the Best Prism Awards and a Golden Crown Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy. Her writing has garnered such rave reviews … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Joyce Reynolds-Ward

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Joyce Reynolds-Ward

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: Joyce Reynolds-Ward has been called “the best writer I’ve never heard of” by one reviewer. Her work includes themes of high-stakes family and political conflict, physical and digital sentience, personal agency and control, realistic strong women, and (whenever possible) horses. She is the author of The Netwalk Sequence series, the Goddess’s Honor series, and the recently released The Martiniere Legacy series as well as standalones Klone’s Stronghold and Alien Savvy. Samples of … Read more