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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Claire Davon

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Claire Davon

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. GIVEAWAY Claire is giving away an eBook copy of book one in the Elementals Challenge series, Fire Danger. For a chance to winn, comment on this post below. Today: USA Today Bestselling author Claire Davon has written for most of her life, starting with fan fiction when she was very young. She writes across a wide range of genres. If a story calls to her, she will write it. She currently lives in … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Raymond Bolton

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Raymond Bolton

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. Raymond Bolton lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife, Toni, and their cats, Max and Arthur. He has written award-winning poetry and has published six novels. His crossover epic fantasy/sci-fi quartet, The Ydron Saga, which consists of Awakening and its prequel trilogy, Thought Gazer, Foretellers and Triad, are published by WordFire Press, publisher of many bestselling and award-winning authors including Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Alan Dean Foster, Mike Resnick, Brian Herbert, Tracy Hickman, and David … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Rick R. Reed

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Immortal Things - Rick R. Reed

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. Rick R. Reed is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than fifty works of published fiction. He is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Entertainment Weekly has described his work as “heartrending and sensitive.” Lambda Literary has called him: “A writer that doesn’t disappoint…” Rick lives in Palm Springs, CA, with his husband, Bruce, and their rescue dogs, Kodi and Joaquin Thanks so much, Rick, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Dani Hermit & Curtis Star

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hermit & star

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. The writing duo behind several briefly notorious YuGiOh fanfics, Dani Hermit (they/them) and Curtis Star (he/him) have been romantically involved for over 20 years, though they have been telling stories together for even longer. A mutual love of slash fan-fiction and high fantasy novels lead to a love for each other that hasn’t faded through the years. Together they created the various incarnations of the characters who would one day emerge as the … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: J.L. Gribble

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J.L. Gribble

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. By day, J. L. Gribble is a professional medical editor. By night, she does freelance fiction editing in all genres, along with reading, playing video games, and occasionally even writing. Her current work focuses on the urban fantasy/alternate history Steel Empires series, in which her debut novel, STEEL VICTORY, was her thesis novel for Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction graduate program in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Previously, she was one of the co-editors for … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: AJ Sherwood

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AJ Sherwood

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: AJ Sherwood believes in happily ever afters, magic, dragons, good men, and dark chocolate. She often dreams at night of delectable men doing sexy things with each other. In between writing multiple books (often at the same time) she pets her cats, plays with her dogs, and attempts insane things like aerial yoga. She currently resides in Michigan with aforementioned dogs and cats. Being in snow country gives her the excuse to … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Edale Lane

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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. Giveaway November 2-23, 100 copies of Merchants of Milan, book one of the Night Flyer Series, will be given away on Goodreads. Please follow this link to enter the contest: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/333963-merchants-of-milan 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 … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Julie Bozza

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Julie Bozza

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, Julie Bozza is an Aussie-Anglo hybrid empowered by writing, fuelled by espresso, calmed by knitting, overexcited by photography, and madly in love with Amy Adams and John Keats. Thanks so much, Julie, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done in the name of research?  Julie Bozza: See, I have research envy now, because I have no answer for this! LOL! Mostly I read a lot – … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: V.J. Mikles

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V.J. Mikles

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, V.J. Mikles (she/xie) is an astronomer turned systems engineer. Xie is active in community theater as an actor, choreographer, costumer, and stage manager. Xie also has a few youtube channels with short films and music videos, usually centering around asexuality or other queer content. Xie’s agender, aromantic, and asexual, and currently experimenting with pronouns. Xie lives in Maryland with xir three cats and works on weather satellites for NOAA. Thanks so much, V.J., … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT/GIVEAWAY: Damian Serbu

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Damian Serbu

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. Giveaway Damian is giving away an eBook copy of his book The Vampire’s Angel with this post – comment below for a chance to win! Today, Damian Serbu lives in the Chicago area with his husband and two dogs, Akasha and Chewbacca. The dogs control his life, tell him what to write, and threaten to eat him in the middle of the night if he disobeys. He has published The Vampire’s Angel, The Vampire’s Quest, … Read more