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Author Spotlight: Madeleine Holly-Rosing

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Madeleine Holly-Rosing

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: Madeleine is the writer/creator of the steampunk supernatural graphic novel, prose, and audio drama series, Boston Metaphysical Society and her new graphic novel series, Morgana Pendragon. Boston Metaphysical Society (Vol. 1) was nominated for a Geekie Award and the Reader’s Choice Steampunk Chronicle award. Morgana Pendragon #1 recently won Best First Issue in the Inaugural Zelda Awards. In 2021, she wrote and produced the audio drama, Boston Metaphysical Society: The Ghost Ship. The first novel in … Read more

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Author Spotlight: S.A. Hoag

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S.A. Hoag

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: S. A. Hoag is an author, artist, and amateur astronomer (“I just look at the stars, I can’t tell you their names.”). Born in the middle of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, she has lived in a number of cities, in a number of states, and is off on another adventure when not writing or creating other art. Science Fiction has always been her first interest in reading and writing. Many other genres … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Krista Wallace

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Krista Wallace

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: Krista is a fantasy writer, jazz & rock musician, audiobook narrator, actor, podcaster, mother, Gran, a lover of pie, dark chocolate, and fine single malt scotch. She hails from Port Coquitlam, BC, where she writes and records in a closet, emerging occasionally to sing with the big band FAT Jazz, or her duo, the Itty Bitty Big Band. She is the author of the Gatekeeper fantasy series, and an urban fantasy comedy romance: Griffin & the Spurious Correlations. She … Read more

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Author Spotlight: H.L. Moore

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H. L. Moore

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: H. L. Moore (she/they) is a writer of LGBT+ speculative fiction. Moore is the author of the Death’s Embrace queer fantasy romance series and the Tales from the Jovian Empire queer science fiction novellas. Social Media: https://linktr.ee/author.hlmoore   Thanks so much, H.L., for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones? H. L. Moore: I do read reviews for my books, but I hold a strict non-response … Read more

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Point of View: Two Events, Two Different Worlds. And Yet…

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As anyone who reads this column (or my newsletter) regularly knows, I’m currently managing two very different large scale projects. The Sacramento Book Festival is hyper local, a book event celebrating the best authors that the Sacramento region has to offer. NebulaCon is being crafted remotely, and will be held in Chicago. It celebrates the best authors Science Fiction has to offer. The book festival is something I helped build from the ground up along with my great team – Tim, Judith, Bel, Teri, and Lois. We all feel a great deal of personal pride about this amazing event. NebulaCon, … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Steven D. Brewer

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Steven D. Brewer

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 D. Brewer (he/him) is SFWA Secretary and, as a faculty member, both teaches scientific writing and serves as Presiding Officer of the Faculty Senate at UMass Amherst. He is the author of A Familiar Problem, Better Angels: Tour de Force, and Revin’s Heart, published by Water Dragon Publishing. Brewer identifies diverse obsessions that underlie his writing: deep interests in natural history, life science, and environmentalism; an abiding passion for languages; a fascination with Japanese … Read more

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Author Spotlight: R. Sinclair

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R. Sinclair

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: R Sinclair is a queer Canadian author of the Shattered Numbers series, the first book of which is out now! Fracture is available at most book retail stores and Ameliorate is out 2026! Thanks so much, R., for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done in the name of research?  R. Sinclair: One was looking up how easy it is to make an EMP. I felt the … Read more

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Author Spotlight: T.C. Weber

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T. C. Weber

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: T. C. Weber has pursued writing since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with physics and ecology. His published novels include Sleep State Interrupt (the first book of the near-future War for Realitycyberpunk trilogy), The Wrath of Leviathan (the second book of the trilogy), Zero-Day Rising (the trilogy finale), Born in Salt (a character-oriented alternate history novel), The Survivors (a post-apocalyptic cli-fi horror novella), and The Council (a satire of local government and politics). His latest novel is The Others, an undersea science … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Gregory N. Whitis

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Gregory Whitis

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: Gregory N. Whitis was born in Gainesville, Florida, moved to Dubuque, Iowa and graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S in Zoology. He then attended graduate school at Auburn and earned a Master of Aquaculture. After working three years on Alabama’s largest catfish farm, he started his professional career with Auburn as a State Extension Specialist for Aquaculture, and recently retired after 33 years of service. He’s published two popular novels … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Rebecca James

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Rebecca James

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: Originally from Northern Virginia, Rebecca James now lives in Southeastern Tennessee. She is the mother of three grown children and a former high school English teacher. She has been writing MM Romance for close to ten years. Website: https://www.rebeccajamesmmromance.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccajamesromanceTiktok: @rebeccajamesromanceFacebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaJamesromance/Bluesky: @rebeccajamesmm.bsky.social Thanks so much, Rebecca, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did you know you wanted to write, and when did you discover that you were good at … Read more