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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Fifty-Two

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Ben goes to see his long-estranged mother at a local Czech-Italian restaurant – and it’s not at all what he expected… < Read Chapter 51 Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Fifty-TwoBetween Pizza and Schnitzel Ben … Read more

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Point of View: On the Downhill Run

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Over the last decade that I’ve been a serious writer (defined as someone who loses sleep at least three nights a week because their writer brain won’t shut up), I’ve become accustomed to the various stages of my writing projects. There’s the initial honeymoon phase, where I’m convinced I have a fantastic idea and nothing is going to stop me from writing this amazing book that everyone will be clamoring to read. Then there’s the coasting phase, when everything is running smoothly. Sure, it’s not as exciting as it was at the get-go, but the story is unfolding nicely, and … Read more

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Terrific New Review for Office of the Lost

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Just got a great review for Office of the Lost, releasing today (6/21), from Estora at Liminal Fiction! Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book When Perfection Collides With Chaos, Sparks Fly Crispin Eladrin, desk fae at the Office of the Lost, could find a needle in ten haystacks. His desk is so neat it would make an accountant blush, and he’s never failed to complete a recovery mission. He has no idea how adorable he is, especially when he’s at his most annoyingly officious. Enter utterly chaotic Leopold Lane. His life is a masterclass in disastrous events–and … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Mikko Rauhala

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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: Mikko Rauhala is a Finnish SF author making their foray into the English speaking world. They often write their stories in both languages, which can get frustrating when there’s no one else to blame for the occasional double entendres. Informed by their master’s degree in intelligent systems, they’re most at home in hard science fiction settings, though they’re not exclusive and like to cross genres. Whether the subject is steam powered gnomes … Read more

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Great New Review for Office of the Lost

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Just got a great review for Office of the Lost, releasing today (6/21), from Maryann at Queer Sci Fi! Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book When Perfection Collides With Chaos, Sparks Fly Crispin Eladrin, desk fae at the Office of the Lost, could find a needle in ten haystacks. His desk is so neat it would make an accountant blush, and he’s never failed to complete a recovery mission. He has no idea how adorable he is, especially when he’s at his most annoyingly officious. Enter utterly chaotic Leopold Lane. His life is a masterclass in disastrous … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Office of the Lost – J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding

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J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding have a new MM fantasy romance out, Chaos and Order book 1: Office of the Lost. And there’s a giveaway! When Perfection Collides With Chaos, Sparks Fly Crispin Eladrin, desk fae at the Office of the Lost, could find a needle in ten haystacks. His desk is so neat it would make an accountant blush, and he’s never failed to complete a recovery mission. He has no idea how adorable he is, especially when he’s at his most annoyingly officious. Enter utterly chaotic Leopold Lane. His life is a masterclass in disastrous events–and it’s about … Read more

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Five Star Review for Office of the Lost

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Just got an amazing review for Office of the Lost, releasing tomorrow (6/21), from Ulysses at Paranormal Romance Guild! Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book When Perfection Collides With Chaos, Sparks Fly Crispin Eladrin, desk fae at the Office of the Lost, could find a needle in ten haystacks. His desk is so neat it would make an accountant blush, and he’s never failed to complete a recovery mission. He has no idea how adorable he is, especially when he’s at his most annoyingly officious. Enter utterly chaotic Leopold Lane. His life is a masterclass in disastrous … Read more

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Serial: Down the River – Chapter Fifty-One

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I’m finally revisiting the characters from The River City Chronicles nine years after their original timeline. I’ll be running the series weekly here on my blog, and then will release it in book form at the end of the run. Hope you enjoy catching up with all your faves and all their new secrets! Today, Gio meets a relative he never knew existed… < Read Chapter 50 | Read Chapter 52 > Join my email list to get my weekly newsletter with notifications of new chapters. Chapter Fifty-OneThe Moon Rises Only for You “Mamma?” The woman stared at him, clearly … Read more

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Point of View: The Real Meaning of Pride

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I spent the weekend with some dear friends of mine… six of the other authors in our Queer Sacramento Authors Collective group. It was Sacramento Pride weekend, and it was a bit crazy, especially on Saturday morning. On the same day, there were three hge events planned in Downtown: the first day of the Sac Pride Festival, the No Kings Rally one block away at the Capitol, and the UC Davis graduation two blocks away at the King’s basketball stadium. Parking was at a premium, and we arrived four hours before the opening time to make sure we snagged a … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Martin Lochman

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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: Martin Lochman (born 1989 in former Czechoslovakia) is a Czech author of science fiction and speculative fiction stories. He currently resides in Malta where he works as an academic librarian at the University of Malta. His work has appeared in a variety of venues, including New Myths, Kzine, Theme of Absence, XB-1 (Czech SFFH magazine), and others. His debut collection All Quiet in the Milky Way: Ray M. Holler’s Adventures vol. 1 … Read more