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Point of View: Viva La Spring

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Today is the last day of my contract job running Nebula Con 2026. Four and a half months ago, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association contacted me to let me know that they wanted to hire me to manage the Nebula Awards Convention held this year in Chicago. I’d applied for it a few weeks earlier, and they chose me to do it! I was beyond thrilled at the amazing opportunity although it couldn’t have come at a worse time. We were smack in the middle of our move from Sacramento to Folsom, and just two months away from … Read more

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Point of View: Playing In Someone Else’s World

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I am in the running to write a story set in someone else’s fictional sci-fi world, in this case, continuing an existing series working with a well-known author. While I can’t give any details right now, it’s been a fascinating experience. I’ve read the existing books in the series, and I’m now going back through them with a fine tooth comb to create my own series bible. There was an existing one, but unfortunately didn’t have all the little details I would need to know to continue the story with consistency, and without missing important story arcs and character quirks.  … Read more

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Author Feature: Wyrmflight

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Every year, Deby Fredericks opens up Queen Titania’s Court for visiting authors, and invites us in to share our characters and answer a few author questions. It was really fun to send Crispin, son of the Queen of All Fae, to the Court for a little snarky interviewing… Read the Post

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Author Spotlight: Susan Mac Nicol

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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: Susan Mac Nicol is a British MM/LGBTQ+ romance author. A writer, a coffee drinker, a Brit oozing sarcasm, with a passion for all things books. I write steamy, heartfelt and often dark romance featuring unforgettable LGBTQ+ characters, found family, and love that refuses to behave. I’m also an award-winning screenwriter with ten industry awards for the screenplay of Sight Unseen. Interesting facts. My family and I were chased by a rhino on … Read more

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New Release: Ameliorate – R. Sinclair

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R. Sinclair has a new queer dystopian sci-fantasy book out (aroace and agender, bisexual, gay), Shattered Numbers book 2: Ameliorate. It all went horrifically wrong. V reunited with his AI siblings at a terrible cost—a cost he isn’t willing to pay. He vowed to do whatever it takes to save Meredith—or whatever is left of her—from Smith and Varro Technologies. No matter how long it takes. No matter what he has to do. No matter who he has to kill. Now V, Cass and Orwell are tearing through the galaxy playing a deadly cat-and-mouse game with Mr Smith. Their paradise-like cult … Read more

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Review: A Small Town On the Planet Called Heaven – Colin Alexander

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Genre: Sci-Fi, Colonization, Mystery Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Fernando Vargas, seventeen years old, is dead. Thorny, an infamous girl his age, is missing. The storm that has been gathering on the planet called Heaven, a harsh world seventy-six light-years from Earth, is about to break. Gossip, rumors, and accusations about Fernando’s death escalate as the planet’s sole and overworked physician is unable to provide a reason. Thorny’s father, a former mercenary soldier, is intent on finding his difficult but beloved daughter, because no one can survive for long in Heaven’s wilds. He will need to … Read more

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Point of View: Living in the Gap

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A few years ago, one of the ministers in the church we were attending at the time brought up a concept called living in the gap. It was postulated by a black Pastor from the South – unfortunately I don’t remember his name at this point. But the idea behind it stuck with me. It goes like this. There’s a place we are at, and the place we want to be, as individuals, and as a society. We are always trying to bridge the distance from one to the other, but often it’s a project that will take more than … Read more

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Author Spotlight: James Honaker

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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: James is an author and video game developer based out of North Carolina, USA, specializing in fantasy more broadly. He runs a storefront selling old collectibles (particularly TCG cards, like Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering) on top of his writing and game development. Born in Hawaii to a military family, James spent much of his childhood moving around to various military bases, spending a large chunk of his childhood in Europe. With … Read more

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Point of View: Scott the Event Planner

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One of my favorite drag queens of all time is Bob the Drag Queen. In part because he just seems like a genuinely real and kind person. And in part because I just love his name. Calling yourself Bob the Drag Queen normalizes drag in a way that names like Trinity the Tuck or Pandora Box don’t. And while I love both of them too, there’s just something down to earth about a drag queen named Bob Which brings me to my latest endeavor. I’ve been Scott the Bookseller, Scott the Publisher, Scott the Webmaster, Scott the Author, and a … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Clayton Graham

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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: Clayton Graham is an award winning Australian author of several science fiction novels and short story collections. He has won many book awards including Author’s Show ‘50 great writers you should be reading’, Readers’ Favorite International Award finalist, and Book Excellence Awards finalist. A background in aerospace engineering encourages his thoughts to surge skyward and well beyond our universe. He delights in creating strange new worlds and the intriguing peoples that inhabit … Read more