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Three More Days!

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This Wish Tonight

Just Three more days until my latest story, “Wonderland”, comes out from Mischief Corner Books in the new holiday anthology “This Wish Tonight:” Zeke is a loner his late forties, living in a small cabin in rural Montana. Nathan has been traveling across country on foot since the zombie apocalypse, dealing with his OCD in an empty world.  Zeke just wants someone to love. Nathan just wants to be home again. Fate brings them together in a winter wonderland, but their own fears and baggage may tear them apart. Is there still hope for love at Christmas, at the end of … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Z. Allora

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Z. Allora

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, Z. Allora – I have known Z. for quite a while, but I first met her at the Dreamspinner Retreat last year. We sat down for coffee (ok, well maybe I had tea) and we had an animated conversation about the physics of space travel, gay romance, and art. Seriously. So thrilled to have Z. with me today! Thanks so much, Z., for joining me! Giveaway Z. is giving away a copy … Read more

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Point of View: Writing Beauty in a Time of Chaos

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Scott

Hey all, It’s been almost a month since my world was turned upside down. Many things I thought were true about my own country and fellow Americans were shown to be either blatantly false, or at best rosy exaggerations. My place in this society, which a month ago seemed newly safe and secure, has once again been thrown into question. In my little bubble here in Sacramento, nothing seems to have changed. Outside, it’s a beautiful (if cold) day. The mail still gets delivered into our box every day around noon. The paper still arrives on my doorstep on time … Read more

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Narrator Spotlight: Greg Tremblay

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Greg Tremblay

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. This week, I thought we’d shake things up a little and make it a Narrator spotlight! Today, Greg Tremblay – Born in one far-flung corner of the U.S. (Near Portland. No, the other Portland. Maine.) Greg has studied acting, vocal and operatic performance, sailing, emergency paramedicine, blacksmithing, scuba diving, and even a few practical skills! A listener-beloved, reviewer-acclaimed narrator and consummate story-teller, Greg brings a talent for voices, accents, and a love of … Read more

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Point of View: Writing Interesting Characters

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characters

Every writer has a weakness. Or two. One of mine is characterization. I came to this whole writing thing via reading lots and lots of sci fi and fantasy – really really long, epic fantasy – and so my great love has always been worldbuilding. I adore strange new worlds – Pern with its dragons and thread, Dune with sandworms and funny sand walking, and Asimov’s overarching Foundation and Psychohistory. So when I write my stories, I start out thinking high level themes, weird and wonderful planets, and devices of great power. Then I have to fill those stories with … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Loren Rhoads

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Loren Rhoads

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, Loren Rhoads – Loren Rhoads is the author of The Dangerous Type, Kill By Numbers, and No More Heroes, space opera trilogy about bisexual assassin Raena Zacari. Her new series, co-written with Brian Thomas, is about a succubus and an angel. Thanks so much, Loren, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did you know you wanted to write, and when did you discover that you were good at it? Loren Rhoads: … Read more

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Point of View: When it Rains…

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Scott

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks here in Scott-Land. I’m rushing to finish a novel and a novella, both due to the publisher by the end of December. And at the same time, I’ve been hit by edits for my first novel, “Skythane”, edits for “Wonderland”, a novella appearing in the upcoming “This Wish Tonight” anthology from Mischief Corner Books”, my weekly “River City” chapters, and chapter requests for my other serial project with MCB, “Marionettes in the Mist.” It seems like I just get one thing off my desk and pivot back to the novel when another one … Read more

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Author Spotlight: T. Strange

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T. Strange

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. Strange – T. Strange didn’t want to learn how to read, but literacy prevailed and she hasn’t stopped reading—or writing—since. She’s been published with Torquere Press since 2013, and she writes M/M romance in multiple genres, including paranormal and BDSM. T.’s other interests include cross stitching, gardening, watching terrible horror movies, playing video games, and finding injured pigeons to rescue. Originally from White Rock, BC, she lives on the Canadian prairies, … Read more

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Point of View: Responding

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Scott

Hey all, I won’t lie. Last week was a horrible, terrible, very bad week for Mark and I, and for most everyone we know. And it’s not just because a Republican won the white house. That’s happened before. Not my team, not my party, but it’s how America works. This was something deeper. Darker. The man who won did so on a platform of lies, fear, and hatred. He won by denying things he’d said before that we have on tape with a straight face. He won with the help of the Russian government, and of our own FBI. And … Read more