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Point of View: Why I Write

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Hey all, I just started this blog about a month ago, and I’m gradually figuring out what I want to do with it. I’m planning to start posting a personal column once a week, on Mondays – about me, who I am as a writer and a person, what I’m working on, and what motivates me to be a writer. I thought I’d start out with why I write. I’ve been an avid reader since I was a little child. When I was in my early elementary school years, growing up in Tucson, Arizona, my Mom started be on the … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Anastasia Vitsky

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Anastasia Vitsky

Today I’m launching a new feature on my blog – the Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. My first one, Anastasia (Ana) Vitsky, is an amazing FF writer who also heads up our monthly FF takeover on the Queer Sci Fi Facebook page. Thanks so much, Ana, for kicking things off! I was stumped how to answer some of Scott’s questions, so I asked my readers how they would do it. Here are their answers, followed by my responses. J. Scott Coatsworth: How … Read more

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New Review of Between the Lines…

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Rainbow Book Reviews

From Lena Grey at Rainbow Book Reviews: This is a brief but well written love story about two men working in politics, but with different outlooks; for Sam it’s just an internship, but for Brad, it’s where his future lies, despite some of the party’s attitudes being in conflict with his beliefs. Brad is still idealistic enough to think he can make a difference, even though the Republican party’s ideals have shifted from governing and into bargains, bribes, and donations. The medallion is an excellent way to show Brad where he is in life, rather than where he hopes to … Read more

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I’m Taking Over the Dreamspinner Facebook Page Today!

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Scott

I’ll be taking over the DSP page tomorrow from 2-4 EST (11-1 PST) to talk about “Between the Lines”. Stop by and see me. I’ll do some giveaways, there’s a discount on my book, and I may even show some up until now unknown photos of my younger self. Oh, get your minds out of the gutter. Here’s a taste. 🙂 See you there! https://www.facebook.com/dreamspinnerpress?fref=ts

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More Stops on the Mighty Blog Tour

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World of Diversity

OK, today is release day, and I’m popping up all over the place. First off – Garrett Leigh’s great blog: Thanks, Garrett! Then there are the great folks at the Novel Approach: And my guest post at Inked Rainbow Reads, with the first Five Star review of the book: This was short enough I read it in about an hour. It’s a fun read with a bit of humor, a bit of drama, and a bit of magic. I loved the snappy dialog and the smooth writing style. I’ll admit, I didn’t like either Brad or Sam at first. But … Read more

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Release Date!

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It’s finally here! My very first stand-alone work, Between the Lines, is out. It’s hard to believe – it’s been a long time coming. I wrote my first story in fourth or fifth grade. by high school, I was working on a novel, and was sure that I was gonna be the next big thing in Fantasy and Sci Fi. Then a bunch of rejections, a coming out, and life in general intervened. Years went by. In my twenties, I tried again. And quit. In my thirties I tried yet again. And quit. But some people always believed in me. … Read more

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Two More Stops on My Magical, Mystical Blog Tour

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Tomorrow’s the release date for Between the Lines, my magical realism love letter to Sacramento. To kick it off, I had two more blog appearances today. The first was on BA Tortuga’s site: And another on Anne Barwell’s site: Thanks to BA and Anne – and remember, you can save 25% off the price right now for Rainbow Con with the code BTLRC on the Dreamspinner site.

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I’m on Goodreads

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So I’m now officially a Goodreads.com author – I’ve had my account upgraded to author status, and am busy filling in the details. Being an author is a lot of work! I’m also packing for RainbowCon… and man, there’s a lot of stuff to take. Plus the copies of the QSF flash fcition book I ordered came in, and Mark helped me practice for my author reading Friday at the con. *getting excited* Can’t wait to see many of you there. 🙂 –Scott

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QSF Releases Our First Book

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Discovery

Wow – lots of news this week – today is also the launch date for “Discovery: QSF’s Second Annual Flash Fiction Contest”. This is a great little book – and I say little because none of the hundred-plus stories included are more that 300 words long. The five contest winners are included, but there are many other great stories in here, running the gamut from sci fi to fantasy to paranormal to horror. It’s also a fundraiser for QSF… after the great folks at Mischief Corner Books take a small cut to pay expenses, the rest goes to fund the … Read more

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I’m Featured on the 3M/Musketeers Podcast!!!

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I'm in a podcast!

It was quite an honor to be asked onto the new 3M/Musketeers podcast – each week the hosts invite an author of MM fiction to an hour-long discussion roundtable. Our own talk covered the gamut from LGBT representation in mainstream speculative fiction to gay superheroes to oreogasms (don’t ask). Hear the whole thing here: http://3mmusketeerspodcast.akwekon.com/index.php/2015/07/10/j-scott-coatsworth-available-now/ Thanks so much to Jayne Lockwood, SA Collins and Vance Bastian for a great chat. And I’ll be guest hosting with SA and Vance for an upcoming episode with author Stephen del Mar!