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
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
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
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.
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
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!
OK, so I’ve kinda been on Amazon before. But only as part of a couple anthologies and journals. Which was awesome enough. But now I’m on there for the first time with my own book: *jumping up and down* So excited. It also popped up today on Kobo, Barnes and Noble and ARe. Here are all the links: Dreamspinner: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=6645 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Between-Lines-J-Scott-Coatsworth-ebook/dp/B011A0STW4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1436463638&sr=1-1 Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/between-the-lines-47 B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/between-the-lines-j-scott-coatsworth/1122268217?ean=2940151053341 ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-betweenthelines-1840887-143.html Six days to launch!!!
OK, so I did already reveal it on FB last week, but hey, let me enjoy my moment. 🙂 I have two novellas coming out in July – my first stand-alone works! The first one is The Homecoming – from Less Than Three – I call it my wolfman v.s spaceman book. It’s about a man returning to Earth five hundred years after mankind abandoned the planet, and what he finds when he arrives. This gorgeous cover was created for me by the talented London Burden, who stuck with me even when I was an incredible PITA. I’m thrilled with … Read more
