OK, my second novella is being released this week, and the blog tour is gearing up again. Today – a stop at Garrett Leigh’s blog: Next, Anna Butler pries out some of my deepest secrets in an interview to launch The Homecoming: And another stop at MM Good Book Reviews: And one more, from BA Tortuga’s blog: More coming tomorrow!
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
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
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
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
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!!!