Point of View: My Writing Plans For 2016
Hey all, Last week I reviewed my writing year in 2015. I thought I’d flip things around this week and look ahead to my writing plans for 2016. So here are some of the things I hope to accomplish: 1) Publish My First Novel: Or at least get it scheduled. Those who know me well know that I wrote my first novel in my early twenties, like twenty five years ago (I know, right?). But it never went anywhere – it was roundly rejected by ten mainstream publishers. In my more recent writing life, I’ve stuck exclusively to short stories … Read more
Review: Artifice, by Alex Woolfson
Now I see what all the fuss is about. I just finished reading the graphic novel Artifice, by Alex Woolfson (illustrations by Winona Nelson). When we planned to attend Rainbow Con, Angel was all excited about the featured guest, some guy I’d never heard of. Turns out Alex had the table across from QSF in the dealer room – he’s a great, sweet, personable guy. I’m sorry it took me so long to review this, Alex! I planned to buy it at RC, but Mark dissuaded me – apparently because he wanted to surprise me for Christmas with a signed … Read more
The Autumn Lands Gets a Release Date!
Great news! My latest novella, just released in November as part of the Travels Through the Scarlet Equinox anthology from Mischief Corner Books, will soon be out as a stand-alone book! The release date is January 27th, and I should have a cover reveal in the next couple weeks – the cover will be designed by the talented Catherine Dair. Woo Hoo!
Point of View: What I’m Thankful For in 2015
Hey all, It’s almost the end of the year, and I find myself getting a little somber and reflective. It’s been a good year–a year of changes, some of them difficult, and some of them extremely rewarding. Angel and I have started referring to it as “the year of the learning curve”. So for today’s Point of View column, I thought I would list some of the people and things from 2015 that I am thankful for. Please keep in mind that this is an incomplete list. I have many more blessings than I have time to recount in print. … Read more
Author Spotlight: S.A. Collins
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, S.A. Collins – S.A. Collins, or Baz to his writing friends, is kind of a force of nature. I met Baz on Facebook, and Mark and I helped him (with substantial help from our Italian friends Marco and Fabry) on some Italian in his novel Angels of March Volume 1. Baz is also one of the principals at the WROTE (Written on the Edge) podcast, which interviews queer and queer friendly authors … Read more
Point of View: Writing Serial Fiction
About five months ago, I was at Rainbow Con, and attended a session with Alex Woolfson and Adam DeKraker of “The Young Protectors” fame. The Young Guardians, for those who aren’t familiar with it, is an LGBT superheroes comic. Alex and Adam put together a new page once a week and post it for free on Alex’s site: http://webcomics.yaoi911.com/typ/ete_title_page/ It’s a great concept – you get to read the whole thing for free, and then you get hooked and want a copy for yourself, which they will happily supply. It got me thinking. I had just launched my own blog, … Read more
WROTE’s 12 Days of Christmas Series Kicks Off
Our friends over at the WROTE Podcast are running a 12 day story extravaganza for the Holidays: “We at the Written on the Edge podcast are grateful for the family-in-spirit that has grown up around the idea of our stories of love, life, and living to the fullest. As you bebop through your holiday this year, we’d like to show our gratitude with a little cheer. Twelve cheers, actually. Delivered to you in the mornings as daily half-hour stories through the end of December. Keelan Ellis kicks off the Twelve Days of Stories events with her tale “APIAPT!!” narrated by … Read more
Queer Sci Fi Holiday Blog Hop
QueerSciFi is running our first ever holiday blog hop. Our members will be sharing a number of our great holiday-themed titles on their blogs – it’s a great way to find speculative-fiction themed LGBT holiday books! We’ve included buy links for each of the books below – books are listed in alphabetical order by title. Happy Holidays! Candle in the Dark Anthology Author: Various Price: $5.00 eBook / $10.00 Paperback Summary: In almost all traditions, winter has been a time to huddle around the fire and be thankful for those the fire is shared with. The holidays grew out of … Read more
Author Spotlight: Stephen Del Mar
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, Stephen del Mar – Stephen’s a great guy – I met him at Rainbow Con and got to spend a little time with him, and then was fortunate enough to interview him for the 3MMuskateers Podcast (now WROTE). Thanks so much, Stephen, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: How would you describe your writing style/genre? Stephen Del Mar: I think fall into the southern literary tradition of having character based stories where … Read more