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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Jess Faraday

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Jess Faraday

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: Jess Faraday is an award-winning writer and editor of mystery and suspense. Her first novel, The Affair of the Porcelain Dog, was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award, and her third, Fool’s Gold, won the Rainbow Award for Best Gay Historical and was a runner up for Best Gay Novel overall. Thanks so much, Jess, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: If you could sit down with one other writer, living or dead, who … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: TL Travis

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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: TL Travis is award winning, published author of a plethora of LGBTQ+ and contemporary romance and erotic musings that have earned her a “Best-Selling Author” flag in the US as well as Internationally. In her spare time, when she’s not weaving steamy webs, she enjoys spending time with her family, fishing, wine tasting and people watching. Everyone has a story to tell, half the fun is dreaming up with what it is. … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT/GIVEAWAY: Richard Thomas

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Richard Thomas

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. GIVEAWAY: Comment on this post below for a chance to win an eBook copy of Richard’s book Tribulations. Today: Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of eight books: Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi) Transubstantiate Herniated Roots Staring Into the Abyss Tribulations Spontaneous Human Combustion (Turner Publishing) The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books). He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, Thriller, and Audie awards. His over 165 stories in print … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Raymond Bolton

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Raymond Bolton

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: Raymond Bolton lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife, Toni, and their cats, Max and Arthur. He has written award-winning poetry and has published six novels.  His crossover epic fantasy/sci-fi quartet, The Ydron Saga, which consists of Awakening and it prequel trilogy, Thought Gazer, Foretellers and Triad, are published by WordFire Press, publisher of many bestselling and award-winning authors including Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Alan Dean Foster, Mike Resnick, Brian Herbert, Tracy Hickman, and … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Jackie Keswick

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Jackie Keswick

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: Jackie Keswick was born behind the Iron Curtain with itchy feet, a bent for rocks, and a recurring dream of stepping off a bus in the middle of nowhere to go home. She’s worked in a hospital and as the only girl with 52 men on an oil rig, spent a winter in Moscow and a summer in Iceland and finally settled in the country of her dreams with her dream team: … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Laura Frankos

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Laura Frankos

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, Laura Frankos has written mysteries, fantasy and science fiction stories. She has published one mystery novel, Saint Oswald’s Niche, which is currently out of print, a time travel novel, Broadway Revival, and The Broadway Musical Quiz Book. Frankos also writes the Broadway history column “The Great White Wayback Machine” and has published numerous trivia quizzes about Broadway plays. Thanks so much, Laura, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: What’s the weirdest thing … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Claire Davon

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Claire Davon

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. GIVEAWAY Claire is giving away an eBook copy of book one in the Elementals Challenge series, Fire Danger. For a chance to winn, comment on this post below. Today: USA Today Bestselling author Claire Davon has written for most of her life, starting with fan fiction when she was very young. She writes across a wide range of genres. If a story calls to her, she will write it. She currently lives in … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Raymond Bolton

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Raymond Bolton

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. Raymond Bolton lives near Portland, Oregon with his wife, Toni, and their cats, Max and Arthur. He has written award-winning poetry and has published six novels. His crossover epic fantasy/sci-fi quartet, The Ydron Saga, which consists of Awakening and its prequel trilogy, Thought Gazer, Foretellers and Triad, are published by WordFire Press, publisher of many bestselling and award-winning authors including Frank Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Alan Dean Foster, Mike Resnick, Brian Herbert, Tracy Hickman, and David … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Rick R. Reed

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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. Rick R. Reed is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than fifty works of published fiction. He is a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Entertainment Weekly has described his work as “heartrending and sensitive.” Lambda Literary has called him: “A writer that doesn’t disappoint…” Rick lives in Palm Springs, CA, with his husband, Bruce, and their rescue dogs, Kodi and Joaquin Thanks so much, Rick, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did … Read more

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Dani Hermit & Curtis Star

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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. The writing duo behind several briefly notorious YuGiOh fanfics, Dani Hermit (they/them) and Curtis Star (he/him) have been romantically involved for over 20 years, though they have been telling stories together for even longer. A mutual love of slash fan-fiction and high fantasy novels lead to a love for each other that hasn’t faded through the years. Together they created the various incarnations of the characters who would one day emerge as the … Read more