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21Sep/23

J. Scott Coatsworth

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September 21, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 8, Episode 40: J. Scott Coatsworth–The Gauntlet Runner Release Day

J Scott Coatsworth takes time out of his busy release day schedule to share The Gauntlet Runner with us!

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Scott lives with his husband Mark in a yellow bungalow in Sacramento. He was indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine. He devoured her library, but as he grew up, he wondered where all the people like him were.

He decided that if there weren’t queer characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends.

A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, sites that celebrate fiction reflecting queer reality, and is the committee chair for the Indie Authors Committee at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

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September 7, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 8, Episode 38: J. Scott Coatsworth–Transform the World Release Day

J Scott Coatsworth takes time out of his busy release day schedule to share Transform the World with us!

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Scott lives with his husband Mark in a yellow bungalow in Sacramento. He was indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine. He devoured her library, but as he grew up, he wondered where all the people like him were.

He decided that if there weren’t queer characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends.

A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, sites that celebrate fiction reflecting queer reality, and is the committee chair for the Indie Authors Committee at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

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August 11, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 8, Episode 34: J. Scott Coatsworth

J. Scott Coatsworth returns to share the many projects he has releasing in the coming year. The Tharassas Cycle book one: The Dragon Eater is out, and book two: The Gauntlet Runner is coming in September. He’s spearheaded the anthologies Rise and Transform the World, and is working on the indie-writer’s-how-to book titled Suck a Little Happy Juice.

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Scott lives with his husband Mark in a yellow bungalow in Sacramento. He was indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine. He devoured her library, but as he grew up, he wondered where all the people like him were.

He decided that if there weren’t queer characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends.

A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, sites that celebrate fiction reflecting queer reality, and is the committee chair for the Indie Authors Committee at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

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April 9, 2021

It gives us great pleasure to welcome J. Scott Coatsworth back as the guest on Episode 315 – OH MY GOD WE’RE GONNA DIE!

J. Scott Coatsworth returns to share the many goings on in his life—his Fix the World anthology, the call for submissions to this year’s flash fiction anthology, the rollout of limfic.com, and his latest novel Dropnauts!

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Scott lives with his husband Mark in a yellow bungalow in Sacramento. He was indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine. He devoured her library, but as he grew up, he wondered where all the people like him were.

He decided that if there weren’t queer characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends.

A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi, QueeRomance Ink, and Other Worlds Ink with Mark, sites that celebrate fiction reflecting queer reality, and is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

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December 21, 2018

Join us as J. Scott Coatsworth and SA “Baz” Collins discuss the business and craft of writing. Episode 195: A Writer’s Life.

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March 9, 2018


It gives us great pleasure to welcome J. Scott Coatsworth back as the guest on Episode 154: And Then This Happened!!

This week J. Scott Coatsworth returns to talk about his latest release Lander, breaking into self-publishing, and announce the Queer SciFi Flash Fiction Contest Theme!

** NOTE: You can read Jayne Lockwood’s reviews of Skythane (here) and Lander (here)!**

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Scott lives between the here and now and the what could be. Indoctrinated into fantasy and sci fi by his mother at the tender age of nine, he devoured her library. But as he grew up, he wondered where the people like him were.

He decided it was time to create the kinds of stories he couldn’t find at Waldenbooks. If there weren’t gay characters in his favorite genres, he would remake them to his own ends.

His friends say Scott’s brain works a little differently – he sees relationships between things that others miss, and gets more done in a day than most folks manage in a week. He seeks to transform traditional sci fi, fantasy, and contemporary worlds into something unexpected.

A Rainbow Award winning author, he runs Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink with his husband Mark, sites that bring queer people together to promote and celebrate fiction reflecting their own reality.

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October 14, 2016

It gives us great pleasure to announce J Scott Coatsworth and Angel Martinez as the guests on episode 079: Flash Fiction Takes Flight!

This week J. Scott Coatsworth (Moderator of Queer SciFi) and Angel Martinez (of Mischief Corner Books) join us to talk about the art that is the Flash Fiction contest, what they looked for as judges, and to announce the release of the contest’s anthology: Flight. As a bonus, SA “Longform” Collins shares what he learned as a competitor!

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J. Scott Coatsworth has been writing since 4th grade, when he won a University of Arizona writing contest for his first sci fi story (with illustrations!). He finished his first novel in his mid-twenties, but after seeing it rejected by ten publishers, he gave up on writing for a while.

Over the ensuing years, he came back to it periodically, but it never stuck. Then one day, he was complaining to Mark, his husband, about how he had been derailed yet again by the death of a family member. Mark said to him “the only one stopping you from writing is you.”

Since then, Scott has gone back to writing in a big way, finishing more than a dozen short stories – some new, some started years before. After seeing his first sale, he’s embarking on a new trilogy. He also runs the Queer Sci Fi (http://www.queerscifi.com) site, a support group for writers of gay sci fi, fantasy, and supernatural fiction.
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Angel Martinez is the unlikely black sheep of an ivory tower, intellectual family. She has managed to make her way through life reasonably unscathed. Despite a wildly misspent youth, she snagged a degree in English Lit, married once and did it right the first time, (same husband for almost twenty-four years) gave birth to one amazing son, (now in college) and realized at some point that she could get paid for writing.

Published since 2006, Angel’s cynical heart cloaks a desperate romantic. You’ll find drama and humor given equal weight in her writing and don’t expect sad endings. Life is sad enough.

She currently lives in Delaware in a drinking town with a college problem and writes Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around gay heroes.

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TH-Cover_sm		 It gives us great pleasure to announce J. Scott Coatsworth as the guest on episode 007: Describe Yourself In One Word: “Ooooh…”!
Join us as we talk with Scott about writing Science Fiction and building communities.
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15Sep/23

C Spencer

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September 15, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 39 Interview – C. Spencer

C. Spencer joins us to discuss her latest novel, So It Went Like This. We talk about contained settings and getting away to find one’s self!

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C. Spencer grew up in Southern California during the 70s and 80s—watching Disneyland fireworks off her balcony and ditching school to hit Tower Records and thrift shops on Melrose Avenue. She spent two years as an art major in college only to switch mid-way to English Literature, which led to her unnatural obsession with Hester Prynne, Lady Brett Ashley, and Henry David Thoreau’s lifestyle of resistance.

After graduating, she packed her car and moved to Burlington, Vermont sight unseen, living in the land of maple syrup and snowboarding for the next ten years. She currently resides in Western Massachusetts. She’s worked as a copywriter and editor since 2001. In 2013, she began writing fiction on the side.

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14Sep/23

Allan Glaser

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September 14, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 39 Summer of Pride Interview – Allan Glaser

Allan Glaser joins us to discuss his work as a producer, his life with and marriage to Tab Hunter, and how he encouraged Tab to tell his story in both memoir and the documentary Tab Hunter Confidential!

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Allan Glaser is a producer know for the feature films Lust in the Dust, Tab Hunter Confidential, and Tab & Tony. He was born and raised in Norfolk, VA and attended University of Southern California. While at USC, Glaser was employed at 20th Century Fox, where he ultimately became Director of Acquisitions of feature films. While in that position he met Tab Hunter. The two formed Fox Run Productions and produced Lust in the Dust, starring Hunter, Divine, and Lainie Kazan. Released in 1985, the film was a hit and landed Glaser a production deal at 20th Century Fox. Glaser’s next film, Dark Horse, was based on a story by Tab Hunter. It starred Mimi Rogers and Ed Begley, Jr., and premiered at Cannes Film Festival. Glaser convinced Hunter to write his autobiography, which became a New York Times best-seller. They then turned the book into the critically-acclaimed documentary of the same name, Tab Hunter Confidential, which premiered at SXSW 2015 before enjoying a successful run in theaters and then on Netflix. Between his feature film work, Glaser worked as a production executive for several major studios. Allan and Tab were life partners from 1983 until 2013, when they married, and then spouses until Hunter’s death in 2018.

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08Sep/23

MariNaomi

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September 8, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 38 Interview – MariNaomi

MariNaomi joins us to share their collage-memoir, I Thought You Loved Me. We dive into their art style and the unlooked-for surprises in an artist’s life!

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MariNaomi is the award-winning author and illustrator of almost 10 books. Their work has appeared in nearly 100 print publications and has been featured on websites such as The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, The Washington Post, LA Times, The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast, SF Examiner, and BuzzFeed. Their comics have been translated into French, German, and Russian.
MariNaomi’s comics and paintings have been featured in the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American National Museum.
In 2011 and 2018, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. They are the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. They have taught classes for the California College of the Arts Comics MFA program, and was a guest editor for PEN Illustrated. They were cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba.
MariNaomi lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with their partner and a menagerie of beloved rescue animals.

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01Sep/23

Tate Barkley

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September 1, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 37 Interview – Tate Barkley

Tate Barkley shares his memoir Sunday Dinners, Moonshine, and Men, plus why people wanted to hear the ending, and reveals the trials in his life that lead him to learning to forgive.

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Tate Barkley carried the burden of shame for years, stemming from poverty, addiction, and the struggle of being a closeted gay man. Through Alcoholics Anonymous, he found sobriety and now seeks to inspire others by sharing his transformative journey. His memoir, releasing this month, unveils his troubled relationship with his father and his path to overcoming shame and a scarcity mindset. Tate reflects on his challenging childhood from rural North Carolina to poverty in Central Florida, and their move to 1970s Houston. He details his battle with repressed sexuality and escalating drinking, leading to rock bottom. Tate’s story resonates as he pursues self-acceptance and inner peace. A Houston-based attorney, speaker, author, and educator, Tate lives with his husband, Anson, and their dog, Emerson.

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25Aug/23

C.H. Williams

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August 25, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 36 Interview – C.H. Williams

C.H. Williams joins us to share his love of the dark side of fairy tales that have a radiance of queer joy! We discuss his character-driven works, the random-factor he used to write One of a Thousand Names, and the multi-era span of his overarching Merchant Series!

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C.H. Williams is a fantasy author and illustrator living in the Mid-Atlantic with his husband, a very spunky dog, and two troublesome cats. With a repertoire of character-driven high fantasy novels, his writing couples the darker side of fairy tales with the radiance and joy of queer love. When not causing trouble or spending time doing foundry work with his husband, he can be found walking in the woods and listening to music. Before delving into the realms of magic, he worked as a classical musician, actively performing and conducting research about musicians’ relationship to gender. He has since pivoted to legal work during the day and writing dark, contemplative fantasy at night.
His writing touches on the soft, small moments of magic made when we cultivate our gardens amid the storms, and on the immensity of experience as he explores character-driven stories that play out realistic decisions and consequences of a fantastical universe.

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18Aug/23

Willie Carver

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August 18, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 35 Interview – Willie Carver

Willie Carver joins us to share his passion for teaching, his experience as Kentucky Teacher of the Year, his love of Appalachia, and his book Gay Poems for Red States!

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Willie Edward Taylor Carver Jr. has spent his entire life dedicated to student success. He holds degrees in French and English from Morehead State University, where he focused his studies on advocacy for students, particularly first generation, Appalachian, and minoritized students. He began his work in eastern Kentucky, later studying and teaching in France. In 2022, Carver was named Kentucky Teacher of the Year and Ambassador to the Kentucky Department of Education, where he created a platform of inclusion and advocacy for LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Appalachian students. His work has been published in Kentucky Teacher, Education Week, and EdPost. Carver’s story has been featured on NBC, PBS, NPR, and other news outlets.

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15Aug/23

David S. Pederson

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August 15, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 35 Release Day Short – David S. Pederson

David S. Pederson takes time out of his busy release day to share his latest novel, Murder at the Oasis with us!

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A two-time Lambda finalist, David S. Pederson has written many short stories and poems and is passionate about mysteries, old movies, and crime novels. When not reading or writing, he enjoys working out, and studying classic ocean liners, floor plans, and historic homes.

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July 1, 2022

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 7, Episode 26 – David S. Pederson + Our Review of season three Love, Victor!

David S. Pederson shares his two 1940s sleuths with us, and we then discuss his recent novel: Murder on Monte Vista, as well as his love of rendering floor plans and designs. Then Baz and Vance review season three of Love, Victor and share who won the week for them!

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David S. Pederson was born in Leadville, Colorado, where his father was a miner. Soon after, the family relocated to Wisconsin, where David grew up, attending high school and university, majoring in business and creative writing. Landing a job in retail, he found himself relocating to New York, Massachusetts, and eventually back to Wisconsin. He and his husband now reside in the sunny Southwest.

A two-time Lambda finalist, he has written many short stories and poems and is passionate about mysteries, old movies, and crime novels. When not reading or writing, David enjoys working out, and studying classic ocean liners, floor plans, and historic homes.

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04Aug/23

Hamour Baika

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August 4, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 8, Episode 33: Hamour Baika

Hamour Baika shares his novel Stolen Moments of Joy! We talk about being kind to refugees because you have no way of knowing their circumstances, overcoming domestic violence, and finding happiness.

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Hamour Baika was born in Iran and lived in Ahwaz during his teen years. He wrote his first novella, a fan fiction piece about the alien creature E.T. at age 12. Baika has a master’s degree in human rights. He’s a painter and classical pianist, and he now lives in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.

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28Jul/23

Mike Albo

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July 28, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present Season 8, Episode 32: Mike Albo

Mike Albo shares his speculative romance, Another Dimension of Us! We talk science fiction & scifi, astral projection, time travel, and saving romance.

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Mike Albo is the author of three novels and myriad magazine articles. He has written horoscopes, love advice, and was The Critical Shopper columnist for the New York Times. He also performs comedy shows, both solo and ensemble, has emcee’d for many galas and benefits, and is an interviewer in his own right!

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