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Author J. Scott Coatsworth
@jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social
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Wherein I share many cool book-related things.

Gay Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Magical Realism Author.

Owner of QueerSciFi.com, QueeRomanceInk.com, LimFic.com, and Otherworldsink.com. Webmaster for ParanormalRomanceGuild.com 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️
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For my Point of View column this week, I'm talking about how hard it can be lately to "get in the zone" for writing.

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#PointOfView #IAmWriting #InTheZone
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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QRI's upcoming releases:

www.queeromanceink.com/coming-soon/

Featuring:

A Little Christmas 4: Teller
Sam E. Kraemer
MM
Holiday

Planting Life in a Dying City
Jess Mahler
NB, 4+
Fantasy

Jilted
L.A. Witt
MM
Contemporary

Unguarded
Charity Parkerson
MM
Paranormal

#GayRomance
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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QRI's upcoming releases:

www.queeromanceink.com/coming-soon/

Featuring:

Snow Globe Secrets
Madalyn George
MM
Holiday

Catch
Ava Olsen
MM
Sports

Loving Lauren
Carly Bryant
FF
Contemporary

Luv by Numbers
Sam E. Kraemer
MMM
Contemporary

Fire in Cabin 27
TL Travis
MM
Fantasy

#GayRomance
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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On Carl Sagan's birthday, we're sharing astronomer tales

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The Astronomer’s Crypt
David Lee Summers
Horror

Aliens Venmoed Me a Trillion Dollars
Daniel Lawrence Abrams
Sci Fi

Flames
J. Scott Coatsworth
Magical Realism

The Day Of The Martians
H.E. Wilburson
Sci Fi
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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It's Louisiana Day, so we're sharing queer romances in the Pelican State

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The Long Journey to You
Vincent Traughber Meis
Gaylit

Sins of Yesterday (Arizona, #1)
Romeo Preminger
Gothic

Syncopation
Jodi Payne & BA Tortuga
Erotic

Skin
Christian Baines
Horror
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I've been formatting books for seven years now and have done hundreds of titles. Have a new book you want to self-publish, but just don't quite know how to prep your book files? Just $85, changes included. Try it now:

www.otherworldsink.com/formatting/

#bookformatting #formatting
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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WRITER FUEL: Scientists invent weird, shape-shifting 'electronic ink' that could give rise to a new generation of flexible gadgets.

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#WriterFuel #WritingIdeas #Ideas #ElectronicInk #Computers #Tech
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Check out Michael Merriam

Fantasy, Paranormal

Michael Merriam is a writer, performer, poet, and playwright. He is the author of the steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery, and his essays and stories have appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Cast of ...

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#AuthorSpotlight
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Time to share another author friend: Wendy Rathbone

MM BDSM, Dark, Erotica, Fantasy, Omegaverse, Paranormal

Wendy Rathbone has been writing for years, but since 2012 her focus is mostly on m/m romance. She writes all genres but seems to ...

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#GayRomance
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Hey Queer Romance authors and readers: join us at QueeRomanceInk.com. We're building a queer-owned, super queer friendly book community and directory that's hugely progressive. Queer Authors, readers, allies welcome!

Authors:

www.queeromanceink.com/membership-a...

Readers:

www.queeromanceink.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Hey Spec Fic authors and readers: sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and horror. Join us at LimFic.com. We're building an alternative spec fic book community/directory where authors help each other. Help us grow!

Authors:

www.limfic.com/membership-a...

Readers:

www.limfic.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Each month, we do this cool thing on QueerSciFi.com to support indie writers. We share 4 books with our readers for free, and add those readers (with permission) to the author lists.

Grab 'em here (sent out around the 3rd of next month):

queerscifi.com/join-our-mai...

#giveaway #freebooks
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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WRITER FUEL: Surprising colors and stunning features are captured in a new image of Mars' surface.

www.limfic.com/2025/11/08/w...

#WriterFuel #WritingIdeas #Ideas #Mars #EuropeanSpaceAgency
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Check out LE Franks

MM Comedy, Contemporary, Gaylit, Horror, Paranormal

LE Franks is an author of Gay Romance fiction, living in the SF Bay Area surrounded by inspiration; and after years of ignoring the voices in her head, she’s now ...

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#GayRomance
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Check out Julie Bozza

Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal, Sci Fi

Julie Bozza is an Aussie-Anglo hybrid empowered by writing, fuelled by espresso, calmed by knitting, overexcited by photography, and madly in love with Amy ...

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#AuthorSpotlight @juliebozza.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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It's time again for great deals on indie author / small press queer romances: today we have 11 books on sale:

www.queeromanceink.com/sales/

Join the QueeRomance Ink newsletter list, get 4 free books:

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#salessaturday
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Each month, we do this cool thing on QueeRomanceInk to support indie writers. We share 4 books with our readers for free, and then add them (with permission) to the author lists.

Grab 'em here (sent around the 3rd of next month):

www.queeromanceink.com/join-our-ema...
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Each month, we do a cool thing on Liminal Fiction to support indie writers. We share 4 of their books with our readers for free, then add them (with permission) to the author lists. Grab 'em here (we send them out around the 3rd of next month):

www.limfic.com/join-our-ema...

#giveaway #freebies
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Check out Eric Alan Westfall

Fantasy, Paranormal

Eric is an American Midwesterner, and as Lady Glenhaven might say, “He’s old enough to have sailed with Noah.” In the real world he writes for a living, with some who would claim what he ...

www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut...

#AuthorSpotlight
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Check out James Brock

MM Contemporary, Erotic

Early life for James Brock was on a homestead in central Alaska with no electricity or running water and an outhouse he still remembers with dread on cold mornings. The log cabin was lined with book laden shelves which served not ...

#GayRomance
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Hey Queer Romance authors and readers: join us at QueeRomanceInk.com. We're building a queer-owned, super queer friendly book community and directory that's hugely progressive. Queer Authors, readers, allies welcome!

Authors:

www.queeromanceink.com/membership-a...

Readers:

www.queeromanceink.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Hey Spec Fic authors and readers: sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal and horror. Join us at LimFic.com. We're building an alternative spec fic book community/directory where authors help each other. Help us grow!

Authors:

www.limfic.com/membership-a...

Readers:

www.limfic.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Backlist feature: Flawless

"Even when he’s writing scifi and fantasy, Coatsworth’s writing style is inclusive, relatable. Good, bad, funny, sad – we can all connect to the emotions his characters... A 5-star read." --Sherry, Paranormal Romance Guild

www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/flawless/
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Check out Chris Quinton

MM Contemporary, Fantasy

Chris started creating stories not long after she mastered joined-up writing, somewhat to the bemusement of her parents and her English teachers. But she received...

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#GayRomance @chrisquinton.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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New from QRI

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Catching Hanif's Eye
Patrick Doyle
MM
Mystery

Anchor Grey
BL Maxwell
MM
Contemporary

Crash Landing at the North Pole
Beck Lewis
MM
Holiday

Demon Dating Service
Jocelynn Drake
MM
Paranormal

Snacks & Jockstraps
A.D. Ellis
MM
Contemporary

#GayRomance
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM