Beside the Darker Shore is the story of the choices David Gedden, governor of Massachusetts, must make to have what he wants, which is singular love. But throughout the story, his battle between reason and passion is influenced by secondary Read more
Spark and Tether was an accident. There are periods of my life that I think of as the Big Shifts—spans of months or a year where everything changed whether I liked it or not. The second half of 2021 was Read more
I Just Can’t Quit Them! Back in 2010, I created a character who kind of took over my brain. It all started with a seemingly innocent question posed in an online group I belonged to. I wrote a short Read more
A Playlist for The Wasteland Kings by Jaimie N. Schock I have selected ten songs to listen to while reading my queer sci-fi book The Wasteland Kings. They are in order of events in the novel, starting with the moment Read more
Anatomy of a Fight – Vesta versus Everyone Bigger than Her The premise: How can a fit but petite woman fight in a realistic and successful way? The answer: With good planning. In the following excerpt, we see our Read more
Writing “Boy in the Band”J.Scott Coatsworth “Boy in the Band,” one of the five stories in the “Love & Limitations” anthology, has its own special history. I initially wrote it as a suicide attempt by gun – trigger warnings Read more