Hallie Rubenhold: Books Are Like Babies

In this interview, author Hallie Rubenhold discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic completely upended her writing plans for her new historical true crime book, Story of a Murder.
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Check out Cindy Lynn Speer

Fantasy

Let's see...

I've been a writer since I was 13, when I decided that I wanted to write fantasy novels set in medieval worlds. I used to spend hours outlining books on heraldry, herbs, needle arts and knighthood...one that continues to stick in my head was called "Life on a Medieval Barony." I've written several stories since, but I never really used the information in a novel. ...

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/cindy-lynn-speer/

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Time to share another author friend: Halli Starling

FF, F-NB, MF, MM NB Contamporary, Dark Romance, Fantasy, Gaylit, Horror, Paranormal

She/they, 30+ Writing slow burns and romance with emotional investment, and the occasional vampire or evil fey. Cohost of The Human Exception podcast. Gamer, librarian, reader.

https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/halli-starling/

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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: Riley Odell is an autistic writer and neurodiversity activist. He writes horror, comedy, and bizarro, and is the creator of Divergnt Realms, an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories about ...

https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/author-spotlight-riley-odell/

Clay Risen: On Being Vigilant Against History Repeating Itself

In this interview, author Clay Risen discusses the challenges of capturing an entire historical moment in one book with his new historical nonfiction book, Red Scare. …
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Bellamy Rose: Don’t Be Afraid To Try New Things

In this interview, author Bellamy Rose discusses how a reader-favorite character from a different book helped inspire her new cozy mystery, Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder. …
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Meet Devan Barlow, author of short stories and the Curses & Curtains series. She specialises in #FairyTaleRetellings. #AuthorInterview #AuthorSpotlight #FantasyBooks

https://cmrosens.com/2025/03/21/author-spotlight-devan-barlow/

Check out Cody Sisco

Sci Fi

Cody Sisco is an author, publisher, and literary community organizer.

As an author, Cody’s speculative fiction straddles the divide between plausible and extraordinary. His Resonant Earth Series includes two novels thus far, Broken Mirror and Tortured Echoes, and a short story prequel, Believe and Live. Altered Bodies, the third volume in the series, is due out in 2020. ...

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/cody-sisco/

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Check out Beck Grey

MM Contemporary

Beck is a non-binary writer of sweet, sexy, LGBTQ happily ever afters. Why? Because everyone deserves all the happy! They live in the Northeastern United States with their two adorable dogs. Weekdays are spent working their day job, but nights and weekends are devoted to writing stories involving hot ...

https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/40899/

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Check out Kathryn Sullivan

Fantasy, Sci Fi, Young Adult

Kathryn Sullivan couldn't find enough stories with girls as the main characters when she was growing up, so now she writes stories where girls are the explorers, the wizards and the ones who solve problems and rescue people. Any place and any object is at risk of appearing in her stories – the river bluffs surrounding Winona, MN, where she lives, can ...

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/kathryn-sullivan/

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Check out Karenna Colcroft

MM Contemporary, Erotic Romance, Fantasy, Gaylit, Historical, Holiday, Paranormal

Karenna Colcroft lives just north of Boston, Massachusetts, and has been in love with the city since childhood, though she has yet to encounter any werewolves, vampires, or other paranormal beings in her travels. At least none that she...

https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/karenna-colcroft/

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Hannah Deitch: On Accepting More Positive Feedback https://www.writersdigest.com/hannah-deitch-on-accepting-more-positive-feedback #Writer'sDigestAuthorSpotlight #AuthorSpotlightSeries #WriteBetterFiction #Mystery/Thriller #AuthorSpotlights #AuthorSpotlight #LiteraryFiction #BeInspired #Interviews #Literary #mystery #Genre

Check out Martin Lochman

Sci Fi

Martin is a Czech science fiction author currently residing and working in Malta. To date, he has published over four dozen short stories in a variety of venues, including New Myths, Kzine, Theme of Absence, XB-1, and others. His debut anthology "All Quiet in the Milky Way: Ray M. Holler’s Adventures vol. 1" will be out in December 2023.

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/martin-lochman/

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Time to share another author friend: Fearne Hill

MM Contemporary, Gaylit

Pronouns – she/her

Fearne Hill lives deep in the southern British countryside with varying numbers of hens, a few tortoises and a beautiful cocker spaniel.

When she is not overseeing her small menagerie, she enjoys writing contemporary romantic fiction. And when she ...

https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/fearne-hill/

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C.I. Jerez: On Tackling PTSD Authentically in Fiction https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/c-i-jerez-on-tackling-ptsd-authentically-in-fiction #Writer'sDigestAuthorSpotlight #AuthorSpotlightSeries #WriteBetterFiction #AuthorSpotlights #AuthorSpotlight #BeInspired #Interviews #DebutNovel

I love sharing some of my author friends with y'all. Check out Matthew Hughes

Fantasy

I write space opera science fiction and fantasy mostly set in my extrapolation of Jack Vance’s Dying Earth. I make no bones about being heavily influenced by Vance, whose work I first encountered as a thirteen-year-old in the early 1960s.

Booklist has called me Vance’s “heir apparent” and George R.R. Martin says I...

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/matthew-hughes/

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Check out Alex Jane

MM Contemporary, Historical, Mystery, Paranormal, Western

After spending years creating stories in her head, Alex started writing them down and then found she couldn’t stop. Despite the late start, she now writes m/m romance about found families, sometimes with a historical feel—and the occasional werewolf.

https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/alex-jane/

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Check out Robin Reed

Fantasy

Robin Reed writes science fiction and humor as herself, and horror and thrillers as Robin Morris. She dwells in the desert near Los Angeles, where she hides in a cave that is sometimes called a condo. Her two familiars demand petting and food daily.

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/robin-reed-robin-morris/

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