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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Plotting Versus Pantsing, at Magical Words
Today’s installment in the continuing, unofficial Winter 2014-15 Spell Blind Blog Tour (which is way too much of a mouthful) can be found at the Magical Words blog site. The post is about plotting and pantsing — the age-old tension … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, blogging, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, magical words, pantsing, plotting, Spell Blind, Thieftaker, writing
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Dealing with Inaccuracies in my New Book
Yesterday I received one of those emails that authors usually hate to get. A reader wrote to let me know that there were a couple of details in my new novel, Spell Blind (book I in The Case Files of … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Reading, Research, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, mistakes, reading, research, Spell Blind, writing, writing life
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Moving on From MarsCon
I’m exhausted after a great weekend at MarsCon. Tomorrow I leave Williamsburg to do a few stock signings in North Carolina and then two bookstore events later in the week: a signing at the Books-A-Million in Gastonia, North Carolina on … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Appearances, Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry, Urban Fantasy, Writing
Tagged A Plunder of Souls, business of publishing, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, publishing, signing tour, signings, Spell Blind, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry, writing, writing life
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Today at MarsCon 25
Panels on the best genre books of the past quarter century and overcoming writing blocks in our novels, readings and signings with the wonderful Alethea Kontis, David Weber, and Katherine Kurtz, countless conversations both serious and fun: Just another day … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Friendship, Fun, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Writing Life
Tagged conventions, David B. Coe, MarsCon, writing, writing life
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Exploring During My Down Time
One of my favorite things to do at any convention is take advantage of my down time by exploring the area in which the con is held. While in San Jose for a World Fantasy Convention several years ago I … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Friendship, Fun, nature, travel, Writing Life
Tagged birdwatching, conventions, David B. Coe, MarsCon, the road, Travel
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From the Road . . .
I have arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia for MarsCon 25, which begins tomorrow. I was literary Guest of Honor at MarsCon back in 2013, or maybe it was 2012. Whichever it was, I had a great time here, and when the … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Writing Life
Tagged Bishop O'Connell, business of publishing, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, conventions, David B. Coe, Fountain Bookstore, MarsCon, signings, Spell Blind, Thieftaker, writing life
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A Very Special Interview
Today on the unofficial Winter 2014-15 Spell Blind Blog Tour I have a very special post up at the website of Lucienne Diver, writer, agent, friend. The post is an interview with Namid’skemu, a character from Spell Blind and the … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Character, Fantasy, Fun, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, blogging, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, character, David B. Coe, interview, Lucienne Diver, Spell Blind, writing, writing life
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Writing About Character at Magical Words
Today, I am back at Magical Words with a post about character and character relationships in Spell Blind, the first book in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson. The post is part of my continuing unofficial Spell Blind Winter 2014-15 … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Character, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, blogging, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, character, David B. Coe, magical words, publicity, publishing, Spell Blind, writing
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A New Interview is Up!
My friend Joshua Palmatier (aka Benjamin Tate) has interviewed me about the release of Spell Blind, the first book in the Case Files of Justis Fearsson. We talk about pseudonyms, urban fantasy, and character development, and, of course, we do … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Character, Fantasy, Friendship, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, blogging, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, interviews, Joshua Palmatier, Spell Blind, writing
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One of Those Posts . . .
This is one of those posts. And by one of those posts I mean a post that is going up for the sake of keeping alive a promise I’ve made to myself to try to blog about something every day. … Continue reading