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Category Archives: Dead Man’s Reach
Today’s Post: Openings and Hooking Readers, pt. 1
Today’s installment in the 2015 Summer-of-Two-Releases Virtual Tour is all about opening lines for a novel or story. In it, I break down the opening paragraphs of Dead Man’s Reach, the fourth book in the Thieftaker Chronicles (written as D. … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, His Father's Eyes, how to write, magical words, opening lines, openings, Thieftaker
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Today on the Virtual Tour
Today’s installment on the 2015 Summer-of-Two-Releases Virtual Tour finds me at the Fantasy Book Critic blog site. My post compares and contrasts the approach I took in the two novels I have coming out over the next few weeks — … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Character, Dead Man's Reach, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, Fantasy Book Critic, His Father's Eyes, publicity, publishing, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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Today’s Blog Tour Post, by Ethan Kaille!
Today on the 2015 Summer-of-Two-Releases Virtual Tour, we have a special post from Ethan Kaille, the conjuring, thieftaking hero of the Thieftaker Chronicles. Ethan has a lot to say about the state of Boston, his home city, in the winter … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, Business of publishing, Character, Dead Man's Reach, Ethan Kaille, History, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Boston, Dead Man's Reach, Ethan Kaille, Fantasy Book Spot, history, publicity, publishing, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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A New Post About Publishing With Two Houses
Today the 2015 Summer-of-Two-Releases Virtual Tour returns to Magical Words with a post about what it’s like to publish two series, under two different names, with two different publishers. We are a little under two weeks away from the July … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Baen Books, blog tour, business of publishing, business of writing, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, His Father's Eyes, publicity, publishing, Thieftaker, Tor Books
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The Virtual Tour Begins!!
Today, I begin my 2015 Summer-of-Two-Releases Virtual Tour, with a post at the Magical Words blog site. Dead Man’s Reach, the fourth and final volume of the Thieftaker Chronicles, will be released in nineteen days, on July 21. His Father’s … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Fantasy, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, His Father's Eyes, magical words, publicity, publishing, Thieftaker, writing
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The Blog Tour
Yes, it’s that time of year again, when I start showing up at other people’s websites, talking about myself and my work. Also known as the blog tour! This year’s 2015 Summer of Two Releases Tour will begin later this … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Friendship, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, His Father's Eyes, publicity, publishing, writing
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Dead Man’s Reach Update
Today I finished reading through the first pass galley proofs of Dead Man’s Reach, the fourth and (for now) final book in the Thieftaker Chronicles. There is really nothing left for me to do in terms of production for the … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Fantasy, History, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Chris McGrath, cover art, Dead Man's Reach, novels, publicity, publishing, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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A Book Goes Out, a Book Comes In, a Book Begins
I turned in a book today. Shadow’s Blade, the newly titled, third installment in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, is out of my hands and with my editor at Baen Books. That’s kind of exciting. I read it through … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Fantasy, Novels, Publishing, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Baen Books, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, Shadow's Blade, writing, writing life
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A Novel By Any Other Name . . .
My Facebook page was hopping today, because I asked for people’s opinions on the title for the book I’ve been working on. The book is the third in my new series from Baen, The Case Files of Justis Fearsson. The … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Facebook, His Father's Eyes, novels, Spell Blind, titles, writing, writing life
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A Post About the Writing Life
Today’s post can be found at the Magical Words blog site. It’s a post I struggled with (which is why it’s so late in going up), but feel very strongly about. It’s called The Writing Life and What it Means … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Novels, Publishing, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged creativity, David B. Coe, magical words, writing, writing life
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