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Category Archives: History
Monday Musings: Uncertainty, Optimism, and the New Year
I have been sitting in front of this screen for the better part of an hour, trying to write something for my opening Monday post of 2022. I am in no mood for prognosticating. With Covid still raging, and forty … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Politics, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, cancer, Covid-19, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, history, kids, mental health, optimism, pandemic, parenting, pessimism, politics, uncertainty, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: Showing 2021 The Door
A year ago, as 2020 was winding down and the nation was exhausted from months of lockdowns and economic devastation, from a disturbingly divisive Presidential campaign, and from the anti-democratic rantings and tantrums of our then Sore-Loser-In-Chief, I wrote a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, kids, Novels, Politics, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, Covid-19, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, family, history, January 6 Insurrection, kids, novels, parenting, politics, publishing, vaccinations, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: My Father
I have conversations with my father all the time. Literally every day. Which is kind of remarkable given that we lost him to leukemia twenty-five years ago. There are, for me at least, people in my life whose voices I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, History, kids, parenting
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, kids, marriage, memories, parenting, siblings
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Creative Wednesday: Books To Buy For The Writer In Your Life
‘Tis the season for giving, and for searching out gifts for the writer on your holiday shopping list. Or, if YOU are the writer on your holiday shopping list, searching out gifts for yourself! And so I thought I would … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Fantasy, History, Mystery, nature, Novels, Publishing, Research, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, gift ideas, history, holidays, how to write, magic, Noir, reading, reference books, research, Thieftaker, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips, Zombies Need Brains
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Monday Musings: Thoughts on GET BACK, the Beatles Documentary
Before watching it over the last week, I’d heard and read a good deal about Peter Jackson’s Get Back, the three part, eight hour documentary (sort of) on the Beatles and the lead up to their famous rooftop concert. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Music
Tagged Abbey Road, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, George Harrison, Get Back, history, John Lennon, memories, music, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, Yoko Ono
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Creative Wednesday: Communicating Our World Building To Our Readers
Tomorrow night, I will be giving a talk on world building here at the university, in a themed residential house devoted to writing. The students from the house, at least those I’ve met so far, are earnest and passionate and … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, History, Novels, Setting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, data dumps, David B. Coe, descriptions, dialogue, how to write, language, world building, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Some Thoughts on Release Day for “The Witch’s Storm”
Today is release day for “The Witch’s Storm,” the first installment in my new trilogy of Thieftaker novellas, The Loyalist Witch — Thieftaker, Fall 1770. For more about the release, you can read the interview I did with Faith Hunter … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Character, Ethan Kaille, Family, History, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Short Fiction, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged business of writing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, Lore Seekers Press, new releases, publicity, publishing, publishing business, releases, short fiction, The Adams Gambit, The Cloud Prison, The Loyalist Witch, The Witch's Storm, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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Faith Hunter Interviews D.B. Jackson — “The Witch’s Storm,” part 2
Tomorrow, May 18, Lore Seekers Press will release a new Thieftaker novella, “The Witch’s Storm,” the first installment in a trilogy called The Loyalist Witch — Thieftaker, Fall 1770. Today (with my D.B. Jackson hat on) I sat down with … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Ethan Kaille, Friendship, History, Novels, Publishing, Short Fiction, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, fantasy, historical fantasy, history, Lore Seekers Press, new releases, novels, short fiction, The Loyalist Witch, The Witch's Storm, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: Writing Scared
It often takes me some time to settle on a topic for my Monday Musings post. Some weeks one issue or another is such an obvious choice that composing the post is easy. Other weeks I can struggle with the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, debate, free speech, freedom of expression, history, opinions, politics
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Professional Wednesday: The Two World-Builds
They don’t care that the twelfth king of Hamsterdom was Belchamiethius IV, known to his subjects as “Conquerer of the Exercise Wheel.” They don’t need to know the names of each mountain peak in the Twelve Dunce Cap Range. This … Continue reading
Posted in Ethan Kaille, History, Novels, Reading, Research, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Ethan Kaille, Futurescapes, how to write, novels, reading, research, setting, short fiction, Thieftaker, world building, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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