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Category Archives: Reading
Monday Musings: This Blog, My Books, Your Support
This Blog: I want to say from the outset that I love maintaining this blog. I write my twice-weekly posts because I enjoy sharing my thoughts (on Mondays) and my writing tips (on Wednesdays). Writing on demand in this way … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, Belle Books, Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Reading, The Chalice War, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Bell Bridge Books, Belle Books, blogging, business of publishing, business of writing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, publishing, publishing business, The Chalice War, The Chalice War: Cauldron, The Chalice War: Stone, writing, writing life
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Professional Wednesday: When To Fight an Edit, and When To Let it Go
I know my knee-jerk response is not always my wisest response. All of us who have gone through the editorial process are familiar with the conundrum: We want to work with our editors. We want to cultivate reputations for being … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Reading, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, editor-writer relationship, editorial process, editors, how to write, plotting, publishing, revision process, revisions, wording, working with editors, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Professional Wednesday: “Hidden Brain,” Perception, and Fiction
On a recent drive I began listening to the Hidden Brain podcast, with the brilliant Shankar Vedantam. I had listened to scattered episodes before, but never in a systematic way. But this was a long drive and I wound up … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Reading, Research, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, dialogue, emotion, Hidden Brain, narrative, point of view, psychology, reading, science, Shankar Vedantam, Tessa West, writing, writing life
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Professional Wednesday: Roger Angell, 1920-2022
If you are not a baseball fan, and not a reader of The New Yorker, chances are the news of Roger Angell’s passing, at the age of 101, had little significance for you. But if you are familiar with his … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Publishing, Reading, Sports, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged baseball, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, history, how to write, learning to write, memories, New York Mets, New Yorker, publishing creativity, Roger Angell, sports, Willie Mays, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: My Favorite Hidden Gems
Not so very long ago, I wrote a post on some of my favorite things. I thought I would follow up on that with a post about a few things I love that I consider “hidden gems,” things I have … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, movies, Music, Novels, Reading, Writing
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Alison Brown, Americanization of Emily, blogging, C.E. Murphy, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Jerry Douglas, Lynn Flewelling, movies, music, novels, Passion Fish, Sports Night, television, The West Wing, writing
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Professional Wednesday: Most Important Lessons — Trust Yourself, Trust Your Reader
Today, I’m introducing a new feature for my Professional Wednesday posts: “Most Important Lessons.” We are coming up on the 28th anniversary of the start of my career (which I trace to the offer I received from Tor Books on … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Reading, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, Children of Amarid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, how to write, LonTobyn Chronicle, novels, plotting, reading, revisons, short fiction, Tor Books, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Professional Wednesday: Top Ten Reasons You Need INVASIVES!!
In case the daily teasers and cover art reveals and previous blog posts all failed to tip you off, this is release week for Invasives, the second Radiants novel. It comes out on Friday, February 18! Yay!! Release weeks are … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Invasives, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Radiants, Reading, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Belle Books, blogging, business of publishing, business of writing, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Invasives, Lucienne Diver, new releases, publicity, publishing, Radiants, thrillers, writing, writing life
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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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Writing-Tip Wednesday: Anatomy of a Rewrite
As I described in a recent Writing-tip Wednesday post, I have been working recently on a trunk series — a pair of books, the first two in a projected trilogy, that I initially wrote nearly ten years ago. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Reading, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, how to self-edit, how to write, revisions, self-editing, trunk novels, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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