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Category Archives: Reading
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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Two Days on the Blog Tour
I was on the road yesterday, driving home from North Carolina after a fun and successful signing tour that began with a book launch party at ConGregate in Winston-Salem, and then took me to Rock Hill, SC, Gastonia, NC, Richmond, … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Appearances, Business of publishing, Character, Family, Fantasy, Friendship, Fun, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged A Plunder of Souls, appearances, blog tour, business of writing, character, conventions, David B. Coe, Drey's Library, family, magical words, promotion, publicity, publishing, reading, SFNovelists, Stephen Leigh, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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Two New Posts and a Giveaway on the Blog Tour
Another day on the Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour, another couple of posts. Today, I’m visiting another writer friend, Alyx Dellamonica, with a post about the things I read as a child. It was a fun post to … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Appearances, Business of publishing, Character, Ethan Kaille, Novels, parenting, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged A Plunder of Souls, Alyx Dellamonica, blog tour, character, character development, David B. Coe, Drey's Library, Ethan Kaille, giveaways, promotion, publicity, publishing, reading, Sephira Pryce, Thieftaker
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Thieves’ Quarry is now out in Paperback!!
Today is the release day for the paperback edition of Thieves’ Quarry, book II in the Thieftaker Chronicles. Paperback release days aren’t quite as exciting as hardcover release days (and I have one of those coming up for A Plunder … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged A Plunder of Souls, business of publishing, hardcovers, paperbacks, publicity, publishing, releases, Thieves' Quarry
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A Post About My New E-Reader
I’m over at SFNovelists today — that’s the site I help to maintain with over one hundred other published authors of fantasy and science fiction. I’m writing about my new E-reader in a post called “My New E-Reader and Me: … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Reading, technology, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, David B. Coe, e-books, E-readers, reading, SFNovelists, technology, writing
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A Post About Plotting and Pantsing at Magical Words
After about a six-week hiatus from posting, I am back at Magical Words, the blogsite on the craft and business of writing that I co-founded and continue to maintain (under the name David B. Coe) with Faith Hunter and Misty … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Character, Novels, Publishing, Reading, Setting, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged A Plunder of Souls, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, how to write, magical words, misty massey, outlining, pantsing, plotting, Thieftaker, Weremyste Cycle, writing
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A Magical Words Reminiscence
Today’s post at the Magical Words blogsite looks back on the history of the site, as Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, and I prepare to initiate some changes to the site going forward. For those of you who have ever visited … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Fantasy, Friendship, Novels, Publishing, Reading, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, friendship, how to write, magical words, misty massey, writing
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A Post About a Writer’s Resolutions
Today’s post can be found at the SFNovelists blog, a site I help to maintain with over one hundred other published authors in speculative fiction. The post is called “Writing Resolutions for the Coming Year,” and it is my annual … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged A Plunder of Souls, blog tour, creative process, creativity, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, holidays, reading, resolutions, SFNovelists, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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Fall’s Here, and the Blog Tour Rolls On!
It is officially fall, so I suppose that the Summer 2013 Thieves’ Quarry Blog Tour has to be over. But the Fall Blog Tour is now underway and today I am all over the place. I have my usual Monday … Continue reading
Posted in A Plunder of Souls, Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Fantasy, Fun, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry, Urban Fantasy, Writing
Tagged blog tour, David B. Coe, how to write, magical words, publicity, publishing, reading, SFNovelists, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry, writing
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Blog Tour Post on Publishing Trends and Technology
With summer almost over, the Summer 2013 Thieves’ Quarry Blog Tour makes one of its last stops at Magical Words, the group blog on the craft and business of writing that I maintain with Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, Mindy Klasky, … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged business of publishing, business of writing, David B. Coe, e-books, Faith Hunter, James Tuck, John Hartness, magical words, Mindy Klasky, misty massey, publishing, reading, technology
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