Links
Subscribe to D.B.'s Blog
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- August 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- June 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- October 2018
- September 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- April 2018
- December 2017
- September 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- November 2015
- October 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- September 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- February 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
Categories
- "The Tavern Fire"
- A Plunder of Souls
- Angry Robot Books
- Appearances
- Bell Bridge Books
- Belle Books
- Boston
- Business of publishing
- Character
- City of Shades
- cooking
- Covid
- Dead Man's Reach
- Ethan Kaille
- Falstaff Books
- Family
- Fantasy
- food
- Friendship
- Fun
- Grief
- History
- Invasives
- Islevale Cycle
- kids
- movies
- Music
- Mystery
- nature
- Novels
- parenting
- photography
- Politics
- Publicity
- Publishing
- Radiants
- Reading
- Research
- Setting
- Short Fiction
- Sports
- technology
- The Chalice War
- The Chalice Wars
- Thieftaker
- Thieves' Quarry
- Time's Assassin
- Time's Children
- Time's Demon
- travel
- Uncategorized
- Urban Fantasy
- Writing
- Writing Life
Meta
Tag Archives: editors
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
Comments Off on Professional Wednesday: When To Fight an Edit, and When To Let it Go
Professional Wednesday (On Thursday): About Deadlines
Yes, this is a Professional Wednesday post, going up on a Thursday morning. And it’s about dealing with deadlines and professional obligations, which should give you some hint as to where this essay is going . . . . I … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, Business of publishing, Family, Invasives, kids, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged agents, Bell Bridge Books, blogging, business of publishing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, deadlines, editing, editor-writer relationship, editors, family, Invasives, life issues, parenting, publishing, The Outlanders, Tor Books, writing, writing business, writing life
Comments Off on Professional Wednesday (On Thursday): About Deadlines
Professional Wednesday: Dealing With My Latest Editorial Feedback
I’ve written many times before about dealing with edits on a story or novel manuscript, and I don’t want to repeat myself any more than necessary. But I have just received feedback from my editor on the first book in … Continue reading
Posted in Belle Books, Invasives, Novels, Publishing, Radiants, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Belle Books, blogging, business of publishing, Celtic mythology, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Debra Dixon, editing, editors, how to write, Invasives, publishing, Radiants, revising, revisions, working with editors, writing advice, writing business, writing tips
Comments Off on Professional Wednesday: Dealing With My Latest Editorial Feedback
Professional Wednesday: Most Important Lessons — Dealing With the Slog, part I
Just keep swimming Just keep swimming Just keep swimming… Yes, I am a Pixar fan. Sue me. My kids were the perfect age for the magical first generation of Pixar movies — Toy Story (1 and 2); Monsters, Inc., Finding … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Radiants, Thieftaker, Time's Children, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of writing, creative process, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, deadlines, editors, how to write, ideas, Pixar, publishing, publishing business, Radiants, revising, Spell Blind, Thieftaker, Time's Children, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
Comments Off on Professional Wednesday: Most Important Lessons — Dealing With the Slog, part I
Professional Wednesday: My Editing Journey
Earlier this week, in the closing entry to my “How I Started Writing” series, I had a kind of throwaway line about how I would likely spend more of 2022 editing the work of other people than writing my own … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of publishing, business of writing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, editor-writer relationship, editors, publishing, publishing business, writing, writing business, writing life
Comments Off on Professional Wednesday: My Editing Journey
Professional Wednesdays: Editors and Writers — The View From Both Sides
Right now, not for the first time, I find myself on both sides of the editorial process. On the one hand, I am co-editing the DERELICT anthology, reading submissions and starting to think about how authors might want to improve … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Character, Novels, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Derelict, editing, editors, how to write, writer-editor relationship, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips, Zombies Need Brains
Comments Off on Professional Wednesdays: Editors and Writers — The View From Both Sides
A Post About New Beginnings, on the Blog Tour
The Summer 2013 Thieves’ Quarry Blog Tour resumes today with a post at my “home” blog — the Magical Words site. Magical Words is the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain, under the … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, business of publishing, David B. Coe, editing, editors, Faith Hunter, James Tuck, John Hartness, magical words, Mindy Klasky, misty massey, publishing, Stacy Hague-Hill, Tor Books, writing
Comments Off on A Post About New Beginnings, on the Blog Tour