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Tag Archives: magical words
Quick-Tip Tuesday Post on Breaking Out of Routines
I have a process that I tend to follow book after book. I’m stubborn, and a creature of habit. Having written all four Thieftaker and all three Fearsson books largely by following my regular creative routine, I fully expected that … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged creative process, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, magical words, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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A Quick-Tip Tuesday Post About Deadlines
“But,” you say, “what if an editor asks me to make that two month deadline?” Be honest with her. Tell her that two months won’t work, but you can get it done in three, or three and a half. When … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged business of publishing, business of writing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, deadlines, magical words, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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Keeping On With a New Quick-Tip Tuesday Post
It would be so easy to give up, to set writing aside for a while. Because when we write, by necessity we access emotion, and that’s not a place I particularly want to go right now. To which my inner … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Ethan Kaille, Family, Friendship, Novels, Publishing, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, magical words, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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For Melanie
Which brings me to today’s Quick-Tip. It’s a terrible cliché, but clichés arise because on some level they convey an essential truth. As much as I would encourage you to write, to devote yourself to improving your craft and following … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, magical words, Melanie Otto, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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Quick-Tip Tuesday Post on Music and Writing
I usually write with a good deal of structure in my process, and so I thrive on relatively unstructured music to inspire my creative process. So, I thought, what if with this project, to which I’ve taken a relatively unstructured … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Novels, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Edgar Meyer, how to write, magical words, music, pantsing, plotting, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: More Fixes for a Broken Manuscript
By the time we hit that 60-70% mark, things look dire for our good guys. And at that point we often discover that we have no idea how to get from where we are — often a world gone to … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, magical words, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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Quick-Tip Tuesday, and a Blog Tour Update!
It’s Quick-Tip Tuesday, and I’m back at Magical Words with a post about how to establish and meet work goals without setting ourselves up for disappointment and discouragement. You can find the post here. And the Summer/Fall 2016 Blog Tour … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Children of Amarid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, LonTobyn Chronicle, magical words, publicity, publishing, Quick-Tip Tuesday, SFF World, writing
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: Emotion and Narrative
So how do we imbue our prose with emotion? Well, we DON’T do it with a sledge hammer. I am not telling you to bludgeon your readers with paragraphs-long explorations of your characters’ emotions. That would be no better than … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, emotion, how to write, magical words, narrative, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: More on Self-Editing
This is still the work of an inexperienced writer. Comparing The Outlanders to the work I’ve done more recently, I still cringe a little at the habits of that younger me. But I also see growth, a writer beginning to … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Children of Amarid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, LonTobyn Chronicle, magical words, Quick-Tip Tuesday, self-editing, The Outlanders, writing, writing life
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Quick-Tip Tuesday Guest Star!
Joshua Palmatier is guest-starring at Magical Words today, with a Quick-Tip Tuesday post on self editing. Check it out here.
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged editing, Joshua Palmatier, magical words, Quick-Tip Tuesday, revising, writing, writing life
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