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Tag Archives: reading
Beating the Heat with the Blog Tour and Giveaways!!
It’s hot, it’s muggy; the full weight of summer seems to have settled over the entire continent. There is no escaping it. Or is there? I will not claim that the Summer 2013 Thieves’ Quarry Blog Tour is a cure … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Character, Ethan Kaille, Friendship, Fun, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged All Things Urban Fantasy, Bitten By Books, blog tour, contests, Drey's Library, Fantasy Hotlist, giveaways, Patrick St. Denis, publicity, publishing, reading, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry
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Three Authors Who Influenced Me, Today at SFNovelists
Today’s post can be found at http://www.sfnovelists.com, the group blog on speculative fiction that I maintain, under the name David B. Coe, along with a group of over one hundred published authors of fantasy and science fiction. The post is … Continue reading
Posted in City of Shades, Fantasy, Novels, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Thieves' Quarry, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged David B. Coe, Guy Gavriel Kay, J.R.R. Tolkien, reading, SFNovelists, Stephen R. Donaldson, writing, writing life
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Another Short Fiction Post at Magical Words
Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain, under the name David B. Coe, with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, Mindy Klasky, John Hartness, Kalayna Price, … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Character, Novels, Publishing, Reading, Setting, Short Fiction, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged David B. Coe, how to write, magical words, narrative, novels, publishing, publishing business, reading, short fiction, Thieftaker
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A Post About Avoiding Convenient Plot Choices
Today’s post can be found at http://www.sfnovelists.com, the group blog on speculative fiction that I maintain along with a group of over one hundred published authors of fantasy and science fiction. The post is called “Avoiding the Convenient Plot Point,” … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Ethan Kaille, movies, Novels, Reading, Setting, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged character, David B. Coe, editing, harry potter, how to write, movies, narrative, reading, revisions, SFNovelists, star wars, writing
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Thankful For Books, An Early Thanksgiving Post
Today’s post can be found on Magical Words, and it’s an early Thanksgiving post (since next week I’m off from MW) about some of the fantasy and SF books for which I am thankful. I hope that you enjoy the … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Reading, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged holidays, magical words, reading, Thanksgiving, writing
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Two Posts Up at Familiar Sites
The Summer 2012 THIEFTAKER Blog Tour takes me back to familiar ground today. I have two posts up. The first, my usual Monday Magical Words post, can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, kids, Novels, parenting, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged creativity, how to write, ideas, magical words, reading, SFNovelists, Thieftaker, writing
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Maurice Sendak
I’m sure that this will not be the only tribute to Maurice Sendak that you read today and in the days to come. That’s okay. Sendak’s books reached so many of us, and meant so much to all who read … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, kids, Novels, parenting, Reading, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged children's books, fantasy, kids, Maurice Sendak, parenting, reading, writing
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Review: The Hunger Games
Last night I went with a group to see the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ YA bestseller, The Hunger Games. Our group consisted of seven teenagers, all of whom had read at least the first book in the Hunger Games … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, movies, Novels, Reading, Writing
Tagged Jennifer Lawrence, movies, reading, reviews, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, writing
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Writing Tips: Point of View and Voice, part II — Choosing Your POV Character(s)
Last week, I wrote the first installment in this series of Writing Tips posts on point of view and voice. As I indicated in that post, writers trying to determine how to approach point of view for their particular projects … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Ethan Kaille, Mystery, Novels, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing
Tagged character, David B. Coe, how to write, narrative, novels, point of view, publishing, reading, Thieftaker, voice, writing, writing tips
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My Reading for 2012
One of my goals for this New Year, both professionally and personally, is to get more reading done, hopefully at the expense of my lazing-around-in-front-of-the-television and/or doing-nothing-of-importance-on-the-web time. It’s not that I spend hours watching TV — I really don’t. … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Reading, Writing Life
Tagged D.B. Jackson, fantasy, novels, reading, writing, writing life
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