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Tag Archives: revising
Professional Wednesday: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings, part IV — Keeping Our Plots Tight
Today, I bring you one more “Middles” post in my several-weeks-long feature on “Beginnings, Middles, and Endings.” You can find past posts in the series here, here, and here. I made the self-evident point a couple of weeks ago that … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robot Books, Bell Bridge Books, Belle Books, Business of publishing, Falstaff Books, Invasives, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Publishing, Radiants, The Chalice War, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, how to write, Islevale Cycle, organic writing, outlining, pacing, Radiants, revising, The Chalice War, Tor Books, Vernor Vinge, Vernor's Rule, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Professional Wednesday: Looking At Our Old Work With Compassion
I continue to read through and revise the books of my Winds of the Forelands epic fantasy series, a five-book project first published by Tor Books in 2002-2007. The series has been out of print for some time now, and … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Friendship, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of publishing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, publishing, publishing business, revising, Rules of Ascension, Tor Books, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing business, writing life
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Professional Wednesday: Trust Yourself. No, Really.
Trust your reader. This is editor speak for “trust yourself.” It is something I say often to many of the writers I edit. But what does it mean? I have had my own lesson in “trust your reader” in recent … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Character, Fantasy, Novels, Setting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, how to write, narrative, plotting, publishing, revising, Rules of Ascension, setting, Tor Books, Winds of the Forelands, world building, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Professional Wednesday: What Matters Professionally, part II
If you follow my blog at all, you know that in this month’s posts I have been asking the question “What matters?” in a number of personal and professional contexts. Last week, in my first Professional Wednesday post of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Artifice and Craft, blogging, business of publishing, business of writing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, Edmund R. Schubert, genre, marketing, pacing, point of view, publishing business, revising, writing, writing life
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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
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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
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Professional Wednesday: Lessons From A Recent Edit
As part of my new Professional Wednesday format, I intend to tie advice posts to issues I am encountering “in the moment” with my own work. And so, today, I share with you a few insights that grew out of … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Belle Books, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Debra Dixon, editing, how to write, novels, publishing, revising, short fiction, writer-editor relationship, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: Crutch Words — Finding Them and Limiting Them
Last week, John Hartness, my good friend and the owner and editor at Falstaff Books, posted on Facebook about something he was seeing while editing manuscripts. Many of his writers were starting too many lines of dialogue with, “So…” As … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, crutch words, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, dialogue, editing, Falstaff Books, how to write, John Hartness, prose, revising, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Two Stops on the Blog Tour!
I’m pushing myself to take all sorts of creative chances, following bolder storylines and developing exotic characters. I’m writing leaner, sparser, the way I wish I’d written the old books. In short, I’m trying to make this next project something … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Children of Amarid, contests, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, LonTobyn Chronicle, Lore Seekers Press, reviews, revising, 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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