David B. Coe's Blog, page 33

A New Post About Writing Problems

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “A Few Common Writing Problems” and it’s about some of the writing issues I’ve encountered while reading manuscripts for an upcoming writers’ workshop. I hope you enjoy it.

Also, I have a new contest up at my website -- http://www.DavidBCoe.com.  Just follow the link to contests and answer the question.  You might win a signed hardcover copy of The Horsemen's Gambit, book II of Blood of the Southlands.

A Post About Dealing With Negative Feedback

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “To Each His or Her Own” and it’s about dealing with rejection and negative feedback. I hope you enjoy it.

An Odd Post About Word Processors

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “A Very Personal Post About Word Processing” and it’s . . . well, I was having some fun. I hope you enjoy it.

A Post About A Good Writing Day

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 “A Good Day,” and it’s about enjoying what we do. I hope you enjoy it.

A Post About Book Contracts

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Ed Schubert among others. The post is called “Writing Your Book, part XIII: Anatomy of a Contract” and it’s a detailed breakdown of what you might find in a typical book contract. I hope you enjoy it.

A New Anthology For a Great Cause

I am happy to announce that my short story, "The Christmas Count," which first appeared at the SciFiction site in 2005, has been reprinted in a new online anthology.  The anthology is called Breaking Waves:  An Anthology for Gulf Coast Relief, and it's edited by Phyllis Irene Radford and Tiffany Trent.  Best of all, all proceeds from sales of the anthology, which costs only $4.99 in epub, .pdf, mobi, and prc formats, will be donated to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund of the Greater New Orleans...

A Political Obituary

"Republican Party Dead at Age 156:  Party of Lincoln Succumbs to Palinitis After Lengthy Battle for Soul"

After last night's primary results, a part of me truly expected to see a headline of this sort in this morning's newspaper.  For those of you who haven't yet heard the news, Tea Party activist Christine O'Donnell has apparently won the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in Delaware, completing a remarkable run of Tea Party insurgencies that had already toppled party establishment candi...

A New Post About the Business of Writing

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, and Stuart Jaffe, among others. The post is called “Writing Your Book, part XII: Stepping Into the Business” and it’s about the business realities of trying to sell your first novel. I hope you enjoy it.

A Fun Post for Labor Day

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, and Stuart Jaffe, among others. The post is called “Favorites: Some Labor Day Dun” and it’s about some of my favorite books, titles, villains, heroes, and more. I hope you enjoy it.

Seeds of Betrayal is Back in Print!!

As many of you know, Seeds of Betrayal, the second volume in my Winds of the Forelands series, briefly went out of print this summer.  Readers who were trying to get their hands on a paperback copy of the book contacted me and told me that new copies of the book were no longer available from bookstores and online sellers.  I, in turn, contacted my agent and editor and we talked to people at Tor.

Well, this story has a very happy ending.  Tor graciously agreed to put the book back in print and ...