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A Post About Trying to Keep a Resolution

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 “Resolution Made; Now, Can I Keep It?” I hope you enjoy it.

The Day After....

This is not the special election post-mortem I wanted to write.  Not even close.

I'm not going to bother trying to offer analysis of who's to blame for the loss -- as Nate Silver points out in one of his posts today at 538, there's plenty of blame to go around.  But I do have a couple of things to say.

To my friends on the right:  Enjoy your victory.  You earned it and it may be the harbinger of more victories in November.  Midterm elections always suck for the party in power and this year won'...

A Post About Voice

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, and C. E. Murphy. The post is called “Writing Your Book, part II: Finding Your Voice” and it’s about making your book unique on a a number of levels. I hope you enjoy it. Oh, and by the way, there’s a new contest up on my website: http://www.DavidBCoe.com. Visit the site and maybe you’ll win a signed copy of my ...

Harry and Trent: A Tale of Two Gaffes

I’ve been kind of absent from the blogosphere recently, except for my weekly Magical Words posts. The “Robin Hood” project was pretty consuming, and I just haven’t had much time to comment on politics or sports or life itself. I’m finally finished, though, and, it seems, just in time. It’s as if in the last week or so the entire world has gone crazy. The Baseball Hall of Fame vote, Mark McGwire’s non-admission admission of steroid use, the tragic deaths of the CIA operatives in Afghanista...

A Post About Starting Your Book

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, and C. E. Murphy. The post is called “Writing Your Book, part I: Getting Started” and it’s about getting started on that book you’ve been thinking about writing. I hope you enjoy it. Oh, and by the way, there’s a new contest up on my website: http://www.DavidBCoe.com. Visit the site and maybe you’ll win a signed...

Fourth (and Final?) Robin Hood Update

So I should be finishing the book tomorrow.  I stopped just short of 89,000 words today; I thought the book would come in around 90,000.  I have one more scene to write -- I'm on the last page of the script.  I could have finished today, but I want to get this closing just right, and after writing about 22 pages today, I needed a glass of shiraz and some rest.

The book was officially due on Monday, but I took some time off for the holidays while we had family in town, and that set me back a bi...

A Post For the New Year

Happy New Year!

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, and C. E. Murphy. The post is called “2010: A Writing Year To Remember” and it’s about tackling new creative challenges in this new year. I hope you enjoy it. Oh, and by the way, there’s a new contest up on my website: http://www.DavidBCoe.com. Visit the site and maybe you’ll win a signed book!

Magical Words Contest Winner Post

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, and C. E. Murphy. The post is called “First Winner Announced!” and it’s just what it sounds like. So go read the post, to see if you won last week’s book giveaway. Then go back to the MW site tomorrow to see if you won that one. And have a wonderful New Year!

Third "Robin Hood" Update, and a Merry Christmas To You All!

Well, I've shut down the "Robin Hood" writing until after the holiday.  We have lots planned for the next couple of days, and then we have family coming in.

The word tally stands at just a shade over 65,000, all of it written since Dec. 3.  Not a pace I could sustain for much longer, so it's a good thing I'm taking a break.  I'm not sure I'll make that January 4 deadline, but I'll get close.  Close enough, certainly.

Anyway, that's the update.  It's been great fun at times; frustrating at other...

Holiday Contest Week 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 with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, and C. E. Murphy. The post is called “Happy Holidays! And the Start of MW Book Giveaway Week!” and it’s just what it sounds like. So go read the post, try to win a book, then go back to the MW site tomorrow and try to win another. And have a wonderful holiday.