David B. Coe's Blog, page 46

Banned Books Week!

September 26 through October 3 is Banned Books Week. Sponsored by the American Library Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the National Association of College Stores, this nationwide celebration of the freedom to read and the right to self-expression began in 1982, when there was a sudden upsurge in challenges to the books made available in classrooms, bookstores and...

A New Post About Ideas

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 “Where Did My New New-Shiny Come From? Beats Me....” and it’s about story ideas. I hope you enjoy it.

A Post About Sports and Writing

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 “What sports Can Tell Us About Writing, and What they Can’t.” I hope you enjoy it.

Another Post About Worldbuilding

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 “With Worldbuilding, Every Detail Counts,” and, as you might surmise, it’s a post about worldbuilding and the background work I do when developing a new setting for my stories. I hope you enjoy it.

A Little Publicity For Me!!

Hi there, all.  Hope you're gearing up for a fun weekend.  As you do, please visit the examiner.com site to find the write-up of a recent interview I did.  Hope you enjoy the article.

What if Joe Wilson Was Right?

Okay, let’s try this for a moment: Let’s suppose that the premise underlying Congressman Joe Wilson’s unconscionable outburst during the President’s address to Congress last week has some truth to it. Yes, I know: FactCheck.org points out that the bills before Congress all contain provisions that would prevent any Federal health subsidies or benefits from going to illegal aliens.

But Republicans counter that illegals might slip through cracks in a system that doesn’t have enough enforcement...

A Post About Creating Characters

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 “Befriending Your Characters.” I hope you enjoy it.

Joe Wilson's War

A follow-up to yesterday's post, for those of you who might not have read all the comment threads.

While Joe Wilson is being lionized by Rush Limbaugh and other wing-nutters for calling his commander-in-chief a liar (Wilson is a veteran of the Guard), others are digging a little deeper into Wilson's background and finding out all sorts of cool things.  Turns out, Ole Joe is not only a disrespectful, loudmouth thug.  He's also a hypocrite.  (Many thanks to  hedwig_snowy  for the link)

Check this ...

Last Night's Speech

I'm not going to go on and on about Obama's terrific speech last night, nor I am going to spend too much time or energy dissing Congressthug Joe Wilson, the imbecile who called the President of the United States a liar, in the House Chamber, while Mr. Obama was actually  correcting  conservative lies (When you follow the link, the facts about illegal immigrants and access to health care --- the issue that provoked Wilson's outburst -- is pretty close to the top.  Scroll down to the reference t...

An Article, a Story, and a Contest

The new issue of
While I'm promoting such things, I thought I'd also mention that the story I published in IGMS last year, "Cassie's Story," is now up on my website, and I'm also ru...