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Author Archives: dbjackson
The South Australia Coast — Photo Friday
Good morning and welcome to the first installment of Photography Fridays, my new 2020 blogging feature. The point of this is to share with you my passion for photography, which is nearly as strong as my passion for writing. I … Continue reading
Posted in kids, nature, parenting, photography, travel, Urban Fantasy
Tagged Australia, blogging, David B. Coe, family, hobbies, nature, photography, Travel
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Happy New Year and Welcome to 2020
Happy New Year! I wish all of you a 2020 filled with joy and laughter, good health and good fun, lots of love and friendship. I also want to thank you for your continued support of my work. It means … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, holidays, New Year's, photography, writing, writing life
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TIME’S DEMON Blog Tour, So Far
Time’s Demon, the second volume in The Islevale Cycle, my time travel/epic fantasy series, came out last week. The reviews have been very nice, with SFFWorld saying that the book is “about as perfect a second book in a series … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Fantasy, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Publicity, Time's Children, Time's Demon, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Alma Alexander, Black Gate Magazine, Civilian Reader, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, Guy Gavriel Kay, Islevale Cycle, Joshua Palmatier, Marie Brennan, novels, Paul Semel, publicity, publishing, reviews, SFFWorld, Stephen Leigh, Time's Children, Time's Demon, writing, writing life
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Special Guest Appearance: Patrice Sarath!
Today I welcome Patrice Sarath to my blog. Patrice is one of my fellow Angry Robot writers, and she has a new book coming out today! The book is called Fog Season, and it promises to be another excellent release … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robot Books, Fantasy, Novels, Publicity, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Angry Robot Books, Patrice Sarath, worldbuilding, writing, writing life
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On Writing: Revisions and the Editorial Process
Sure, these criticisms come in the context of someone saying, “Hey, I love this story, and I want to pay you for it. In real money.” So, thinking about this rationally, we should be able to process the editor’s feedback … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robot Books, Business of publishing, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Publishing, Short Fiction, Time's Demon, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, Islevale Cycle, Joshua Palmatier, revisions, Time's Demon, writing, writing life, Zombies Need Brains
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Tomorrow is Release Day!!
We are now just one day away from the release of Time’s Children, the opening volume in The Islevale Cycle, my new time travel/Epic Fantasy series from Angry Robot Books. Today my blog tour for the release continues with stops … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robot Books, Appearances, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Time's Children, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Angry Robot Books, blog tour, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, Islevale Cycle, Patrice Sarath, Time's Children, writing, writing life
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TIME’S CHILDREN Blog Tour Info!!
TIME’S CHILDREN, the first book in The Islevale Cycle, my new series from Angry Robot Books, will be released in just six days (10/2). This is an epic fantasy/time travel story, and I have a post up at the blog … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robot Books, Appearances, Business of publishing, Fantasy, Friendship, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Time's Children, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Alma Alexander, Angry Robot Books, Black Gate Magazine, blog tour, Bradley Beaulieu, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Islevale Cycle, Joshua Palmatier, Patrice Sarath, reviews, Stephen Leigh, Stina Leicht, Time's Children, writing, writing life
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The Arrogant Imposter
We writers, though, are complex creatures. We grapple with Imposter Syndrome, but we also harbor a unique brand of arrogance… Last night, for reasons surpassing understanding, I started reading through one of my old books. I know. What was I … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, imposter syndrome, writing, writing life
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Pub Date and Cover Art Reveal!
This is a big day in my world. Today saw the official pub date announcement and cover art reveal for TIME’S CHILDREN, book I in The Islevale Cycle, my new epic fantasy/time travel series. The series is being published by … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robot Books, Islevale Cycle, Publicity, Time's Children, Time's Demon, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Angry Robot Books, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Islevale Cycle, novels, Time's Children, Time's Demon, writing, writing life
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Struggle
Writing is fits and starts. It is slog and glide. It is by turns frustrating and exhilarating and frustrating yet again. This is hard. Anyone who tells you otherwise is doing you a disservice. Earlier this week, I found myself … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Writing
Tagged character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, point of view, writing, writing life
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