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Category Archives: nature
Photo Friday: Not My Last Sunset Photo of the Year…
Another Friday, another photo. I’ll admit that I took this one about a week ago. This week’s weather has not cooperated at all. And this image was not all I hoped it would be. I don’t like having airplane contrails … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, David B. Coe, nature, photography, sunsets
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Friday Photo: Twilight on the Plateau
The other day I went to one of the viewpoints in our small college town (we live atop the Cumberland Plateau) to catch the sunset. I’d brought my camera, of course, and as I waited for the sun and clouds … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, David B. Coe, nature, photography
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Photo Friday: A Walk Around Town
Today’s photos come via my phone rather than my big SLR. I took a walk around town the other day, enjoying the late afternoon light. I wound up at Lake Cheston, a local spot I go to often this time … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, David B. Coe, nature, photography
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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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Another Day, Another Post!
This bond allows them to draw on the power within the birds to heal, to do battle and protect themselves, and to cast a host of other spells. The birds themselves are characters in the stories, and to this day … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Fantasy, nature, Publicity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Book Whispers, Children of Amarid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Eagle-Sage, fantasy, LonTobyn Chronicle, Lore Seekers Press, magic systems, The Outlanders, writing, writing life
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Inspiration, Knowledge, and Speculative Fiction: The Blog Tour Continues
Whether we write horror or science fiction, epic fantasy or paranormal romance, we who write in this genre seek innovative — at times fantastical — perspectives on the familiar. At its best, speculative fiction is a mirror through which we … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Fantasy, nature, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blog tour, Children of Amarid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Fantasy Literature, ideas, inspiration, LonTobyn Chronicle, publicity, publishing, writing, writing life
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Exploring During My Down Time
One of my favorite things to do at any convention is take advantage of my down time by exploring the area in which the con is held. While in San Jose for a World Fantasy Convention several years ago I … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Friendship, Fun, nature, travel, Writing Life
Tagged birdwatching, conventions, David B. Coe, MarsCon, the road, Travel
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One of Those Posts . . .
This is one of those posts. And by one of those posts I mean a post that is going up for the sake of keeping alive a promise I’ve made to myself to try to blog about something every day. … Continue reading
A Post About Writing and Photography
I’m at SFNovelists today, with a blog post about the similarities among various art forms. Specifically, I’m discussing a few lessons I’ve learned doing photography that translate to my writing life. The post can be found here. I hope you … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, nature, photography, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged creativity, photography, SFNovelists, writing, writing life, writing process
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Flash Writing Tips: Three Rules I Follow When Creating Magic
This post is about creating magic. Literally. More to the point, it’s about creating a viable magic system for your fantasy story or novel. A couple of months back I wrote about worldbuilding and might have alluded briefly to magic … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Ethan Kaille, Fantasy, nature, Novels, Setting, Short Fiction, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Ethan Kaille, magic, magic systems, novels, short fiction, Thieftaker, worldbuilding, writing, writing advice, writing tips
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