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Category Archives: Politics
Monday Musings: That Which Divides Us
But there I was, with my mask and my recyclable bags. She might even have seen me pull up in our Prius, just to complete the portrait. And I think I was a convenient target for more generalized resentments and … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged blogging, Covid-19, culture wars, current affairs, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, politics
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Monday Musings: 50,000
It is more people than can fit into the stands of Fenway Park. Or Wrigley Field. It is actually higher than the capacity seating of 28 of Major League Baseball’s 30 stadiums (the exceptions: Yankee Stadium and Dodger Stadium) It … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, History, Politics, Sports
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, history, politics
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Monday Musings: Covid-19 and Hope
Last week, when I wrote my Monday Musings post, I was pretty ticked off at the world. And this week, after watching “protesters” in Michigan, North Carolina, and other states take part in the worst sort of astroturf demonstrations, one … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Politics
Tagged blogging, Covid-19, current affairs, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, health care, politics
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Monday Musings: Flattening the Curve, Projection “Hoaxes,” and Righteous Anger
I’m angry today. The pandemic – the isolation, the uncertainty, the steady stream of tragic news, the underlying fear – elicits different emotions at different times, running the gamut from those I’d expect (sadness, fear, numbness) to those I might … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, Politics
Tagged anger, blogging, Covid-19, current affairs, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, flattening the curve, pandemic, politics, projections
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Monday Musings: More Thoughts on the Pandemic
So, you’re tele-working now. Or you’re home with kids whose schools have closed. Or, like me, you’re just back from driving fifteen hours round trip to pick up your kid from a college that is closed for “two weeks,” but … Continue reading
Posted in nature, photography, Politics, Publishing, Reading, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, coronavirus, current affairs, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, nature, photography, politics, publishing, reading, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: Uncertainty — Thoughts on Current Affairs
I am home from a great weekend at the Saga Professional Development Conference in Charlotte. Terrific people, great workshops and panels, and good humor all around when it came to dealing with the looming threat of the coronavirus. Containers of … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Politics, travel
Tagged blogging, coronavirus, current affairs, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, disease, politics, Saga Conference
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Wikileaks, Bernie, and the DNC
To all my friends who are Bernie supporters: Please forgive me if I don’t share your outrage at the DNC emails made available by Wikileaks. Bernie was running an insurgency campaign; he joined the party for that express purpose after … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Bernie Sanders, DNC, Donald Trump, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, Wikileaks
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Community and Genre, part 2, and Another Giveaway!
Surely there is room in this genre for quiet stories and loud ones, for the old-fashioned and the new-and-weird, for space opera and epic fantasy, for military SF and urban fantasy, for writers of all races, religions, sexual orientations, and … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Novels, Politics, Publicity, Publishing, Reading, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Bitten By Books, blog tour, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, giveaways, His Father's Eyes, reading, SFSignal, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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Plea For Calm Revisited, and an Interview with Justis Fearsson
“In the end, I return again to the point I made in my previous post. We are writers, blessed with the ability and opportunity to craft stories for a living. We should not be fighting over award ballots. I consider … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Friendship, Novels, Politics, Publicity, Publishing, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Black Gate, blog tour, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Fantasy Book Critic, His Father's Eyes, Hugo Awards, Justis Fearsson, publicity, publishing, Sad Puppies
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The Blog Tour Today!
Interested in seeing how characters might wreak their revenge on the writer who creates them? Then have I got a post for you! The 2015 Summer-of-Two-Releases Virtual Tour makes several stops today, including one at the SciFiChick.com, where I interview … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Business of publishing, Dead Man's Reach, Ethan Kaille, Fantasy, Friendship, Fun, Novels, Politics, Publicity, Publishing, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged All Things Urban Fantasy, blog tour, Bradley Beaulieu, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, David B. Coe, Dead Man's Reach, Ethan Kaille, His Father's Eyes, interviews, Justis Fearsson, Karen Miller, publicity, publishing, SciFiChick, Thieftaker, writing, writing life
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