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Tag Archives: creativity
Writing-Tip Wednesday: Befriend Your Characters…And Be-Character Your Friends
This will be a relatively brief Writing-Tip Wednesday post. It’s a lazy, hot, stormy day and I’m feeling, well, lazy and hot… So far this year, I have used my Wednesday posts to offer advice about any number of things, … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Family, Friendship, kids, Novels, parenting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged character development, characters, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, developing characters, emotion, empathy, family, friendship, how to write, parenting, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: The Allure of the New Shiny
All of us who write have felt it. Many of us have given into it. Others have resisted. Personally, I’ve done both — with different projects and also within a single one. We loves it and we hates it, but … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, ideas, LonTobyn Chronicle, new projects, New Shiny, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Monday Musings: On New Releases and All That Comes With Them
It is release week for Time’s Assassin, the third book in my epic fantasy/time travel series, The Islevale Cycle, and so that will be the focus of my posts this week. And I’d like to kick off the week with … Continue reading
Posted in Angry Robot Books, Business of publishing, Falstaff Books, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Publishing, Time's Assassin, Time's Children, Time's Demon, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of writing, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Falstaff Books, Islevale Cycle, new releases, publishing, publishing business, Time's Assassin, Time's Children, Time's Demon, writing, writing life
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: A Special Post on Narrative and Creativity
This is a somewhat longer post than usual, but I hope you’ll read through it. It is the text of an address I gave a few years ago at our local high school to mark the Day of the Book … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, Music, Novels, parenting, photography, Reading, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged art, blogging, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, friendship, how to write, music, narrative, parenting, photography, relationships, sports, teaching, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: Ideas — Finding Them, Using Them
You may notice at this point that I have yet to offer any tangible advice on dealing with or coming up with ideas. That’s right: I’m stalling. Writing about ideas is really hard. Giving advice on developing ideas is nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Setting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, ideas, LonTobyn Chronicle, where do ideas come from, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing Tip-Wednesday: Reevaluating Goals in the Time of Covid-19
Each of us responds in his or her own way to stress and uncertainty and fear – and there is plenty of all three to go around right now. I have one friend who has been unbelievably productive during the … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of writing, Covid-19, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, goals, how to write, publishing, publishing business, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing Tip Wednesday: Maps, Worldbuilding, and the Creation of Story
So you’re trapped in your home with too much time and too little to do. The world around you has gone to hell, and you’re fed up. Sound familiar? Yeah, thought so. So why not take the opportunity to create … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Islevale Cycle, Setting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Black Gate Magazine, blogging, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, Islevale Cycle, maps, setting, Thieftaker, Winds of the Forelands, worldbuilding, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Monday Musings: In Defense of the Grateful Dead
Hi, my name is David, and I used to be a Deadhead. Yep. I saw them some twenty-five or thirty times in my youth. I slept outside, on line in front of arenas, in order to get the best possible … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Music
Tagged blogging, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, music
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: Writing Every Day, or Not, or Yeah
There is a sort of alchemy that takes place when we manage to convert our own emotions into the different-but-related emotions of our characters. Spinning gold from that straw carried me through my grief. Had I given in to the … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged creative process, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, magical words, Quick-Tip Tuesday, writing, writing life
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: Being Scooped . . . Or Not
We as authors have enough to worry about in this business as it is — the market is tough, writing good novels and short fiction is no easy task, finding time amid work and family to do all we want … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged creative process, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, ideas, magical words, quick-tip Tuesdays, writing, writing life
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