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Tag Archives: D.B. Jackson
Tuesday Musings: What Makes An Effective Villain?
I love villains. I love writing them. I love reading them. I love seeing them brought to life on big screen and small. Well, let me modify that. I love villains in fiction and movies and television shows. I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Fantasy, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Thieftaker, Time's Assassin, Time's Children, Time's Demon, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, C.E. Murphy, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, characters, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, developing characters, editing, Guy Gavriel Kay, Islevale Cycle, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sephira Pryce, Stephen King, teaching, Thieftaker Chronicles, villains, writing
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Monday Musings: Memories On Our Walls
A couple of weeks ago, a dear friend posted on Facebook an image of a photo print she’d purchased from me years ago, along with a caption saying she still considered the image one of the things in her living … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, nature, photography, travel, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged art, blogging, conventions, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, David J. West, family, friendship, Guy Gavriel Kay, James Coe, Martin Springett, nature, photography, Stephen Alvarez, Travel
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Monday Musings: Here We Are
We woke this morning to a snow squall, something that happened with ever-decreasing frequency during our years in Tennessee, as climate change made the warm South even warmer. Here in New York, during the winter months, snow is still the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Friendship, Grief, nature, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, friendship, grief, life isssues, mental health, nature, snow, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings: Cataclysm In Los Angeles
There are lots of things I would like to write about today. Our lives are busy right now, in a variety of ways, all of them pretty positive. I have professional stuff going on, personal stuff going on. I could … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, nature, Politics
Tagged blogging, California, Cheeto Fuck-nuts, climate change, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, environment, fact check, Gavin Newsom, politics, wildfires
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Monday Musings (On Tuesday): Nesting!
No, this isn’t a post about birds (though I imagine one or three will be forthcoming before the year is out). As I have already mentioned in this blog, Nancy and I are living in a new place: a house … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fun
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, life issues, marriage, moving
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New Year’s Musings: Good To Be Back
The keyboard feels strange beneath my fingers. That’s how long it’s been. My typing is rusty — typos come with almost every word. But I am writing. Something, anything. I am writing. Again, finally. It’s been two months since I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Grief, kids, nature, Novels, photography, Publishing, travel, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, family, grief, kids, life issues, parenting, photography, publishing, Travel, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings Return!: A Crazy, Wonderful Time
Where to begin. It has been an amazing and amazingly busy time for Nancy and me. I suppose it began in early September with DragonCon, which was great fun, as it always is. I don’t know how many more DragonCons … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Friendship, Fun, Grief, History, nature, photography, travel
Tagged Apartheid, conventions, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, DragonCon, family, friendship, grief, kids, nature, parenting, photography, South Africa, Travel
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Wednesday Musings: Big, Big News!
Yes, I’ve been quiet for a while. Things are okay. Really. More than okay, actually. But Nancy and I have been hella busy. With travel, with family stuff. But most of all with the big news that is the subject … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Grief, Music, parenting, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, death, family, friendship, grief, kids, life issues, marriage, New York, parenting, politics, Tennessee, writing career
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Monday Musings: A New Anthology and Submission Advice For Writers
By now you might have seen the posts across several social media platforms: There is a new Zombies Need Brains Kickstarter campaign underway. For eleven years now, ZNB has been publishing quality short fiction from teams of established professionals and … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged anthologies, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, Joshua Palmatier, publishing, publishing business, S.C. Butler, short fiction, themed anthologies, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips, Zombies Need Brains
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Monday Musings: Beauty and Hope at the Olympics
There is an image from an Olympic event I watched that has been captured in a photo. It is beautiful and it gives me hope on so many levels. The men’s Moroccan soccer team had just pounded team U.S.A. 4-0. … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, History, photography, Politics, Sports
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, history, Olympics, photography, politics, soccer, sports, sportsmanship
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