Music From My Kids
I used to tell my daughters that no good music had been produced since sometime in the late 1970s. I didn’t really believe it, but they were younger then, and at the time they were listening to some...
View ArticleTwo Posts Up at Familiar Sites
The Summer 2012 THIEFTAKER Blog Tour takes me back to familiar ground today. I have two posts up. The first, my usual Monday Magical Words post, can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group...
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Guest Post from Morgan Keyes, and a Book Giveaway!
Darkbeast by Morgan Keyes Today we welcome my good friend Morgan Keyes, who has just published a brand new middle grade fantasy, Darkbeast (Simon & Schuster). Morgan also writes as Mindy Klasky,...
View ArticleThe Sad Tale of Roger and Barry
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were arguably the biggest stars in Major League Baseball in the 1990s. Bonds was the best position player, Clemens the most dominant pitcher. Their careers followed...
View ArticleA Post About Narrative and Life, At Magical Words
Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain, under the name David B. Coe, with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty...
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Where Do the Years Go?
Earlier today I put one of them on a plane to Germany for her semester abroad. The other one is already getting letters from college admission offices. I swear, I don’t know where the years went. They...
View ArticleLittle Things
Sometimes it’s the little things that get us through a rough day — a warm exchange of messages with our teenage kid, time to chat with dear friends at a slow signing, the sound of a guitar with brand...
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My Mom
There was a time when I was in graduate school . . . I was working on a paper — a big one, the cornerstone project of one of the classes I was taking at the time — and struggling to figure out what...
View ArticleThe Virtual Tour Goes to the Library
I discovered worlds there. As a kid, I was fascinated by nature and the Apollo moon missions, and so I took out every book I could find on birds and mammals, rockets and space. Thanks to the librarian...
View ArticleFor Melanie
Which brings me to today’s Quick-Tip. It’s a terrible cliché, but clichés arise because on some level they convey an essential truth. As much as I would encourage you to write, to devote yourself to...
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