Archive for the 'writing humor' Category
May 20th 2009
Are Our Books Really Children? And If So, Whose Children…?
We’ve all heard it before. Maybe we’ve said it. We get a manuscript back from our editor and it’s covered with comments and criticisms and suggested changes. And in explaining away our initial reaction (which is something along the lines of “What the hell did he do to my book?”) we say, “Well, no [...]
February 11th 2009
Waiting for Inspiration: A Writer’s Morality Play
Waiting for Inspiration: A Writer’s Morality Play In Half An Act The players, Three Fairies: Inspiration-a classical sparkly-winged tinker-bell type Motivation–a rather weasely looking fellow in the mode of a low rent Puck Discipline–a 500 pound gorilla in a tutu and obviously taped-on wings The scene: A gray stage, empty save for a gray desk [...]
December 10th 2008
Writing and Sanity—Two Lists
One do list. One don’t list. First the do. I posted this elsewhere recently and the response suggested that it was worth showing to larger audience. It’s about how you balance your mental attitude about your writing and stay sane in a fundamentally irrational business. The six stages of engagement with a story. First, the [...]
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David B. Coe
David B. Coe is the author of eleven fantasy novels, including the books of the LonTobyn Chronicle, Winds of the Forelands, and Blood of the Southlands. He has also written the novelization for the Ridley Scott production of ROBIN HOOD, starring Russell Crowe, that is due out in May 2010. In 1999 he received the Crawford Fantasy Award, given annually by the IAFA to the best new author in fantasy. He has a Ph.D. in United States environmental history and lives on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with his wife and daughters. Visit site.
Kelly McCullough
Kelly McCullough's first novel in the WebMage series, WebMage, was released by Ace in 2006 to considerable critical praise. Cybermancy, and CodeSpell followed in '07 and '08. His 4th, MythOS, is slated for late May '09 with SpellCrash to follow in '10. His short fiction has appeared in numerous venues including Weird Tales, Writers of the Future, and Tales of the Unanticipated. His illustrated collection, The Chronicles of the Wandering Star, is part of a National Science Foundation-funded middle school science curriculum, Interactions in Physical Science. Visit site.
Kelly McCullough
Kelly McCullough's first novel in the WebMage series, WebMage, was released by Ace in 2006 to considerable critical praise. Cybermancy, and CodeSpell followed in '07 and '08. His 4th, MythOS, is slated for late May '09 with SpellCrash to follow in '10. His short fiction has appeared in numerous venues including Weird Tales, Writers of the Future, and Tales of the Unanticipated. His illustrated collection, The Chronicles of the Wandering Star, is part of a National Science Foundation-funded middle school science curriculum, Interactions in Physical Science. Visit site.
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