Capturing The Elusive Novel -- The Coe Process

I'd like to present the second installment in the "Capturing The Elusive Novel" series. Last week, Joshua Palmatier had a go with the first installment of this, telling us how he approached the writing of a long work of fiction. This week, it's David B. Coe.

For those of you who don't know David (and if you don't, why not?), he is a fantasy writer, author of the LonTobyn Chronicle, the Winds of the Forelands series, and most recently the first two books of the Blood of the Southlands series, The Sorcerer's Plague and The Horsemen's Gambit. I'm a fan of David's work, and of David, who I'm pleased to call a friend. I strongly suggest that if you haven't read his work, you ought to treat yourself and pick up one of his books...

I asked David the same basic question I asked of Joshua: "Do you have a consistent approach to writing your novels, and if so, what is it and why do you feel it works best for you?" Now now I'll get out of the way and let David take over... Oh, and if you want to ask questions of David after reading this, I'm sure he'll be happy to reply in the comments. Right, David?

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( And here's David behind the cut! Click here! )

Book Discussion

The LJ community dawbooks has a book discussion monthly. This time around, they're discussing A MAGIC OF TWILIGHT and A MAGIC OF NIGHTFALL. If you'd like to comment on the books, you can go here.

Good cause...

If you're looking to 'pay forward' a bit, I can point you to a good cause. Peter & Ericka are Minneapolis residents, part of the sf and music community there. Peter has been out of work for nearly six months now, and they are in danger of losing their house -- Ericka has multiple disabilities and this house has been altered and adjusted to fit her needs. Peter currently has a temporary job lined up and (hopefully) it may turn permanent, so this is a situation where they need to get caught up, at which point they anticipate being able to handle things.

There's a community set up to help them called accessiblehouse -- right now, there are several lovely items up for auction there (including a set of hardcovers for my CLOUDMAGES series.) Why not head over, check out the items, and maybe lend a hand to two good people who could use some help?