Interview with David B. Coe

An interview with author David B. Coe (who is super cool and also cute) about his upcoming novel (which I believe is his tenth.)  David B. Coe (www.davidbcoe.com) is the Crawford Award-winning author of ten fantasy novels and several short stories. A refugee from academia, David has a Ph.D. in history and has taught at the…

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Musical Education

Once again, listening to musicals with the children provides endless oportunities for education….but we are beginning to be amused at how much of the seedy side of life is revealed in musicals. First, the father from My Fair Lady, then the gamblers of Guys and Dolls, then the con man of Music Man. Now, it’s…

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On the Authenticity of The Muppet Treasure Island

A conversation between John and Juss: Juss: "There’s a ship called the Hispaniola? They had that in the movie."John: "Yes, because it’s from the book. Blind Pew is from the book, too."Juss: "He is?"John: "Yes, they didn’t make him up."Juss: "Well, they made him up a little. He was a Muppet."  

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More Virtuetopia (Virtutopia? Virtue-topia?)

Okay…so what are your favorite stories that have a clear moral…like Pinocchio or the boy who called wolf for truthfulness, Christmas Carol or Beauty and the Beast for…well helpful, friendly, courteous, or kind,  etc? (This becomes more important because it now looks as if I may write it up as a series of children’s books.)…

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Shiver Me Timbers!

So, I’m sitting reading the Spore game book to Orville and Juss (we’re on page 96…I can’t believe I’ve read 96 pages of a video game source book aloud. We don’t even play Spore, though we do have the partial Creature Creator.) when the Cherubim comes downstairs from where he was listening to Christmas videos…

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Tyrannosaurus Christ

Not really sure what to do with that idea…I came up with it by accident yesterday and have been chuckling over it ever since. I mean if Christ can be a lion or a lamb, what about a dinosaur? Somehow, Old T-Rex doesn’t really seem like the right guy for the job. Maybe Jesus Brontosaurus? That’s bring…

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First Review

PrinceJvstin kindly reviewed the uncorrected bound manuscript of my novel, Prospero Lost. His review is Here. And, yes, the final version will be slightly — ever so slightly — less rough than this version. I smoothed out a bunch of things during the copyedits. Can’t say it won’t still have rough spots, though. I did write…

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