Don DeBon

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Don is a science fiction author that enjoys technology (when it works), good weather, and reading a good book.
Websitehttp://dondebon.com
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Don DeBonMar 6
There are still a few days left of the Smashwords Read An Ebook Week sale. And I have most of my books discounted such as:
Silicon Strike
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1060799
50% off with code EBW50
#ebook #books #Smashwords #ebookweek26
Silicon Strike

Celloids. The plant-based menace incidentally released on Earth have been eradicated. Or have they? Did they leave something behind even more destructive? With the Lytherians in disarray, can the Defiant and the Phoenix stop this new threat? And who is the controlling force behind it all?

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Don DeBonJan 21
RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistJan 17

#WordWeavers 2026.01.17 — If cost wasn’t an issue, what would your ideal setting be for you to write in?

Besides being an SF and fantasy genre fan, I was also a Phyllis A. Whitney fan. I loved that the locales in her gothic romance books were as much a character in her stories as the characters themselves. I theorized she lived in each place for a time before writing each novel.

The concept was one of the things that validated my choosing fiction writing as an avocation. It's a dream: I'd love to live in various places for weeks or months, writing. As a writer, no fixed place is necessary. I was wanting remote work before the people who'd dream up the term were conceived of let alone born!

I hope to do some of that now that I'm retired. The photo below is my writing setup in Pismo Beach. More in #altText

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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Don DeBonDec 29
Charlie StrossDec 29

#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29 – What’s something you’d like to see future generations of writers discard?

Supine obedience-in-advance to the whims of marketing diktat issued by publishing marketers (who frankly don't know what sells because there is no way to research it b/c publishers sell to wholesalers, not direct to the public). NB: such whims involve writing for a specific genre, bullshit "X meets Y" comps, bandwagoning, and standardized lengths. Oh, and shoot that "save the cat" formula book!

Don DeBonDec 29
Sax Brightwell 🇨🇦Dec 29

#WritersCoffeeClub 29/12: What’s something you’d like to see future generations of writers discard?

(I don't have to say AI because those using it aren't writers in the first place.)

Tradpub gatekeeping! There are so many ways to get your words into the world beyond the $37 algorithmic hardback.

Don DeBonOct 24

#WritersCoffeeClub 10/24/2025 : How many plot arcs do your finished works tend to have?

It varies depending on the length of the book and series. With time-travel stories, I tend to have more of them with different events going on at different times that are all interrelated which becomes clearer as the story progresses.

Don DeBonOct 24

#WritersCoffeeClub 10/23/2025 : Have you ever written a story-within-a-story?

Yes. Multiple times often as a way to enhance the depth of the character.

Don DeBonSep 28

#WritersCoffeeClub 9-15-2025: How do your immediate surroundings influence your work?

While I prefer my quiet office with lots of time, that rarely happens anymore. For quite a while I have been a 'Coffee Break Novelist' writing when I can, usually on my phone. But lately I haven't had the spoons even for that.

I hope that changes.

Don DeBonSep 28

#WritersCoffeeClub 9-28-2025 Have you ever added to a work after it was ‘finished’?

Not unless you mean go back and fix a few typos that slipped though. The story itself, characters, plot, etc all remained the same.

Don DeBonSep 28
#WritersCoffeeClub 9-21-2025 -- Write a bit in praise of yourself, as if anonymously.

Sorry, Narc I am not. I let my readers make the comments, for good or ill.
Don DeBonSep 12, 2025

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/10/25 — What encouragement would you give writers younger than yourself?

First and foremost enjoy what you do. If you don't enjoy writing, that will show in the writing. And secondly most 'advice' is out to make money off of you. Most 'webinars' all say the same things offering their service as a solution. In essence 99.99% of them are commercials.

And is publishing is hard. At least to do it well. Publishing and building a audience is a glacial undertaking.