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It’s the Jacke Wilson Show! Episode 1.1 – The Halloween Episode
Here we go! Episode 1 of THE JACKE WILSON SHOW, an effort that has been seriously hindered by my complete lack of any knowledge about how any of this works. I had a lot of fun! And it’s yet another disaster! Ah well. Someone needs to take these tools away from me. (Or not! Who am… Continue reading
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Update: Giveaway Over!
Five lucky winners will get their copies shipped today. Congratulations! Continue reading
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One Day Left! Free Books Almost Gone!
Quick note to remind you that the Goodreads Giveaway is almost finished. Goodreads Book Giveaway The Race by Jacke Wilson Giveaway ends October 10, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win And when it’s finished? What then? Well, I suppose it’s back to you and me, reader. Amazon does have a discount… Continue reading
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Goodreads Giveaway: Politicians Are Human Beings. Maybe.
Hello everyone! Some of you may recall the last time I did a Goodreads Giveaway, where I shipped off five free copies of The Promotion. I think it’s fairly common to recap these things, with a mathematical analysis of how many people requested the book, how many reviews it led to, what the impact was… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Gertrude Stein
Stein was stern. Photo after photo, the same expression. Dour. Fierce. Almost combative. But that’s not good enough for us, is it? We like laughing writers! And… here we go! Yes! Of course! The little dog on her lap (or maybe it’s the one up by her head)? One of them is making her… Continue reading
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“Another Well-Written Novella”: Five Stars for The Promotion!
Here we go! Another great review of my book The Promotion, this time by the awesome More Books Than Shoes. And what a nice way for me to celebrate my Sunday. She enjoyed it! The Promotion is the second novella I’ve read by the talented Jacke Wilson, and I didn’t think it was possible but I… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: George Orwell
Okay, the degree of difficulty is off the charts for this one. This is a man who agonized over politics and the English language. Who loved England and democracy but spent his life fighting against oppression and tyranny and the dangers of lazy thinking. Laughing? George Orwell was shot in the throat while fighting in the… Continue reading
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Today’s Comment of the Week: The Paralegal Checks In
Wonderful Reader K.C. writes: The Promotion is definitely my next read. My “day” job is as a paralegal and the description is genius. Can’t wait to read. Oh boy! A paralegal! Reading about “when big law meets big trouble…” This should be interesting… It kind of reminds me of that time I walked into the… Continue reading
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This Is It! The Top Post of the Year!
This is it! We’ve come to the end of the Blogiversary Extravaganza, in which I’ve counted down the top posts of the year. Object, object, object, object. Ho-hum. I even had to throw in a few honorable mentions just to keep things interesting. (Hello, Soho Press, John Lennon’s Writing Wisdom, and the irrepressible Charlotte Brontë, dumping… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Norman Mailer and Truman Capote
Another curious one. Knowing these two, my guess is that they despised each other 99.99 percent of the time. But in that other .01 percent … …big laughs for everyone! Image credit: Popaganda.gr Continue reading
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