Fiction
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“Help! My Family Hates My Pen Name!” – The Result!
I’ve been running this blog for over a year (recently we ran through the best of the best and the worst of the worst) and I have to say this is one of the most fun things I’ve done. Let’s recap: First, I posted a note from a Wonderful Reader who is struggling with a… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Garrett Hongo
A grainy photograph but the personality comes through nevertheless. Happy Tuesday, everyone! Continue reading
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“Help! My family hates my pen name!”: The Response
Wonderful Readers! You have proven yourselves to be some of the wisest and most thoughtful people I “know.” Yesterday I posted a comment from a Wonderful Reader struggling with her family’s objection to her pen name. She had an interesting twist on the issue – and your comments were amazing. For everyone who’s arriving late to… Continue reading
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What if your family hates your pen name? A request for advice!
A very interesting question came in from a Wonderful Reader: I have a question. My pen name is my grandmother’s name. It took a long time and a lot of thought to chose that name, but now various members of the family (grandchildren and great-grandchildren of all things — she’s been dead for over 60… Continue reading
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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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