Novellas
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The Glamorous Colleague (A Jacke Wilson Objectino)
Introducing…the Objectino!* Overheard at an office meeting: WOMAN 1: I’ve always had this thing for the days of real glamour. You know, like the Fifties and Sixties, when women had style. I was born at the wrong time! I could see myself as an Audrey Hepburn…or a Jackie O… WOMAN 2: There’s a potato chip on your boob. Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Week 4: The Readers!
We’ve spent Thanksgiving week giving thanks to the Kids, the Elders, and Life’s Sweet Partners. That covers most ground (sorry friends, coworkers, and facebook people I’m pretending to recall better than I actually do – maybe next year!). Or at least it covers most ground personally. Professionally, I still owe someone special. My enormous debt of Continue reading
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The Indie Spirit: Martin Short and Harry Shearer
My name is Jacke Wilson, and I’m an indie author. Yes, there’s a stigma attached to this. All those people saying: “Who do you think you are, Jacke Wilson?” and “There is no check on quality anymore! You can’t just SAY you’re a writer.” and “The self-publishing world is like an agent’s slushpile times a zillion!” Continue reading
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Authors I Love: Penelope Fitzgerald
I’ve written before about the great Penelope Fitzgerald, an author who I think gets woefully overlooked these days. Which is too bad: I love her beautiful, understated style, her deadpan sense of humor, and sneaky-great themes. You should give her books a try if you haven’t already. But really, why do I like her so much? There are Continue reading
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Contest Winners! The Brilliant Readers Who Guessed the Cover Themes
So here was the contest: guess the cover art themes to my book The Race and win a free copy of the book. As a reminder, here’s the cover: I also gave a brief description that had a few clues. I was looking for two things, or maybe three. The book is about American politics, Continue reading
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International Feedback on The Race!
Yesterday I posted a quick little request that summarized my thoughts on the U.S. elections. And of course, I wrote a book about a politician, based on some personal experience I had ghostwriting the autobiography of one of our nation’s gems. The politician in my book, a former governor recovering from a sex scandal, exemplifies everything Continue reading
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Election Day Request
A request for Election Day: On this national day of voting Can’t we put aside our differences And recognize the great source of our unity: We all hate politicians Go vote, everyone! And then, after you’ve recovered from that, take a look at my book The Race, which is about a disgraced former governor trying Continue reading
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A Contest! Guess the Cover Art Themes and Win a Free Book
A contest! Let’s have a contest! Wonderful Reader N asked this question about my book The Race: Can I ask a quick question about the book cover? Was the design meant to suggestion a flag because it’s about elections? I am a little obsessed about book covers–maybe because my design sense is stunted from birth–and I’m 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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