Publishing
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The Magic of Storytelling
Any writer who heads out into the marketplace soon realizes that the marketplace is carved up into sections, organized by genre. Is your book science fiction? Fantasy? Steampunk? Women’s fiction? Literary fiction? Romance? Creative nonfiction? Biography? Historical fiction? Roughly you can think of this as “Where would you look for this in the bookstore?” This… Continue reading
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Amazon v. Hachette (or Whatever v. Whatever)
By “whatever v. whatever” I don’t mean to imply indifference. I know people care passionately about this. And they’re right to! It’s their livelihood, their passion, their art that’s at stake. No, by “whatever v. whatever” I mean “traditional v. indie” or “print v. ebook” or “established v. new” or however else you view the… Continue reading
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Writers Laughing: Alice Munro
Okay, sometimes these are a little hard to find. But there’s no shortage of photos of the amazing Alice Munro laughing (and a million of her smiling). I like this one for its spontaneity and joy… Author Elizabeth Hay is on the left. And here’s a bonus! Alice with a special guest… Continue reading
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Sneak Preview: The Promotion
In honor of on-campus interviewing everywhere… an excerpt of The Promotion (on sale now at Amazon.com): When Big Law Meets Big Trouble… “Humor, depression, and hope all together in one short book… The Promotion was my first book by Jacke Wilson, and now I am wondering if I have been sleeping under a rock not to have noticed… Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #23 – The Passage
The story begins with a great moment in literary autobiography – well, fine, let’s go ahead and say its one of the great moments in the history of literature itself. I have a personal story to throw in at the end. But the story begins here, in the famous passage in which Ford Madox Ford… Continue reading
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Price Drop: The Promotion For Less Than a Dollar!
Some exciting news! The Kindle version of my short novel The Promotion is now available for just ninety-nine cents! Why now? Well, August is a good month for reading (and not much else), and I support readers and reading everywhere….but that’s not the real reason. Continue reading
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Blog Tour Update! Thoughts from Hibou
Here we go! First, a reminder of how this all worked. I received an invitation from Devon of The Starving Artist, who wrote an excellent post on her writing process. I posted a few thoughts (John Lennon and the Writing Process) and asked the supremely talented and energetic Lizzy at My Little Book Blog to follow. She did. And now, we… Continue reading
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Blog Tour Update: My Little Book Blog Takes the Baton!
Reminder of where we are on the Writing Process blog tour: Devon Trevarrow of The Starving Artist wrote an excellent post about setting goals, as well as some interesting details about her genres and her forthcoming works. A great read. Yours truly wrote a little bit about his own process. Unfortunately I kind of blew past… Continue reading
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“An Easy and Sophisticated Read”: A Review of The Promotion by My Little Book Blog
“An incredibly quick read…this is a book that makes the reader think…” – My Little Book Blog Wow, another great day here on the Jacke blog. I’ve been very fortunate with positive reviews, and the latest review of The Promotion (from Lizzy of My Little Book Blog, who also reviewed The Race a while ago)… Continue reading
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Thoughts on the Writing Process: The Wisdom of John Lennon
So here we go, some thoughts on writing process as part of the blog tour. But first a little business: My thanks to the previous stop on the tour, The Starving Artist, run by the amazing Devon Trevarrow Flaherty. You should definitely check out her post on setting goals as part of the writing process.… Continue reading
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