The Race
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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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Update: Giveaway Over!
Five lucky winners will get their copies shipped today. Congratulations! 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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Review of The Race: “Absolutely Fascinating”
People! It’s another great day here at the Jacke Blog. We’ve had a few of those lately – I have truly been fortunate to receive such positive reviews and feedback. I’m simply overwhelmed by it all. Thank you, readers! All right. Enough, enough. The good news for those of you who enjoy the more miserable Jacke, Continue reading
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Book Review: “An Incredibly Astute Novella About Ego and Politics…”
“Smart, well-written, and frequently funny, The Race offers some interesting speculation into the mind of the American politician…” – Marc Schuster, Small Press Reviews Readers, it’s another great day here on the Jacke Blog. My short novel The Race has received another wonderful review, this time from Marc Schuster of Small Press Reviews. (For those of you who missed Continue reading
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Review of The Race: “Warm and Full of Life…”
“[A] delightful novella about politics, scandal, reputation and above all, the importance of love…” – mylittlebookblog Readers, it’s a very good day here on the Jacke Blog. My novella The Race has been reviewed by mylittlebookblog, and the results have had me smiling all day. I’m not sure which is my favorite snippet. Maybe the Continue reading
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