The Race – Page 4 – Jacke Wilson

January 13, 2014

Welcome, International Readers!

I’ve been very pleased by how many international readers have visited me here at jackewilson.com. And in fact, I’ve been a little remiss in focusing only on links here in the U.S. So for your convenience, I thought I’d share the international links to The Race. (Or at least to the Kindle versions – the epub versions Continue reading

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January 6, 2014

Jacke Wilson News: What’s Up for 2014

Readers, I’m working hard. Here are some new things I hope to roll out in the first half of 2014: The Race: A Novella New Cover (already finished!) International links (scheduled for next Monday) Epub version and wider distribution (finally!) Print version (yes! at last!) New Releases The Promotion: A Novella – Takes a look at Continue reading

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January 3, 2014

New Year, New Cover!

Happy New Year, everyone! And guess what? I’m very excited to unveil the new cover for The Race: A Novella. I couldn’t be happier with how it looks and the way it suggests the themes and tone of the book. Many thanks to my brilliant designer and all the others who put in their comments and Continue reading

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December 5, 2013

More Free Fiction: The Race by Jacke Wilson

More free fiction below… Enjoy! – Jacke The Race: A Novella Excerpt from Chapter Seven When I was young, my class took a field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry. On the way back from Chicago we stopped at a McDonald’s, and along with the meal everyone received a Monopoly game piece. It Continue reading

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December 4, 2013

Self-Publishing and the Silicon Valley Fortune Teller

Surprisingly good interview with Netscape founder and Silicon Valley gazillionaire Marc Andreessen the other day. Andreessen thinks a lot about the future – not in a dreamy, techno-utopian way, but because every day he has the best and brightest inventors and entrepreneurs pitching their visions to him. And what does he see? Newspapers, magazines, television. Continue reading

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November 16, 2013

Penelope Fitzgerald and Failure (and Free Fiction!)

Still thinking about Penelope Fitzgerald and being drawn to failure. And it made me think of this passage in The Race: A Novella (available now at Amazon.com!), in which the narrator first meets the Governor’s wife: “Who’s he?” Tina said to the Governor in the foyer. “My biographer!” I explained that it was actually an autobiography – Continue reading

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November 11, 2013

A Self-Interview with the Author, Jacke Wilson

Today’s self-interview is with the author and sole proprietor of this blog, Jacke Wilson. Jacke’s novella The Race is available now at Amazon.com. Q: Thank you for sitting down with me today. A: It was no trouble at all. Q: How long have you been writing fiction? A: As a serious endeavor, approximately 18 years. Q: Continue reading

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October 27, 2013

Free Fiction Weekend: The Race by Jacke Wilson

His wife once called him “a fifth-rate husband, a shoddy human being, and a washed-up Judas.” Now he’s running again. And he needs her support. Readers! A free excerpt of The Race: A Novella by Jacke Wilson is below. Want to read the whole thing? Like free stuff? I also have some free review copies available. I’m happy Continue reading

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