Writing
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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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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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Indie Publishing: 2013 Wrapup and Predictions for 2014
Of course I’m somewhat biased toward 2013 as being a good year for independent publishing, since that was the year I started publishing independently myself. But it was also a good year for the rest of the indie publishing world. Dean Wesley Smith has an excellent summary (with some looks ahead to 2014 as well). Dean… Continue reading
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Small-Press Shoutout: Overlook Press!
Stop me… stop me before I small-press shoutout again! I know, I know. I promised one last shoutout before the holidays. But then I ran across Overlook Press. They are bigger than some of our other shoutoutees, but I’m not holding that against them. They have that indie spirit – and if anything, their size… Continue reading
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Kafka: The Videogame
Definitely will need to get this when it comes out… Continue reading
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National Nightmare Alert: Why Haiku Fails in America
Still thinking about yesterday’s Terrible Poem Breakdown entry, which I compared to haiku, which led me to think about the role of haiku in America. Haiku in America is terrible and I think I know why. I don’t mean there aren’t (a small number of) Americans who truly get haiku. There is some good haiku… Continue reading
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Small Press Shout-Outs: Last Call for the Holidays!
With a week left until the Great Opening of The Presents Day, just a very quick reminder of all the holiday gift ideas we’ve had here lately: Equip your favorite spy (or spy wannabe) with the Passport to Crime bundle from Soho Press Drop into a fluffy Minnesota snowdrift with Graywolf Press (and see if… Continue reading
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Killer Stories
Yesterday we talked about George Carlin and training your brain to be your creative partner. Which got me to thinking about the new novella I’m working on, which starts out bleak and just gets darker and darker. It felt good to write it – not unlike the purgation of negativity I recently attempted on this… Continue reading
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Your Brain in Action
Larry Getlen at Splitsider just posted an excerpt of a never-before-released interview with the brilliant comedian George Carlin. Carlin describes something about the brain that I think most people have experienced and recognized in themselves. But his description of how it affects his creative process may be the best I’ve ever read: [M]y mind has… Continue reading
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Writer in Your Life? The Greatest Gift Idea Ever
Great Paris Review interview with the amazing Ursula K. Le Guin. Two quick points: Le Guin mentions getting an early boost from Ace Doubles, a series by Ace Publishing that sought to put out two short novels combined in one book. I love this idea – and what great covers they had! Worth a roam through the… Continue reading
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