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Thanksgiving Week 2: The Elders
Oh boy. I’m really having a good time with Thanksgiving this year, but that’s no surprise. It’s my favorite holiday. Since yesterday was our day of giving thanks to the kids, let’s take things old school and bestow some gratitude on our elders. Here are a few excerpts from stories about the generations above me. My Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Week 1: Kids
I’ve got a big December planned here on the Jacke Blog. So I’m taking a breath and celebrating my favorite week of the year. Thanksgiving! Time to bring in the harvest, start up a fire, watch a little football, and keep the kitchen bustling. So today I’m giving thanks for children, who make all this Continue reading
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It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Episode 3 – The Worst Thing I Ever Did (Part One)
ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Oh, people! Episode 3 of THE JACKE WILSON SHOW is now available! This one is full of heartbreak and agony. Yes, that’s right, it’s The Worst Thing I Ever Did… confessions of real-life people as submitted by you, the readers. Also includes A History of Jacke in 100 Continue reading
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The Offering (A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #26)
And then something happened that changed everything. I wish I could start the story that way, because that’s how it felt when it happened: startling, vivid, breathtakingly transformative. Even now it makes my heart race, the moment when I looked down and saw what I saw on our front porch, and the follow-up moment when Continue reading
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Brush with Greatness: Harry Shearer and Me!
On Tuesday I launched into yet another high-flying ode to creative freedom and the indie spirit. I railed against the curtailing powers-that-be, those nattering nabobs of negativism, wherever they may reside. I talked about my own experiences with indie publishing, and I cited the example of Martin Short and Harry Shearer, who found the freedom to 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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Today’s Comment of the Week: On Hamlet Dad
Wonderful Reader cducey2013 comments on A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #9 – The Intersection (aka “Hamlet Dad Goes to the Movies”): “We’ll all get to the same place eventually.” This certainly reminds me of the graveyard scene in Hamlet, as well as the general sentiment throughout the play of “you are dust and to dust 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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Worst Thing I Ever Did? Had a Secret Orgy…
Wow. The confessions keep pouring in. I’ll save a few for the podcast, as I promised in the original post. But I’ll share some on the blog too. Reader Anonymous writes: Not quite sure why I’m doing this but I’m sure you can handle personal! Indeed I can! Do go on… I often refer to 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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Worst Thing I Ever Did? Had a Secret Orgy…
Wow. The confessions keep pouring in. I’ll save a few for the podcast, as I promised in the original post. But I’ll share some on the blog too. Reader Anonymous writes: Not quite sure why I’m doing this but I’m sure you can handle personal! Indeed I can! Do go on… I often refer to Continue reading
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