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Camus on Love
What a great idea! The always excellent Maria Popova has teamed up with the talented Wendy McNaughton to produce a print based on the notebooks of Camus. Now you can have Albert and his thoughts on love gracing your wall: Could this get any better? It can! 50% of the proceeds will be going Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #17 – The Shirts and Skins
In the stories so far I’ve talked a lot about death and fear and failure, and that makes sense because we spend our lives immersed in those qualities (or at least I have). But other aspects of life drive us just as hard: love, for example. And pride and desire and friendship. I grew up admiring Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #16 – The Laundry
In high school I worked for a man who had a business mind as sharp as any I encountered before or since, a brilliant schemer who had worked his way out of a factory job and now worked for no man but himself. When I started working for him and his wife he owned an 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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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #15 – The Coffepot
This is the story of a young man who was an excellent speller. He won seven spelling bees in a row, dominating the competition year after year after year. And then, in the eighth grade, with a trip to regionals (and state! and nationals!) on the line, this champion lost for the first time in his Continue reading
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Today’s Comment of the Week
From Wonderful Reader nilochahtims, commenting on A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #3 – The Blood Cake: I started reading, and I could not stop. I had my daughter read the first two sentences, and she could not stop. Same with my wife. My favorite was the ear: icing on the cake. An ID-photo 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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Today’s Comment of the Week
From Wonderful Reader lilolimon, commenting on A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #13 – The Monster: Your story made me laugh. Since I am a mexican I can relate completely to this guy jajaja Is it something in our blood that prevents us from “behaving properly”? I have no idea, but I can tell Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #14 – The Bass Guitar
Are you familiar with the Suzuki method? I wasn’t. Oh sure, I’d heard of it—all those cute little violin prodigies, and something about kindergarteners learning how to play by ear that sounded impressive—but I didn’t know many details until I signed my kid up for piano lessons with a Suzuki teacher. It turns out that Suzuki Continue reading
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