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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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Two Days Left! Sign Up For Free Books Now! [Update: The Contest Has Closed]
Goodreads Book Giveaway The Promotion by Jacke Wilson Giveaway ends June 04, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Happy Monday! Just a quick reminder that there are only two days left in the Goodreads Giveaway for my short novel, The Promotion, the “full of intrigue and deadpan comedy” book that everyone’s talking Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #11 – The Bench
I don’t know why I stopped in Nanjing on my way to Beijing. Someone had said it was good. Buddhist temples, a mausoleum for Dr. Sun Yat-Sen… Why not? I had time to burn and no place else to be. It was only after I arrived, hot and grimy and exhausted from late night travel Continue reading
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Free Books! Let the Goodreads Giveaway-ing Begin! [Update: The Contest Has Closed]
Goodreads Book Giveaway The Promotion by Jacke Wilson Giveaway ends June 04, 2014. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Here we go! The folks at Goodreads have approved the application and are now hosting a Goodreads Giveaway for my short novel, The Promotion, the “full of intrigue and deadpan comedy” book that Continue reading
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Coming Soon: A Goodreads Giveaway!
Readers, big news! I just signed up for a Goodreads Giveaway, which means that FIVE SIGNED COPIES of the paperback version of The Promotion will be given away FOR FREE to Goodreads members who sign up for the contest. That’s right, soon five lucky readers will be given the chance to immerse themselves in 105 pages of misery, obsession, and Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #10 – The Spitwad
Here’s something I’ve learned: teachers are human. They’re not superheroes or gods. Not saints or demons. They’re human beings, with flaws and weaknesses like all the rest of us. Don Ward was a fine man who taught high school biology to undeserving students in the same crumbling, run-down building for forty-three years. How bad was Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #9 – The Intersection
I missed The Lion King the first time around, but they re-released it for people like me. Parents with young kids looking to kill an afternoon at the movies. A new generation. “Jeremy Irons is in it,” my wife says, trying to generate enthusiasm. “Oh yeah. Him. And Randy Newman songs?” “Elton John. You know, Continue reading
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Tormented Philosophers In Love
You can have your Samsons and Delilahs, your Romeos and Juliets, your Abelards and Heloises. I’ll take Kierkegaard and Regine. Whether in spite or because of the ominous journey ahead of her, Regine made an important decision, it seems, on the day of her departure: she sought out a strange man to whom she had Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #8 – The Burger Car
Home from traveling, I jump into the gray Corolla. I’ve been a Five Guys Dad lately, flying to Los Angeles for work and back home on weekends to take the boys to soccer and movies and the library and their favorite restaurant. It’s not an ideal way to parent, but what can you do? My Continue reading
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Small Press Shout-Out: Valancourt Books!
Here’s what I love about small presses: they’re quirky, they look for (and fill) niches that the big guys have missed, and they often appear to be as governed by personal passions as market research. Today’s shout-out, Valancourt Books, is no exception. Their catalog sports many overlooked and forgotten gothic books. Because they’ve identified a missed Continue reading
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