Jacke Wilson

January 17, 2014

Who’s Cheating America?: Murky Waters

I try to avoid politics here on the blog as much as possible. (Except when I’m writing books about it.) But if there’s one viewpoint I expect all thoughtful Americans to share it’s the old 90s slogan: Work Hard And Play By The Rules. We can all agree on this, surely! We want hardworking people Continue reading

The Race, Who’s Cheating America

America, cheaters, criminals

January 14, 2014

The Race: New Formats Available

The Race: A Novella is expanding its reach to new territories and now… new formats! I’ve chosen Smashwords as the distributor for all non-Amazon stores. Smashwords will eventually distribute The Race into online stores like Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple, and several others, including libraries and subscription services. I’ll post all those links when they’re available. For now, Continue reading

Novellas, Publishing, The Race

Publishing, Self-Publishing, Smashwords

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

Authors, Fiction, Novellas, Publishing, The Race, Writing

International, Race

January 11, 2014

Ten Bold Predictions for 2014: An Analysis

Digital Book World has a list of ten bold predictions for ebooks digital publishing in 2014. Some of them delve into brave new world territory, but for those of us who have been around for a while, who can remember the days before you could carry a device in your pocket that can make phone Continue reading

Authors, Publishing

E-Books, Publishing, reading, Shakespeare, Writer

January 7, 2014

Small Press Shoutout: The Permanent Press!

I’ve decided to return to one of the blog’s most popular features, the Small Press Shoutout. This week we take a look at The Permanent Press, which has been cranking out titles since 1978. Started by husband-and-wife team Martin and Judith Shepard, their catalog includes several award-winning mysteries and the undersung Icelandic novelist Halldor Laxness Continue reading

Authors, Fiction, Publishing

Arts, Literary fiction, Publishing, Small press

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

Authors, Novellas, Publishing, The Race, Writing

Literary fiction, Self-Publishing, Writer

January 4, 2014

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

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Bill James, Dean Wesley Smith

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

Fiction, Novellas, Publishing, The Race

Arts, cover design, Literary fiction, Self-Publishing

December 23, 2013

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

Authors, Fiction, Publishing, Writing

Business, Charles McCarry, Charles Portis, Coen Brothers, Overlook Press, Robert Ludlum, True Grit, United States

December 22, 2013

Charlie Brown Is Alive and Well

Apparently he’s now running a Travelodge: I notice the lights are plugged in but aren’t on. Glad to see the sly dog still has the Christmas spirit! Image Credit: http://www.breakingnews.ie Continue reading

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