Author
-
“Help! My Family Hates My Pen Name!” – The Result!
I’ve been running this blog for over a year (recently we ran through the best of the best and the worst of the worst) and I have to say this is one of the most fun things I’ve done. Let’s recap: First, I posted a note from a Wonderful Reader who is struggling with a Continue reading
-
Writers Laughing: Gabriel García Márquez
Another big smiler – like Alice Munro, there are a million pictures of him smiling. And smiling broadly, with his eyes crinkly and his mouth slightly open. But laughing? You just know he had to laugh all the time – but whether those were captured in the pre-cell phone era is another question. I found Continue reading
-
“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
-
“Humor, Depression, and Hope All Together in One Short Book”: A Review of The Promotion by My Author Within
“The Promotion was my first book by Jacke Wilson, and now I am wondering if I have been sleeping under a rock not to notice this amazing author…” – My Author Within # Wow! Another great day here on the Jacke blog. The first review of The Promotion has come in, and it’s excellent. My thanks Continue reading
-
Fighting Discouragement: You Are New!
In an interview with Tinhouse’s J.C. Hallman, Walter Kirn refers to a common anxiety among writers: J.C. Hallman: Do creative writers have an obligation to act as critics, to offer up alternatives to traditional critical methodologies and assumptions? Walter Kirn: Creative writers have no obligation do anything, including their own creative work. That’s what makes Continue reading
-
The State of Publishing: The Sound of Ice Cracking
Yesterday I wrote about the possibility of small presses playing a key role in the publishing process – not as a filter deciding which books get published in the first place, but in their ability to make already published books more widely available. IntoPrint is a good example of how this might work: this small publishing house Continue reading
-
A Self-Interview with the Author, Jacke Wilson
Today’s self-interview is with the author and sole proprietor of this blog, Jacke Wilson. Jacke’s novella The Race is available now at Amazon.com. Q: Thank you for sitting down with me today. A: It was no trouble at all. Q: How long have you been writing fiction? A: As a serious endeavor, approximately 18 years. Q: Continue reading
-
Self-Publishing Literary Fiction – A Ray of Hope
Oh, it’s hard times for literary fiction in general, I know. (People don’t read it any more!) And for indie publishers, there is the stigma. (Who do you think you are? You need to have someone else decide whether your book should be available to readers…) But there’s hope! As David Gaughran, guru of marketing Continue reading
-
Self-Publishing Update: Rocking Digital Marketing
Another great podcast from Simon over at Rocking Self Publishing. This time it’s an interview with Kevin Leigh, indie author of Gollup the Woods, Twin Power, a book for young adults based on stories his father used to tell the family about Ireland. In his real life Kevin handles digital marketing for a chain of Continue reading
-
Independent Publishing: What Would Dr. Johnson Do?
Okay, let’s see. What do agents and publishers have to offer a new author? Free editing? Nope. Marketing, surely? Not much of that either. So… you edit everything yourself, before it gets to the publisher. Maybe you even hire someone to help. Then the book comes out and you are left to your own devices Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 