Christmas – Page 3 – Jacke Wilson

December 14, 2014

Bing and Bowie

I posted this the other day for an onward and upward. I can’t stop watching the first two minutes. I so want this to be true! Bing just happened to have this neighbor, DAVID BOWIE, who just happened to drop by, and they had this exchange with some gentle music in the background. Oh sure, Continue reading

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December 14, 2014

A Joycean Christmas: After the Race

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to The Dead on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to catch up and join us!] AFTER THE RACE THE cars came scudding in Continue reading

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December 13, 2014

A Joycean Christmas: Eveline

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] EVELINE SHE sat at the window watching the evening invade the Continue reading

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December 12, 2014

A Time to Read Joyce: Araby

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] ARABY NORTH RICHMOND STREET, being blind, was a quiet street except Continue reading

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December 11, 2014

A Time to Read Joyce: An Encounter

[Note: We’re reading one of James Joyce’s Dubliners stories each day until we get to “The Dead” on Christmas Eve. You can read more about the project on the first day’s installment. If you’re arriving late, fear not: it’s not too late to join us!] AN ENCOUNTER IT WAS Joe Dillon who introduced the Wild West Continue reading

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December 10, 2014

Christmas with James Joyce: The Sisters

Happy Dubliners Day! What’s that, you ask? It refers to a holiday tradition I have, which is to read one of James Joyce’s Dubliners story each day in the fifteen days leading up to Christmas Eve. Just like an advent calendar! And today, December 10, is the day to begin. I recommend taking off work, Continue reading

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December 8, 2014

Christmas with the Beatles!

Some great feedback on the latest episode of The Jacke Wilson Show is coming in. Many thanks to all my listeners! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it, and I hope to have another episode up soon. Until then, check out the Podcast page for the backlog. Now for some true audio (and visual) pleasure. Christmas with Continue reading

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December 7, 2014

It’s The Jacke Wilson Show! Episode 4 – The Worst Thing I Ever Did (Part Two)

ONE…ONE ONE…ONE ONE… IT’S THE JACKE WILSON SHOW!!!!! Episode 4 is here! I’m back to my four a.m. silent-house stage whisper. You didn’t think that afternoon voice would last forever, did you? Luckily I have a good microphone and an up-close personality. Or you can use it as white noise, to drift away to dreamland. I’m Continue reading

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September 30, 2013

Storytelling and the Marketplace

I’ve been writing a long time. I can divide my writing into three phases: the phase when I was trying to tell a story, the phase when I was trying to write something suitable for an agent, and the (current) phase when I am again trying to tell a story. Writing for word count might Continue reading

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September 25, 2013

Grandma’s Memoirs: A Self-Publishing Thought Experiment

When my grandmother was approaching 90, she decided it was time for her to write her memoirs. Why not? She had lived a full life, spanning nearly the entire twentieth century, from her girlhood in Europe during World War I, through immigration to the United States, all the way to the the end of the Continue reading

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