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January 2, 2016

Here We Go! Top Podcast Episodes of 2015!

Happy New Year! On New Year’s Eve I expressed some gratitude and kicked off our countdown of 2015’s top podcast episodes. Today, I can reveal the Top History of Literature Episodes of 2015 as selected by you, the listeners. For those of you new to the History of Literature, this might be the best place Continue reading

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October 12, 2015

Episode 0 – Battling the Beast

Here we go! Episode zero of our new podcast, The History of Literature, right here on jackewilson.com. Let me know what you think! Introducing the wildly unqualified host, Jacke Wilson. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:24 — 10.6MB) Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Continue reading

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November 15, 2014

Today’s Comment of the Week: On Hamlet Dad

Wonderful Reader cducey2013 comments on A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #9 – The Intersection (aka “Hamlet Dad Goes to the Movies”): “We’ll all get to the same place eventually.” This certainly reminds me of the graveyard scene in Hamlet, as well as the general sentiment throughout the play of “you are dust and to dust Continue reading

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July 1, 2014

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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June 24, 2014

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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March 10, 2014

New Novella Release: The Promotion!

Another great day here on the Jacke Blog. I’m excited to announce the release of my new book, The Promotion: A Novella. Officially, The Promotion “is the deadpan cri de couer of a lawyer trapped inside a Kafkaesque firm, tasked with recruiting new attorneys even as he himself slides into obsession and madness.” Unofficially, it’s Continue reading

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October 27, 2013

Free Fiction Weekend: The Race by Jacke Wilson

His wife once called him “a fifth-rate husband, a shoddy human being, and a washed-up Judas.” Now he’s running again. And he needs her support. Readers! A free excerpt of The Race: A Novella by Jacke Wilson is below. Want to read the whole thing? Like free stuff? I also have some free review copies available. I’m happy Continue reading

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