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Professional Wednesday: Planning For Next Year — Try Something New!

Posted on December 14, 2022 by dbjackson

As you know, early in 2023 I will be coming out with a new urban fantasy series that is steeped in Celtic mythology. Before working on this series, I hadn’t known much about Celtic lore. But I did my research, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: A Tree and a Post — It’s Not About What You Think It Is, Or Is It?

Posted on December 12, 2022 by dbjackson

This post probably isn’t about what you think it is. Nancy and I are nearing the end of what has been an exhausting and at times terribly difficult year. I won’t catalogue our burdens because they are, frankly, no worse … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: Preparing For the Coming Year

Posted on December 7, 2022 by dbjackson

December has come to my little corner of the Cumberland Plateau. The trees are bare, days of gray skies and cold winds outnumber the blue, chickadees and nuthatches, titmice and woodpeckers and cardinals flock to my feeders. Yes, we still … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: The Two Best Holiday Gifts I’ve Gotten. Ever.

Posted on December 5, 2022 by dbjackson

The holidays are upon us, and chances are you — like me, like everyone I know — have been caught up in the spirit of gift-giving. We want to find those perfect presents for the people we love most. We … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: The Chalice War, Book I Cover Reveal!!

Posted on November 30, 2022 by dbjackson

For some time now, I’ve been writing about and teasing my new Celtic urban fantasy, The Chalice War. The series is part thriller, part comedy, part myth, part urban fantasy, part mystery. It is set in our modern world — … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Why I Love Soccer, and You Should Too

Posted on November 28, 2022 by dbjackson

Unless you’ve been in a food coma for the last two weeks, or have been so mesmerized by the constant influx of sales emails coming from every vendor under the sun that you can think of nothing else, you probably … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Musings: Thanksgiving and Some People To Thank

Posted on November 23, 2022 by dbjackson

The past couple of years, usually on the Monday of this calendar week, I have written about Thanksgiving — last year a catalogue of all the things for which I’m thankful (the list still holds), and the year before, ahead … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Hate Has No Place In Thanksgiving

Posted on November 21, 2022 by dbjackson

I had fully intended to write a fairly typical Thanksgiving week post — things I’m thankful for, what the holiday means to me, etc. I can’t now. Because once again, America is killing its own. This weekend, a quick perusal … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: What I Learned During a Recent Visit With Claude Monet

Posted on November 16, 2022 by dbjackson

Last week, Nancy and I were traveling for her work, and we had the opportunity to spend a day and a half in New York City. We had dinners with our older daughter, we attended some university functions, Nancy had … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Midterms Round-up — Orange is the New Blech!

Posted on November 14, 2022 by dbjackson

This time last week, I was lamenting the what I saw as inevitable advances by anti-democratic forces in this year’s midterm elections. Yes, I was worried my party would take a drubbing, but more, I feared elections in Arizona, Nevada, … Continue reading →

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