Category Archives: Fun

The Grass Is Always Greener In Another Part of the Bookstore…

Posted on April 13, 2012 by dbjackson

I’ve played guitar since I was fourteen years old, and I still enjoy it.  But when I am listening to a rock and roll song that really gets me going, I don’t play air-guitar.  No, I pretend to play the … Continue reading →

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Preparations For THIEFTAKER Release, #1

Posted on March 31, 2012 by dbjackson

Last day of March.  On Tuesday of this coming week, April 3, we will be exactly 13 weeks away from the July 3 release of THIEFTAKER.  I’m sure that sounds far away to you, but I have been waiting for … Continue reading →

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A Spring Morning

Posted on March 29, 2012 by dbjackson

This morning I took a bit of time away from the computer and the rewrites I’m working on, and hiked down into a place called Shakerag Hollow.  Shakerag, so named because once upon a time, you could go down there … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hunger Games

Posted on March 24, 2012 by dbjackson

Last night I went with a group to see the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ YA bestseller, The Hunger Games.  Our group consisted of seven teenagers, all of whom had read at least the first book in the Hunger Games … Continue reading →

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An Apology for a Lame Post

Posted on March 12, 2012 by dbjackson

Yeah, I should probably do another writing tips post today.  And I certainly will do my best to post some later in the week.  But today is my birthday and I’m on the road visiting with friends, and I am … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: What Extravagances Do You Covet?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by dbjackson

I love to write, which is why I’m an author.  As I said in my last post, this business can be really hard. If I was doing it for the money rather than for love of writing . . . … Continue reading →

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New England v. New York: Where My Loyalties Lie

Posted on February 5, 2012 by dbjackson

Yeah, I know.  I write about Boston.  It’s the setting for the Thieftaker novels and several short stories that are either in print, in production, or under consideration at one magazine or another.  And I do love Boston — great … Continue reading →

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A Publicity Idea and a Request for Help

Posted on January 19, 2012 by dbjackson

So I’m looking at having postcards made with the Thieftaker jacket art on the front and information about the book (ISBN number, jacket blurbs — stuff like that) on the back.  I want to have stuff to give away at … Continue reading →

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A View of Costa Rica, part III

Posted on December 5, 2011 by dbjackson

Monteverde and the Costa Rican Cloud Forest: Two hours and fifteen minutes out from San Jose by car, as the road turns from asphalt to dirt and rock, and begins its at times harrowing ascent into the highlands, a question … Continue reading →

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Help Find a Title for the Second Thieftaker Book!

Posted on November 10, 2011 by dbjackson

Over the past two weeks or so I have been revising the manuscript of the second Thieftaker book.  I turned it in some time ago, but delays in the publication of the first book (finally and firmly scheduled for a … Continue reading →

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