Category Archives: Novels

A Quick-Tip Tuesday Post About Deadlines

Posted on November 29, 2016 by dbjackson

“But,” you say, “what if an editor asks me to make that two month deadline?” Be honest with her. Tell her that two months won’t work, but you can get it done in three, or three and a half. When … Continue reading →

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Two Stops on the Blog Tour!

Posted on November 28, 2016 by dbjackson

I’m pushing myself to take all sorts of creative chances, following bolder storylines and developing exotic characters. I’m writing leaner, sparser, the way I wish I’d written the old books. In short, I’m trying to make this next project something … Continue reading →

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New Post, Old Stop on the 2016 Blog Tour

Posted on November 22, 2016 by dbjackson

I didn’t want to change anything with respect to plotting, character, world building, magic, setting, etc. Quite the opposite: I wanted to be faithful to the original story. The LonTobyn books had — and still have — a lot of … Continue reading →

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Keeping On With a New Quick-Tip Tuesday Post

Posted on November 15, 2016 by dbjackson

It would be so easy to give up, to set writing aside for a while. Because when we write, by necessity we access emotion, and that’s not a place I particularly want to go right now. To which my inner … Continue reading →

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Quick-Tip Tuesday Post on Music and Writing

Posted on October 18, 2016 by dbjackson

I usually write with a good deal of structure in my process, and so I thrive on relatively unstructured music to inspire my creative process. So, I thought, what if with this project, to which I’ve taken a relatively unstructured … Continue reading →

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Quick-Tip Tuesday: More Fixes for a Broken Manuscript

Posted on October 4, 2016 by dbjackson

By the time we hit that 60-70% mark, things look dire for our good guys. And at that point we often discover that we have no idea how to get from where we are — often a world gone to … Continue reading →

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Inspiration, Knowledge, and Speculative Fiction: The Blog Tour Continues

Posted on September 30, 2016 by dbjackson

Whether we write horror or science fiction, epic fantasy or paranormal romance, we who write in this genre seek innovative — at times fantastical — perspectives on the familiar. At its best, speculative fiction is a mirror through which we … Continue reading →

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The Summer/Fall 2016 Blog Tour

Posted on September 21, 2016 by dbjackson

Internet problems and other issues have kept me from updating, and so I have a couple of posts to tell you about today. I have a post up at the blog of my friend Gail Z. Martin on my return … Continue reading →

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Then and Now in Publishing: A New Blog Tour Post

Posted on September 7, 2016 by dbjackson

Children of Amarid was first published in 1997, which is a really, really long time ago. The person who wrote that book must be, you know, old. Not “Rime-of-the-Ancient-Mariner” old, but at least venerable. Perhaps even vintage. Certainly grizzled. I’m … Continue reading →

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On the Blog Tour: Visiting With Faith Hunter

Posted on August 31, 2016 by dbjackson

I knew that I would need to revise the book before it could be published. Kind of the way I knew I would need to rotate the tires on my car at some point. I acknowledged it as part of … Continue reading →

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