Category Archives: Reading

Writing Tips: Said-Bookisms, the Obscure Sin that Can Doom a Manuscript

Posted on January 25, 2012 by dbjackson

I’ve been writing professionally for more than fifteen years, and I’ve been reading avidly for far longer.  Over the years the publishing market has seen sea-changes in almost every respect, with ramifications for the business, the very act of reading, … Continue reading →

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Researching New Thieftaker Books

Posted on January 17, 2012 by dbjackson

One of the things that often strikes friends and family as strange about my work is the distance in time between “what I’m working on” and “what I have coming out.”  We are still six months away from the July … Continue reading →

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My Reading for 2012

Posted on January 5, 2012 by dbjackson

One of my goals for this New Year, both professionally and personally, is to get more reading done, hopefully at the expense of my lazing-around-in-front-of-the-television and/or doing-nothing-of-importance-on-the-web time. It’s not that I spend hours watching TV — I really don’t. … Continue reading →

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Past, Present, and Future

Posted on February 24, 2011 by dbjackson

Tonight my wife and I are going to see a university production of the Greek tragedy Hecuba, by Euripides.  For the past couple of days I’ve been reading legends from the Mythology and Ulster Cycles of Celtic history.  There is … Continue reading →

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