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Today I am Interviewed by Diana Pharaoh Francis

Posted on March 11, 2015 by dbjackson

I have a new interview up — my good friend Diana Pharaoh Francis, a wonderful writer in her own right, asked me some questions about writing Spell Blind, the first book in my new series, the Case Files of Justis … Continue reading →

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A Book Goes Out, a Book Comes In, a Book Begins

Posted on January 29, 2015 by dbjackson

I turned in a book today. Shadow’s Blade, the newly titled, third installment in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, is out of my hands and with my editor at Baen Books. That’s kind of exciting. I read it through … Continue reading →

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A Novel By Any Other Name . . .

Posted on January 28, 2015 by dbjackson

My Facebook page was hopping today, because I asked for people’s opinions on the title for the book I’ve been working on. The book is the third in my new series from Baen, The Case Files of Justis Fearsson. The … Continue reading →

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Plotting Versus Pantsing Update

Posted on January 26, 2015 by dbjackson

Last week at the Magical Words blogsite, which I helped found so many years ago with Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, and C.E Murphy, I posted about plotting versus pantsing. For those not in the writing profession, plotting refers to setting … Continue reading →

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Sewanee Book Signing Next Friday!

Posted on January 23, 2015 by dbjackson

It’s late on a Friday, not the best time to be making public service announcements. But I am very excited to say that I will be signing books in my home town of Sewanee, Tennessee, a week from today. Friday, … Continue reading →

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Plotting Versus Pantsing, at Magical Words

Posted on January 20, 2015 by dbjackson

Today’s installment in the continuing, unofficial Winter 2014-15 Spell Blind Blog Tour (which is way too much of a mouthful) can be found at the Magical Words blog site. The post is about plotting and pantsing — the age-old tension … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Inaccuracies in my New Book

Posted on January 19, 2015 by dbjackson

Yesterday I received one of those emails that authors usually hate to get. A reader wrote to let me know that there were a couple of details in my new novel, Spell Blind (book I in The Case Files of … Continue reading →

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Moving on From MarsCon

Posted on January 18, 2015 by dbjackson

I’m exhausted after a great weekend at MarsCon. Tomorrow I leave Williamsburg to do a few stock signings in North Carolina and then two bookstore events later in the week: a signing at the Books-A-Million in Gastonia, North Carolina on … Continue reading →

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From the Road . . .

Posted on January 15, 2015 by dbjackson

I have arrived in Williamsburg, Virginia for MarsCon 25, which begins tomorrow. I was literary Guest of Honor at MarsCon back in 2013, or maybe it was 2012. Whichever it was, I had a great time here, and when the … Continue reading →

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A Very Special Interview

Posted on January 14, 2015 by dbjackson

Today on the unofficial Winter 2014-15 Spell Blind Blog Tour I have a very special post up at the website of Lucienne Diver, writer, agent, friend. The post is an interview with Namid’skemu, a character from Spell Blind and the … Continue reading →

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