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SPELL BLIND Teaser #3!!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by dbjackson

Here’s the third installment in my series of pre-release teasers from Spell Blind, the first book in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson. Enjoy! The vision began as a thin gray swirl, like a wisp of smoke embedded in the … Continue reading →

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SPELL BLIND Teaser #1!

Posted on December 31, 2014 by dbjackson

So the release of  Spell Blind (book I of the Case Files of Justis Fearsson) is just a few days off — January 6, from Baen Books — and I haven’t even offered a teaser yet!!  Time to rectify that. … Continue reading →

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SPELL BLIND is Now Available for E-Readers!!

Posted on December 29, 2014 by dbjackson

Some of you have already contacted me about this, and I have noticed it on several bookseller sites:  The hardcover edition of Spell Blind, the first book in my new series, The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, will be published … Continue reading →

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A Post About Opening Passages, at Magical Words

Posted on December 9, 2014 by dbjackson

Today’s post in the unofficial Spell Blind Winter 2014-15 Blog Tour can be found over at Magical Words. The post is called “Openings, Hooks, and Breaking Rules,” and it breaks down the opening passages of Spell Blind, the first book … Continue reading →

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A New Post About Short Fiction and a Kickstarter Campaign

Posted on September 23, 2014 by dbjackson

After a lengthy hiatus from blogging (I’ve actually been spending my days writing a new novel) I have a post up today at the SFNovelists Blog Site, which I help maintain along with approximately 100 other writers of fantasy and … Continue reading →

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Today on the Blog Tour: Pet Peeves

Posted on July 30, 2014 by dbjackson

Today on the Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour, I conclude my month as Featured Author at Drey’s Library.  My final post for Drey is a somewhat lighthearted list of my writerly pet peeves — from mall signings to … Continue reading →

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A Blog Post About Success and Failure

Posted on July 29, 2014 by dbjackson

After a few days off, the Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour resumes with a post at my “home” blog, Magical Words. Today’s essay is called “The Writing Life: Living With Success and Failure,” and it is about the … Continue reading →

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Two Days on the Blog Tour

Posted on July 23, 2014 by dbjackson

I was on the road yesterday, driving home from North Carolina after a fun and successful signing tour that began with a book launch party at ConGregate in Winston-Salem, and then took me to Rock Hill, SC, Gastonia, NC, Richmond, … Continue reading →

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A New Post and a New Contest!!

Posted on July 21, 2014 by dbjackson

Happy Monday, everyone! Today, the Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour visits the journal of fellow author and history geek Beth Bernobich. Beth’s newest novel, The Time Roads, will be out later this year — it’s a great book … Continue reading →

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Two New Posts and a Giveaway on the Blog Tour

Posted on July 16, 2014 by dbjackson

Another day on the Summer 2014 Plunder of Souls Blog Tour, another couple of posts. Today, I’m visiting another writer friend, Alyx Dellamonica, with a post about the things I read as a child.  It was a fun post to … Continue reading →

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