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Monday Musings: A New Anthology and Submission Advice For Writers

Posted on August 19, 2024 by dbjackson

By now you might have seen the posts across several social media platforms: There is a new Zombies Need Brains Kickstarter campaign underway. For eleven years now, ZNB has been publishing quality short fiction from teams of established professionals and … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Introducing the Toothbrush Principle

Posted on June 10, 2024 by dbjackson

We have a Sonicare toothbrush — one of those rechargeable ones that vibrates, like, a trillion times per second and essentially buzzes plaque and tartar into submission. (That might not be exactly the science behind the technology, but that is … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: “What’s Next?” Well, How About Some Big News?

Posted on May 20, 2024 by dbjackson

“When I ask ‘What’s Next?’ it means I’m ready to move on to other things. So, what’s next?” — Jed Barlet, THE WEST WING Yeah, I will seek out almost any excuse to quote from The West Wing, it being … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: It ALWAYS Feels Good To Finish a Book

Posted on April 1, 2024 by dbjackson

I could have ended this post at the title. That really is the point. I have been writing fiction for close to thirty years. I have finished more than thirty novels and as many pieces of short fiction, and yes, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: How Am I? Well, It’s Complicated…

Posted on March 18, 2024 by dbjackson

Back in November, just a few weeks after the death of our older daughter, I wrote of the difficulty I regularly encountered answering the question, “How are you doing?” At the time, my emotional state was a moving target. I … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: The Power of Dates, the Power of Memory

Posted on January 22, 2024 by dbjackson

Today is the 22nd of January. It’s been exactly three months since our older daughter passed away. I didn’t used to care about the 22nd of any month (my apologies to those with a birthday on one 22nd or another … Continue reading →

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Checking In and Saying Thanks

Posted on November 15, 2023 by dbjackson

It’s been a little over three weeks since Alex, our older daughter, lost her two and a half year battle with cancer. It feels like more. It feels like less. We have had celebrations of her life in New York … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: DragonCon and Professional Community

Posted on September 6, 2023 by dbjackson

I am back from DragonCon, and I have a shortened week in which to get done a great deal, so today’s post will be fairly brief. Mostly, I want to say thank you — to the convention organizers, who did … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: Heading To DragonCon!

Posted on August 30, 2023 by dbjackson

This coming weekend, I will be in Atlanta for DragonCon, the annual highlight of my professional calendar. For those of you unfamiliar with the phenomenon known as DragonCon, it is a huge convention that takes over Atlanta’s Peachtree Center every … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: Reading Books Several Times

Posted on August 23, 2023 by dbjackson

I have just started reading a book that I have read at least one time before. Maybe two. It is Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay, a terrific historical fantasy set in a world modeled after Tang Dynasty China. The … Continue reading →

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