Monthly Archives: August 2015

My Schedule For DragonCon!

Posted on August 31, 2015 by dbjackson

I am delighted to present my schedule for DragonCon, which begins on Friday in Atlanta. I will be appearing as D.B. Jackson (and that’s how I’m listed in the program), but will be talking about work written under both of … Continue reading →

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The Blog Tour Ends With a Post on Ideas and Creativity

Posted on August 27, 2015 by dbjackson

Over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that the act of creation is, among other things, an act of faith. We start our projects believing that when our work is done, the finished product will be complete and coherent, … Continue reading →

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Today on the Blog Tour: Nemesis and Protagonist

Posted on August 20, 2015 by dbjackson

One of the things that the first book did not do — because it wasn’t necessary to the plot — was to set up a nemesis for Jay Fearsson who would outlast the narrative of this particular novel. I mean … Continue reading →

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Breaking Down the Opening of HIS FATHER’S EYES

Posted on August 13, 2015 by dbjackson

A few weeks ago, around the time of the release of Dead Man’s Reach, I broke down the opening paragraphs of that fourth Thieftaker novel, to give you some sense of what I was trying to accomplish on the first … Continue reading →

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The Virtual Tour Goes to the Library

Posted on August 12, 2015 by dbjackson

I discovered worlds there. As a kid, I was fascinated by nature and the Apollo moon missions, and so I took out every book I could find on birds and mammals, rockets and space. Thanks to the librarian — I’ve … Continue reading →

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POV and Q&A, Today on the Blog Tour!

Posted on August 6, 2015 by dbjackson

As writers we should be deliberate in choosing the proper voice for each story. We shouldn’t choose third person simply because the market might prefer it, as once it did, nor should we automatically gravitate toward first person just because … Continue reading →

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Community and Genre, part 2, and Another Giveaway!

Posted on August 5, 2015 by dbjackson

Surely there is room in this genre for quiet stories and loud ones, for the old-fashioned and the new-and-weird, for space opera and epic fantasy, for military SF and urban fantasy, for writers of all races, religions, sexual orientations, and … Continue reading →

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Release Day For HIS FATHER’S EYES!!

Posted on August 4, 2015 by dbjackson

Today is release day for His Father’s Eyes, second book in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, the contemporary urban fantasy that I write under my own name for Baen Books. To mark the occasion, the 2015 Summer-of-Two-Releases Virtual Tour … Continue reading →

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Plea For Calm Revisited, and an Interview with Justis Fearsson

Posted on August 3, 2015 by dbjackson

“In the end, I return again to the point I made in my previous post. We are writers, blessed with the ability and opportunity to craft stories for a living. We should not be fighting over award ballots. I consider … Continue reading →

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