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Wins Above Replacement: Why I Like It, Why So Many Hate It (A Post For Baseball Nerds)

Posted on November 8, 2026 by dbjackson

I don’t often do this, but I am going to warn some of you away from this post. It is about baseball. Worse, it’s about baseball statistics, and it’s kind of a deep dive. If these things don’t interest you, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Checking In After A Quiet Stretch

Posted on March 30, 2026 by dbjackson

It’s been a while since I last posted on this blog, and while I don’t think I have much to say, I thought I should at least say something. So…. Hi. How’re’ya doin’? Good, good… How am I? That’s…complicated. Generally, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Where Does Mentoring Fit In With Today’s Publishing Realities?

Posted on February 9, 2026 by dbjackson

I have a very good friend, also a writer, with whom I often discuss the depressing state of the writing world at this point in history. We have a sort of gallows humor about the whole thing — a lot … Continue reading →

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Friday Musings: Our Latest Adventure In Home Ownership

Posted on January 16, 2026 by dbjackson

Last week, our septic system died. It had been giving us trouble for a while, making dyspeptic noises when we did the laundry or ran too much water through the pipes, draining too slowly, and generally seeming not well. You … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Musings: A New Beginning

Posted on January 7, 2026 by dbjackson

This week, I did something I hadn’t done in a really, really long time. I began work on a new novel. Not a media tie-in. Not work-for-hire set in someone else’s world. This novel is mine through and through. And … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: It’s The Guns. Again.

Posted on December 15, 2025 by dbjackson

I lived in Providence, Rhode Island for six years, four of them as a student at Brown University. To this day, many of my closest friends are those I met at Brown. The campus, and the beautiful neighborhoods around it, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Reviews of Shows We’ve Been Streaming!!

Posted on December 8, 2025 by dbjackson

Nancy and I have been doing a good deal of streaming in our new(-ish) home. We did in the old house, too, once we got serviceable internet (it only took 29 years), but our last year in Tennessee was filled … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving Post, and Something For Which I’m Thankful

Posted on November 25, 2025 by dbjackson

This is not my typical Thanksgiving post, although, before I dive into it, I do want to say that I am thankful for so much: my family, my friends, the wonderful memories I have of those I have lost and … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: One Year In Our New House

Posted on November 24, 2025 by dbjackson

Today marks the one-year anniversary of our move to the new house in Upstate New York. We left Tennessee on November 22, 2024 and reached our house the next day, but, by design, our stuff didn’t arrive until the 24th, … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: The Ghosts of Shoeless Joe and Charlie Hustle

Posted on November 10, 2025 by dbjackson

Did you know that you can now place bets on the speed of a particular pitch that is about to be thrown in a Major League Baseball game? Did you know that you can bet on the outcome of the … Continue reading →

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