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Keeping On With a New Quick-Tip Tuesday Post

Posted on November 15, 2016 by dbjackson

It would be so easy to give up, to set writing aside for a while. Because when we write, by necessity we access emotion, and that’s not a place I particularly want to go right now. To which my inner … Continue reading →

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For Melanie

Posted on November 1, 2016 by dbjackson

Which brings me to today’s Quick-Tip. It’s a terrible cliché, but clichés arise because on some level they convey an essential truth. As much as I would encourage you to write, to devote yourself to improving your craft and following … Continue reading →

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Quick-Tip Tuesday Post on Music and Writing

Posted on October 18, 2016 by dbjackson

I usually write with a good deal of structure in my process, and so I thrive on relatively unstructured music to inspire my creative process. So, I thought, what if with this project, to which I’ve taken a relatively unstructured … Continue reading →

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Quick-Tip Tuesday: More Fixes for a Broken Manuscript

Posted on October 4, 2016 by dbjackson

By the time we hit that 60-70% mark, things look dire for our good guys. And at that point we often discover that we have no idea how to get from where we are — often a world gone to … Continue reading →

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Inspiration, Knowledge, and Speculative Fiction: The Blog Tour Continues

Posted on September 30, 2016 by dbjackson

Whether we write horror or science fiction, epic fantasy or paranormal romance, we who write in this genre seek innovative — at times fantastical — perspectives on the familiar. At its best, speculative fiction is a mirror through which we … Continue reading →

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The Summer/Fall 2016 Blog Tour

Posted on September 21, 2016 by dbjackson

Internet problems and other issues have kept me from updating, and so I have a couple of posts to tell you about today. I have a post up at the blog of my friend Gail Z. Martin on my return … Continue reading →

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Then and Now in Publishing: A New Blog Tour Post

Posted on September 7, 2016 by dbjackson

Children of Amarid was first published in 1997, which is a really, really long time ago. The person who wrote that book must be, you know, old. Not “Rime-of-the-Ancient-Mariner” old, but at least venerable. Perhaps even vintage. Certainly grizzled. I’m … Continue reading →

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On the Blog Tour: Visiting With Faith Hunter

Posted on August 31, 2016 by dbjackson

I knew that I would need to revise the book before it could be published. Kind of the way I knew I would need to rotate the tires on my car at some point. I acknowledged it as part of … Continue reading →

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Quick-Tip Tuesday, and a Blog Tour Update!

Posted on August 23, 2016 by dbjackson

It’s Quick-Tip Tuesday, and I’m back at Magical Words with a post about how to establish and meet work goals without setting ourselves up for disappointment and discouragement. You can find the post here. And the Summer/Fall 2016 Blog Tour … Continue reading →

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The Summer/Fall 2016 Blog Tour Rolls On

Posted on August 12, 2016 by dbjackson

Today I have a post up at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. I first “met” Patrick St. Denis in 2005, when he began his list with a number of book reviews, including very kind reviews of my LonTobyn Chronicle. And so it … Continue reading →

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