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A Blog Tour Post About the Fear of Being “Scooped”

Posted on August 13, 2012 by dbjackson

“It comes down to this:  Writing and publishing books is not a zero-sum game.” The Summer 2012 THIEFTAKER Blog Tour rolls on today with another post at my “home blog” — Magical Words.  The post is another in my series … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hunger Games

Posted on March 24, 2012 by dbjackson

Last night I went with a group to see the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ YA bestseller, The Hunger Games.  Our group consisted of seven teenagers, all of whom had read at least the first book in the Hunger Games … Continue reading →

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The 1760s a “Golden Age”? I Don’t Think So

Posted on January 3, 2012 by dbjackson

Last night I watched Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, an homage to 1920s Paris, and to that “Golden Age” when the City of Light’s streets were haunted by Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso.  It … Continue reading →

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