Category Archives: Novels

Announcing the Summer 2012 THIEFTAKER Blog Tour!!

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dbjackson

In addition to my signing tour, a schedule of which can be found here, I am also planning a fairly extensive blog tour that will begin later this month.  I will be posting guest essays, interviews, and book excerpts at … Continue reading →

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Another Signing Added to the Summer Tour!

Posted on June 8, 2012 by dbjackson

Well, that didn’t take long.  I added my THIEFTAKER Summer 2012 Signing Tour to the D.B. Jackson website on Tuesday, and it took exactly three days for me to have to amend it.  Faith Hunter, Kalayna Price, and I have … Continue reading →

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THIEFTAKER Signing Tour Announced!

Posted on June 5, 2012 by dbjackson

I have just put the current schedule for the THIEFTAKER Summer 2012 Signing Tour up on the D.B. Jackson website!  The tour, which includes appearances in Tennessee, upstate New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, and South Carolina, has most of its … Continue reading →

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Ethan Kaille’s Diary: 30 May 1765

Posted on May 30, 2012 by dbjackson

Late in the spring of 1765, word of Parliament’s passage of the Stamp Act, one of the so-called Grenville Acts (named for George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain and King George III’s Chancellor of the Exchequer) reached the New … Continue reading →

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THIEFTAKER Reviewed by Booklist!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by dbjackson

Thieftaker has garnered another fine advanced review, this one from Booklist:   “This diverting, fast-paced “what-if” debut novel set in colonial America will appeal to fans of genre-benders.”  I’m excited and deeply gratified to see the book getting some positive critical … Continue reading →

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THIEFTAKER reviewed by Publishers Weekly

Posted on May 22, 2012 by dbjackson

Publishers Weekly has reviewed Thieftaker.  The magazine calls it “a noteworthy series opener.”  To see what others have said about the book, check out this page on the D.B. Jackson website.

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Sneak Peak at the THIEFTAKER T-Shirt!

Posted on May 17, 2012 by dbjackson

Here it is, all!  The official THIEFTAKER t-shirt!  (Pay no attention to the red line down that middle.  That’s a graphic tool used to center the image on the shirt — the actual t-shirts won’t have it.)  In case the … Continue reading →

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Defining Success, Or Not

Posted on May 16, 2012 by dbjackson

Loaded title, right?  But I’m in one of those moods — contemplative, questioning the meaning of everything, wondering where I fit into the cosmos, etc.  Well, maybe not that last, but you get my drift. Thieftaker comes out in forty-eight … Continue reading →

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Maurice Sendak

Posted on May 8, 2012 by dbjackson

I’m sure that this will not be the only tribute to Maurice Sendak that you read today and in the days to come.  That’s okay.  Sendak’s books reached so many of us, and meant so much to all who read … Continue reading →

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Flash Writing Tips: Three Rules I Follow When Creating Magic

Posted on May 4, 2012 by dbjackson

This post is about creating magic.  Literally.  More to the point, it’s about creating a viable magic system for your fantasy story or novel.  A couple of months back I wrote about worldbuilding and might have alluded briefly to magic … Continue reading →

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