Category Archives: parenting

Monday Musings: The Things We Care About, a #HoldOntoTheLight Post

Posted on March 14, 2022 by dbjackson

I honestly don’t know where this post is going, and so please bear with me as I work through my tangled thoughts. I am struck today — as I ponder a life that is both fraught and wonderful, complicated and … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: How I Started Writing — A Case Study of Dubious Worth, part IV

Posted on February 14, 2022 by dbjackson

Continuing my series on how I came to be a professional writer . . . (Here are links to Part I, Part II, and Part III) When we left off last week, I had just received 1) an offer to … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: Throw Nothing Away — A Writing Lesson Courtesy of INVASIVES

Posted on February 2, 2022 by dbjackson

February has begun, Punxsutawney Phil has done his schtick, and time seems to be moving at breakneck speed. In a little over two weeks, Invasives, the second Radiants book, will be released by Belle Books. Like Radiants, this is a … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: How I Started Writing — A Case Study of Dubious Worth, part II

Posted on January 31, 2022 by dbjackson

Last week, in the first of what I expect to be a three or four part series on how I got started in writing, I posted about my early creative efforts and the teachers who were so influential in encouraging … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: How I Started Writing — A Case Study of Dubious Worth, part I

Posted on January 24, 2022 by dbjackson

I’m often asked how I became an author, and by way of answering, I point to a book I wrote when I was all of six years old — “Jim, the Talking Fish.” Written and illustrated by yours truly, bound … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: Writing To Heal

Posted on December 29, 2021 by dbjackson

Writing saved me this year. I have been through a lot over the past 12 months, from dealing with the devastating reality of one of my kids having cancer, to coming to terms with my personal mental health issues, to … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: My Father

Posted on December 20, 2021 by dbjackson

I have conversations with my father all the time. Literally every day. Which is kind of remarkable given that we lost him to leukemia twenty-five years ago. There are, for me at least, people in my life whose voices I … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: Christmas Trees Don’t Belong In November. Just Sayin’

Posted on November 29, 2021 by dbjackson

When I was a kid, growing up culturally Jewish in the suburbs of New York City, we used to celebrate Christmas. Many of the Jewish families in our town did, and so too did some of our Jewish relatives in … Continue reading →

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Professional Wednesday: Work as Balm

Posted on November 17, 2021 by dbjackson

Continuing this week’s theme of maintaining mental health through difficult times . . . Back in March, when our daughter’s cancer was diagnosed, my first impulse was to put everything on pause. I contacted my editor and agent to let … Continue reading →

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Monday Musings: My Decision to Start Therapy — A #HoldOnToTheLight Post

Posted on November 15, 2021 by dbjackson

Shortly after I graduated from college, back in Medieval times, I corresponded with a dear college friend, one who continues to this day to be a close friend. At the time, she was dealing with some emotional issues and had … Continue reading →

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