Category Archives: Research

THIEFTAKER on Scalzi’s Big Idea!!

Posted on July 10, 2012 by dbjackson

Today is a very special day on the Summer 2012 THIEFTAKER Blog Tour.  I am posting today on John Scalzi’s “The Big Idea,” blog.   This is a wonderful opportunity for me, and I hope you will visit john’s site and … Continue reading →

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THIEFTAKER Blog Tour Resumes and Signing Tour Rolls On

Posted on July 7, 2012 by dbjackson

The Summer 2012 THIEFTAKER Blog Tour resumes today, after a one day hiatus during which I began the THIEFTAKER 2012 Signing Tour with the first leg of my drive to Albany, NY (596 miles).  But I digress…  Today I have … Continue reading →

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Visiting Today with Kate Elliott and Faith Hunter!

Posted on July 5, 2012 by dbjackson

Hope all of you had a great Fourth of July; I know I did.  A parade, grilled dinner with good friends, fireworks.  And a very successful book signing in my home town.  Today, I am back to the Blog Tour … Continue reading →

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Two Stops Today on the THIEFTAKER Blog Tour!

Posted on June 26, 2012 by dbjackson

Today the Summer 2012 THIEFTAKER Blog Tour makes two stops, one at the blog of the fabulous and debonaire Blake Charlton, where I talk about my journey from academia to fiction writing; and the other at Sideshow Freaks, the blog … Continue reading →

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Blog Tour Continues Today

Posted on June 19, 2012 by dbjackson

The THIEFTAKER Summer 2012 Blog Tour continues today with a post I’ve written for the blog of my friend Barbara Ashford, a terrific writer with whom I share not only a passion for history, but also personal roots in the … Continue reading →

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The Blog Tour Begins Today!

Posted on June 18, 2012 by dbjackson

My THIEFTAKER Summer 2012 Blog Tour begins today with a post I have written for Aidan Moher’s terrific blog “A Dribble of Ink.”  The post is called “What do Authors of Historical Fiction Owe to History?” and it can be … 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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Off to the Races With a New Story Idea

Posted on May 2, 2012 by dbjackson

Sometimes inspiration for a story will come at the oddest times from the oddest places.  A case in point: I was just thumbing through a book on the history of Boston, called When In Boston: A Time Line and Almanac … Continue reading →

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Flash Writing Tip: Research — How Much Is Enough?

Posted on April 26, 2012 by dbjackson

Researching the Thieftaker books and stories has been a great deal of fun.  Lots of work, yes, but incredibly interesting and gratifying.  And weaving that research into the text of the books has been fun, too.  There is something incredibly … Continue reading →

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Today In History: Lighting the Fuse

Posted on March 22, 2012 by dbjackson

On this day, in 1765, the English Parliament passed legislation that would come to be known in the North American colonies as the Stamp Act.  In the wake of the Seven Years’ War against France (referred to in the colonies … Continue reading →

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