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Diana Jackson

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  • Writing effective blog posts ~ I suggest you ‘Do as I say and not as I do’

    As I was trying to be organised and think through a plan for blog posts for the next month I realised how haphazard I’d been of late, for various reasons and have vowed to try to do better. I’m sure if I were more disciplined I would follow the following: Write regularly so that your…

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  • Crime author Laura Read’s review of ‘Murder Now and Then’

    Laura Read and I have been following each other’s blogs for some time and so agreed to review each other’s novels with honest reviews. It is always refreshing as an author to read reviews like this and to learn from them. Here is an extract: ‘The novel reminds me of the TV series Midsomer Murders,…

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  • To the Supportive Blogging Community – Thank you!

    Rewarding, Mutually supportive, fun, uplifting, encouraging, delightful … ~ oh that was so good! In an adjective deprived literary universe it is such a relief to let them flow, especially when talking about the blogging world. An author who ignores this gift of reaching out to other bloggers in the community of writers, deprives themselves…

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  • A startling discovery ~ First lines, tags and making a postive impact!

    Do you make a ‘wow’ impression with your blog posts? Does the reader feel compelled to read more! I’ve just read my last post in my WordPress Reader just as you, the audience would read it and I was dismayed. 1. TAGS ~The first thing you read is the tags. Now, I’ve been working on…

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  • Author Spotlight no.335 – historical novelist Diana Jackson

    Many thanks to Morgen Bailey for this on line interview! Hope to see some of you on Thursday 3rd in Waterstones Hitchin, Saturday 5th at the Luton Book Festival or on 12th back down in Southampton Waterstones West Quay!

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  • Interview with guest author Diana Jackson

    To mark the week up to a series of live events, the first of which being at Waterstones in Hitchin on Thursday 3rd October where I’ll be giving a talk, take part in a discussion and be available to sign copies of Ancasta (details in my last blog post) here is a post where I…

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  • Guest Post ~ Today I have interviewed Crime Author Tania Walsh!

           Today I have a guest writer on my blog. Tania writes quite different books to my current Riduna Series but, since I’m hoping to have my first Murder Mystery published this summer, it’s great to interview her and hear about her next novel, especially since it is set over the border in Hertfordshire, where I grew…

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  • A Big Thank You!

    Today’s post is to say thank you, firstly to the people who worked with me to organise last Weekend’s Blog Tour. Then to the followers who promoted my posts and finally to share what I have learnt. Firstly there’s Debra Brown, who seems to work tirelessly to keep up a blog which never ceases to surprise.…

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