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Diana Jackson

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  • What do ‘Licence to Kill’ and ‘Mamma Mia’ have to do with writing my Blog?

    I watched two memorable films over the festive season and surprisingly enough both taught me something about my blog writing. How? The first was a James Bond, ‘Licence to Kill’ and the second was ‘Mamma Mia’! I’ll tell you why at the end of the post. Anyway they both certainly got me thinking. A New…

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  • Christmas Ode to Writers Everywhere

    Switch off Twitter and turn off feeds to your phone I know it’s really tempting but leave your blog alone. Meet your friends in person and to facebook turn your back Give your famly in Australia a call. Now who had thought of that? Click save on your documents making back ups on your cloud Leave your…

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  • From Riduna to Ancasta – the seeds to my new novel were sown

    What inspired my recent interest in the history of aviation? I have written about the moment that my debut novel ‘Riduna’ was conceived, but for those of you who were not reading my posts back then, here’s a quick recap. “I was standing on the Butes looking out over Alderney Harbour and Braye Beach towards Fort…

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  • Writing is like Gardening – A Personal Approach

    Blog writing, in fact all writing is personal. I’ve looked at other blogs and thought, should I be more organised and have my categories in careful lists, for example, rather than as a topics cloud, or have neat tabs for efficient and quick retrieval;  but I’ve decided just to be myself and keep to my own…

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  • Has the pause button been pressed in your life?

    Do you ever feel that someone has pressed the pause button on your life? Maybe you’ve pressed it yourself to have a breathing space. What do you do? Engage in frenetic activity to make it work again? We are always striving to make things happen; to achieve success in our work or writing, to visit…

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  • Why do Writers Blog? or To Blog or not to Blog?

    Some people have asked me why I write a blog when I could be concentrating on my current novel and as usual I cannot generalise but can only give my personal points of view. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter: Promotion The obvious reason, initially, was to promote my debut novel ‘Riduna’…

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  • Novel Publicity Blog Tour

    I’m pleased to be devoting this week’s blog spots to Novel Publicity’s Blog Tour on ‘The King’s Whisperers’ by Kerwin Swint. You can find out more details of the tour by following this link: “The King’s Whisperer Blog Tour” Novel Publicity has an excting new way to promote fiction and non fiction and I’m privileged to…

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  • Beware the signs of Writer’s Burn Out- 11 Personal Points!

    Hi all I’d just logged on to check emails, tweets etc and to write a new blog when my last tweet hit me like a tidal wave- apt with the depressing and very sad news we hear everyday and, as we are reeling in the shock of it all, we feel helpless as to what…

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