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Diana Jackson

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  • One Step Nearer Publication ~ A New Year ~ A New Beginning

    Hi folks. Just a brief update The manuscript for my new novel is completed, edited, formatted and ready to go. The cover is being designed as I write this blog and so the aim is that it will be released in January 2027. Although this book is the sequel to MISSING Past and Present, both…

  • Amazing Key words Suggested by AI for MISSING Past and Present ~ Writing a Compelling Alternative Mystery

    Key Words Suggested by Gemini (AI) Continuing on exploring using AI for key words in my last post, here are the words and phrases suggested by Gemini for MISSING Past and Present: The key words for the novel MISSING Past and Present by Diana Jackson center around its dual timelines, emotional depth, and social themes.…

  • ‘The Italian Chapel’ by Philip Paris ~ Diana’s July book review

    This book caught my eye in Waterstones because I’ve visited The Orkneys and the beautiful Italian Chapel, lovingly created by Italian prisoners of war in WW2. It was an act of true devotion. This book was well researched, filling in many details of the life of the men on the tiny island of Lamb Holm,…

  • Glasgow Book Club

    A recent very convincing email arrived in my inbox: Julia writes “Hello Diana Jackson, At The Glasgow Book Club, we often find ourselves talking about stories that linger long after the last page, the ones that mix emotion, history, and the unexpected in ways that keep readers thinking. Missing, Past and Present became part of…

  • Diana Jackson’s January Book Review ~ The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

    I was browsing in Kirkcaldy Waterstones, as I do whenever I’m in town, and the first thing that caught my eye about this book was the title. Evocative, don’t you think? The second was the era of 1937, which I seem to be drawn to at the moment, and yet this was set mainly in…

  • New Year, New Resolutions to Make or Break!

    Well, it is near the end of January. Here’s a review of where I am at with my writing projects: Firstly, I have a completed manuscript which is currently under review by my first editors. Chapters have also been sent to a museum in London for comment and criticism. AIM for 2026 ~ publish this…

  • Diana’s August Review ~ The Forgotten Shore by Sarah Maine

    This is the third of Sarah Maine’s novels I’ve read, and I chose it from the shelves of Kinghorn Library. The other two I bought in Kirkcaldy Waterstones a few years back. I have read both twice, in fact, because I enjoyed them so much. (Not a frequent occurrence for me) It is a two…

  • What Music has Shaped your Life?(2) ~ It has certainly influenced my own writing

    I have an eclectic mix of music favourites and these go back to my childhood. Those of us born in the 1950’s, myself only 13 years after the end of WW2, were shaped by the ‘make-do-and-mend’ way of life when we didn’t expect, or ask for much. We were talking today that having a coffee…