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Diana Jackson

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MISSING Past and Present

  • 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…

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  • Half Way Through 2026 ~ Where am I now in my plans, hopes and dreams?

    We have just passed the longest day and now is a time when we experience light for about 19 hours in Scotland, dependent on the weather. Here’s a general catch up in what I’m doing: WIP My current work in progress is complete (HOORAY!), has undergone proof-reading, editing for content, authenticity and copy. It has…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • Music that’s shaped my life (3) ~ and my writing

    Resilience, survival and determination have been the backbone of my life and are reflected in my writing too. Believing in deep reciprocal love too. Harriet in Riduna survived, just as I did. Gloria Gaynor’s song became an anthem for many of us and if anyone embodies resilience and survival in my writing, it is Dot…

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  • Giving Author Talks ~ Knowing your Particular Audience

    In February 2025, I paid a return visit to the Monday Group at Erskine Church, Burntisland. This time to give my favourite talk: CURIOUS COINCIDENCES IN THE LIFE OF AN AUTHOR As is the case of the majority of audiences, the talk was well received, and many came up to talk to me afterwards; always…

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  • 5 star Review for MISSING Past and Present

    Here is a reflection on my last novel, released at the start of lock-down. I’m still Chuffed by this 5 star review on Untold Reads for ‘MISSING Past and Present’. A few year’s later and I wonder why it hasn’t fared so well as my first in the series ‘MURDER Now and Then’. A reader…

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  • My Review of 2024 in my Writing Life

    On the Positive Side On the Negative Side Nothing else, which is fantastic!

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