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Diana Jackson

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  • Music that has shaped my life ~ a bit of Rock and Roll?

    My husband was the lead guitarist in a rock and roll band for well over 40 years called Chris Cole and the Rockets. They were well known in the Bedfordshire area, where they all lived and were very popular. Who doesn’t enjoy a bit of a dance to Rock around the Clock or the less…

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  • Music that has shaped my life ~ creativity working hand in hand (4)

    Continuing with songs which influence my writing, but also those which tell the story of my life, oh, there are songs too numerous to mention really, including Stairway to Heaven ~ Led Zeppelin, Bridge over Troubled Water ~ Simon and Garfunkel, both iconic tracks that everyone knows, but Thank you ~ by Dido (my namesake…

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  • 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…

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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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  • 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…

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  • What Music has Shaped your Life? (1) ~ Messages to Authors and Musicians Alike

    Last weekend The Times had an article about The Zombies: “This will be their (60th) year” A St Albans band, where I grew up, It is with fondness that I remember watching them back in their day, at the Civic Centre. Great band. The article goes on to ask whether they were an unlucky band,…

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  • Janus ~ Gateway to Heaven on Earth by Patricia and Arthur Jackson

    Review by historical fiction author Tony Riches on his exceptional blog Review by Ian K Pulham: “This novella is in the main a snapshot of life on Alderney just after the Napoleonic wars, although there are brief snippets describing London around that time and the contrasts between the two. The story’s genesis came through Diana’s…

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  • Diana’s July Book Review ~ The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht

    I was recommended to read this book and it is certainly an interesting and unusual plot, with fascinating characters. I liked the obvious close relationship between grandfather and grand-daughter. I could identify with this, having talked to my own grandma about just about everything. The way in which the grandfather’s life unfolded through the memories,…

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