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Diana Jackson

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  • E Book Cover Reveal!

    Hi folks I’m so excited. In a month’s time I will be releasing: Search for the Pearl Inside Yourself Inspiration & Motivation for Young Adults as an e book for a YA audience! Here’s my cover reveal. What do you think?

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  • What do successful indie authors say about achieving success?

    During the month of August I interviewed five successful Indie authors on this blog. You can click on them down the sidebar. Here is a summary of of their advice to writer’s and similarities about their approach: BE DILIGENT ~ Treat Writing Like work It was clear from all of the authors interviewed that they…

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  • Anne Allen ~ 2nd Summer Special of Successful Indie Authors

    I’m especially pleased to have this interview with Anne Allen; a successful Indie Author of ‘The Guernsey Novels’. Being a lover of The Channel Islands I have read several of Anne’s books. I hope this will appeal to writers, fans and potential readers alike… Welcome on my blog Anne!  Thank you, Diana, I appreciate you…

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  • Summer Special ~ Interviews with Successful Indie Authors

    DO YOU WANT TO HEAR HOW SOME AUTHORS WROTE THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS? For the month of August, starting on Monday 3rd August and every Monday after, I will be interviewing successful Indie Authors, whether they have self published all of their writing career, sat on the both sides of the fence ~ both Trad…

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  • Reflection, In the Moment and Looking Ahead to 2020

    A belated Happy New Year to you all! Reflection Thinking of my personal journey, 2019 was a tough one family wise, reflecting the state of the nation, but I feel in a stronger and more optimistic frame of mind for 2020. Back into my writing life in 2019 I worked on:  Preparing my new novel…

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  • Book Launch ~ a Positive Postponement

    A Positive Postponement I had intended to launch my new novel this autumn. This promise has been hanging over me until just now, when I read one of my favourite blogs for information, hints and advice regarding self publishing. BOOKSDESIGNER.COM This suddenly set me free. I’m nowhere near ready for a book launch this autumn…

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  • A Great Big Thank You

    In the last couple of weeks I had the pleasure of meeting up with the students from North Herts College who designed the covers for ‘Murder, now and then’, in a cover competition and it was heart warming to spend some time with them. (once a teacher always a teacher!) First I met up with…

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  • Cover Competition Results ~ Hooray!

    Firstly, I have been overwhelmed by gratitude and pleasure by this event and want to thank all the students who have submitted covers, those who tried but did not submit, all those folks in college including their tutor Ben, my Facebook friends and readers and twitter followers who have entered wholeheartedly into the spirit of…

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