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Diana Jackson

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MISSING Past and Present

  • Virtual Tour around the main settings for my latest novel ~ real and imaginary

    MISSING Past and Present is unlike my previous novels because two of the main settings are imaginary. Why go to all that trouble? It challenges the imagination of the writer and the reader It will not offend a reader ~ in my murder mystery, set on my doorstep at the time in a village down…

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  • A Song of an Idea Springing from

    MISSING Past and Present Is Life Just a Roll of a Dice? My original inspiration for my latest novel was a chance finding of a dice, when walking one day. As I thought of life in terms of rolling a dice, out poured the idea for the story. Mulling this over the lyrics for a…

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  • MISSING Past and Present by Diana Jackson #kindlecountdown on Amazon.com until 19th November!!

    Are you short of money before Christmas but still want to lose yourself in a novel that’s “captivating and compelling”? There’s a #Kindlecountdown deal for MISSING Past and Present by Diana Jackson for ONLY $99 on Amazon.com until Friday19th November 2021 Reviews on Amazon: ***** “A well-crafted and satisfying novel, dealing with some heavy topics such…

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  • Five Star Review for ‘MISSING Past and Present ~ my latest ~ ‘Mystery Inspired by History’

    Lorraine 5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating & Enjoyable Reviewed in the United Kingdom  Format: Kindle Edition “MISSING, Past and Present is a wonderful book, with two captivating stories. In the first we follow Dorothy’s journey as she becomes homeless following the disappearance of her husband and the arrest of her foster son. This story is…

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  • MISSING Past and Present by Diana Jackson #kindlecountdown until 7th December!! ~ only three days.

    Are you short of money before Christmas but still want to lose yourself in a novel that’s “captivating and compelling”? There’s a #Kindlecountdown deal for MISSING Past and Present by Diana Jackson for ONLY 99p on Amazon.co.uk until Monday 7th January   Recent reviews on Amazon: ***** “A well-crafted and satisfying novel, dealing with some heavy…

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  • Challenge ~ Throw a Dice for Memories of a character in a book

    DICE MEMORIES CHALLENGE! IS LIFE JUST A ROLL OF A DICE? When Dot in ‘MISSING Past and Present’ threw a dice, she remembered scenes in her life as if they were pages in her own book. Her back story. AUTHORS ~ Think of a character in your book, or one of your novels that you…

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  • Themes in Novel Writing ~ 6 ~ Themes to Craft an Alternative Mystery Genre Novel

    Keeping up the tension in a novel ~ Typical crime mysteries In a murder mystery themes of death, fear, hatred, evil, crime and a multitude of equally negative themes keep up the tension in a novel. Of course, with a missing person theme, or in the case of my latest novel missing people, all of…

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  • Themes in novel writing

    Genre Writing under a particular genre ~ romance, crime, mystery, fantasy or historical fiction, for example, is one way of classifying a novel, but what about the underlying themes. Themes Common themes are love, death, evil, survival, war, peace, tragedy. Writersedit.com lists and describes 10 popular themes: love, death, coming of age, good v evil,…

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