Owner: The World According to Lisa Jackson URL:http://blog.lisajackson.com Join Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:03:11 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: New York Times best-selling author Lisa Jackson writes of her frustrations, inspirations, opinions, fears and ideas about creating her novels. She offers her random thoughts, ideas and theories on the process of writing. Jackson shares with her readers ho Site statistics:Click here
HERE’S TO THE “ALSO-RANS”, THOSE WHO ARE ALMOST HEROES AND HEROINES 2008-04-02 09:06:35 Often times when I create a new character, I don’t think “well, he’s certainly hero material” or “she would be a great heroine.” I usually introduce characters when they’re needed in a story and as they evolve throughout the plot, they become more interesting to me and I see them potentially having their own book. [...]
WHO’S A VAMPIRE FAN? 2008-04-08 08:58:10 All of you who love vampires, raise your hands!!! We already discussed our favorite kind of paranormal being, but feel free to remind me. Do you like vampires or werewolves or shape-shifters? Ghosts? Goblins? Witches? What kind of powers do you like to see them display? Do you like the gothic and traditional undead, or [...]
WE’VE GOT A WINNER . . . OR TWO . . . OR THREE . . . OR . . . 2008-04-07 15:21:12 I’ve been away from my computer as I’ve been out promoting LOST SOULS; hence my blogging has been spotty. We will get back to the conversations about your favorite characters soon, but I thought you’d like to know who the contest winners for last month’s contests were.
So, without further ado, here we go:
The winners of [...]
SLEEPING IN SEATTLE 2008-04-11 08:32:07 I’m on tour, as you know, and I slept like a log in a beautiful hotel room with a spectacular view of Puget Sound and downtown Seattle. From the thirty-eighth floor, I can see quite a bit and was able to watch the ferries cut across the water, the seagulls flying low and the airplanes [...]
VILLAINS AS LOVERS 2008-04-10 09:14:58 Okay, this is a tough one. I’ve actually seen it done . . . you know the bad guy who’s reformed and become the hero of another book. Now, we’re talkin’ serious bad boys this time.
I’ve never been able to pull off the killer as hero. Oh, sure, I’ve had heroes who have killed. Rick [...]
AMERICAN IDOL & A HERO 2008-04-12 08:33:36 I usually don’t do this.
I usually keep my blogs mainly on writing or my books or some stupid thing I’ve done
But not today, because I’m bummed.
Okay, I confess, I watch American Idol. You all know that I’m a HUGE LOST fan, but what you might not know is that I’m a closet AI and SURVIVOR [...]
COSMO??? 2008-04-13 22:23:25 No, I’m not talking about one of those pretty drinks.
Uh-uh.
This time I’m talking about the magazine.
I think there’s an excerpt from LOST SOULS in Cosmo magazine this month (the May issue.) I haven’t seen it myself, but am going to buy a copy in the morning. It’s part of their “Red Hot Reads” program. I [...]
AMERICAN IDOL/CONVENTIONS & BOOK COVERS 2008-04-14 19:40:32 From the amount of comments I received in the past day or so, I’d say you all agree that it’s still a shock that Michael Johns is out of the American Idol running. How could that be at this point in the competition. Okay, so you all know how I feel about it so I’ll [...]
RELEASE YOUR INNER DEMON, VAMPIRE, ZOMBIE, FAERIE OR DOMINATRIX (PART ONE) 2008-04-19 17:40:28 Can you tell I’m at the Romantic Times Book Lovers Convention? If you ever have a fantasy and you’d like to role-play this is the convention for you. I can’t tell you how many devils, prom queens, playboy bunnies or women in pajamas I shared an elevator with. It truly is a place to not [...] Read more:DEMON
, ZOMBIE
ALL SAINTS COLLEGE AND AMERICAN IDOL (AGAIN, I KNOW) 2008-04-21 09:20:29 I have to make a comment about Kristy Lee Cook’s exit from American Idol. Now, I know I’m prejudiced because I grew up in a very small town in Oregon, and it’s true Kristy didn’t have the stage presence or as good a voice as some of the others. I thought in that horrible rendition [...]
WITCHES, WENCHES, WARLOCKS AND WOMEN 2008-04-20 17:48:15 Yep. They were all here at the Romantic Times Booklover’s Convention. You could see them sipping drinks, waiting at the elevators or smoking outside.
I did not don any costumes. I guess being Lisa Jackson is challenging enough and I spent the day at the amazing autographing where I signed dozens of books, met new readers [...]
RELEASE YOUR INNER DEMON, VAMPIRE, ZOMBIE, FAERIE OR DOMINATRIX (PART TWO) 2008-04-20 06:40:29 Of course there was another breakfast meeting. This time with booksellers from Australia.
What fun. I met Rosemary of Rosemary’s Romance Books in Brisbane , and Veronika and Kristy of Temptation Books in Perth. It was a lively conversation with lots of laughs and I think I said I’d consider traveling to Australia for [...] Read more:DEMON
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YOU’RE A WINNER 2008-04-22 22:31:10 It seems as if the LOOKING FOR LOST SOULS contest is a hit! We already have multiple winners and the contest is still running.
Congratulations to:
Kathleen of San Jose, CA
Heather of Fort Worth, TX
Kim of Aiken, SC
Rachael of Houston, TX
Diane of Kelowna, BC Canada
Heidi of Smithville, Ontario Canada
and Ivette of Corona, NY
Now, all these people did [...]
WHERE IS THIS PLACE? 2008-04-22 12:02:42 Yesterday we talked a little about settings and how they affect a story. I think the setting is integral as it changes how characters react and respond. In DEEP FREEZE, I set the book in the frigid Pacific Northwest along the shores of the Columbia River. Why? Because I wanted my heroine, Jenna Hughes, an [...]
POISONED PEN, OZZY, CARLY & LOST 2008-04-24 07:46:30 I’m off to Scottsdale where I’m signing at the Poisoned Pen on Friday at 7:00. If you’re in the area, stop by. Here’s the info: -calendar/lisa-jackson . It should be a fun event!
Since I’m packing and trying to keep tabs on my confirmation number for the flight, I’ll keep this short and no, it’s not [...]
ADIOS WINTER IN MONTANA, HELLO SUMMER IN OREGON 2008-04-25 10:27:30 As we’ve kinda skated around the subject of settings this week, I’ll let you in on a secret. I’ve finished my proposal for CHOSEN TO DIE and have left Montana and the frigid Bitterroot Mountains and winter behind for a while. Now, I’m working on my next hardcover proposal and it’s set in sunny, southern [...]
HEROES, HEROINES AND SERIES 2008-04-27 19:39:48 We’ve talked a lot about continuing characters in books. In my case, I don’t really write a series, but books that stand alone with continuing characters. However I often end a book with a cliffhanger that leads into another book with some, not all of the same characters, sometimes in the same location, sometimes in [...]
IMPORTANT AUCTION 2008-04-29 05:49:51 I want to tell you all about a wonderful event that my friend Brenda Novak is hosting. It’s an online auction to benefit diabetes research. Brenda, fellow romantic suspense author and friend (www.brendanovak.com ) has been doing this for several years and raising a lot of money for this great cause. She’s done one helluva [...]
A PASSPORT AND A VISA 2008-04-30 05:58:10 Well, at least a Visa card. I’m off to Vancouver, B.C. this weekend for the Write On Conference hosted by the Greater Vancouver chapter of Romance Writer’s Of America (-index.html). I’m looking forward to the event as it’s a chance to see a vibrant new city, get out of the country, and spend a little [...]
WICKED GAME 2008-05-01 10:43:43 Don’t you just love that title? It’s my sister Nancy’s title–she came up with it and I think is tres fabu!
For the past few months while I finished LEFT TO DIE, my sister, Nancy Bush, has been cranking away on WICKED GAME, our first collaboration since the ill-fated STORMY SURRENDER, which we co-authored with another [...]
WINNERS, LOST SOULS AND JUST PLAIN LOST 2008-05-02 07:21:16 Did you see LOST last night . . . oh, wow, am I hooked, hooked, hooked! Kate. Jack. Sawyer. Juliet, Jack’s Dad. Hurley. And Ben . . . oh, Lord. They’re all so great. And Miles. Yep, I’m all about the show and those terrific [...]
HIGH STAKES–EIGHT BELLES 2008-05-05 10:45:51 I think I should say something here about the Kentucky Derby and horse racing in general. I’ve always loved the sport because I get a thrill out of watching horses run. Any kind of horses. Not just Thoroughbreds or Arabians or any kind of pedigreed animal. I think watching wild mustangs run [...]
VANCOUVER WRITE ON CONFERENCE & APRIL WINNERS!! 2008-05-04 22:16:26 I attended the Great Vancouver RWA chapter’s WRITE ON conference in Vancouver, British Columbia this past weekend and it was the best! The speakers were all not only interesting, but funny as well and I met up with my editor John Scognamiglio. We always have a good time together and I have to say the [...]
SAIL AWAY & THE ROSE CITY 2008-05-06 00:05:48 Or is it The City of Roses? Anyway, it’s Portland, what we used to call “the city” when I was growing up in a small Oregon timber town thirty odd miles away. Going into “the city” was a big, big deal. Now, I take that city for granted and call it going “down town.” I [...]
SPRING FEVER, AMERICAN IDOL & THE AUCTION 2008-05-07 07:44:29 Just my two cents–I agree with the judges. I think Simon Cowell was right on and though I’m pulling for David Cook, as ge seems to have talent and brains, the thinking-man’s rocker. But David Archuleta stomped him and the others. Sayesha Mercado sings beautifully and really has stage presence, but she [...]
AUCTION TODAY!! 2008-05-08 09:12:34 Today is the day to bid on an evening with Lisa Jackson–yep, that includes dinner and drinks–at the national RWA conference in San Francisco. We’ll have fun–guaranteed! So if you’re going to be in “The City” or in the Bay area, drop in and bid. So bid high, bid wild. After all, it’s for a [...]
REUNION STORIES, ROMANCE REKINDLED 2008-05-09 07:36:15 You know the kind–where the hero and heroine have known each other, even dated each other, been romantically involved, slept together or even been married–once before. Reunion stories are my favorite, I think. Not just in reading but in writing. I just love it when the main characters have “history”.
Now, this won’t always work, for [...]
BOOK CLUB OFFERING 2008-05-13 18:53:41 If any of you belong to a book club or are interested in forming one, please go to the FOR BOOK CLUBS section of this website and sign up to win a set of five books of a recent Lisa Jackson best-seller. The deal is that I’ll be drawing names of two book clubs on [...]
BOOKS IN SERIES 2008-05-12 17:36:37 So many of you have written and asked which books belong to what series that I’m going to dedicate a page on the website for just that information. There is one on the website now, but I’m not certain it’s easy to find: So, I’ll list them here, in the order [...]
MAGIC & THE RUBY SLIPPERS 2008-05-12 11:12:03 “There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place . . . “ Well, you get the idea. I’m home from nearly three months of travel and boy, does it feel good. Not that I wasn’t home part of the time, in between the spots I visited on my “non-tour” tour, [...]
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