Short Story Contest

Here is something I am putting together for those of you who are aspiring writers. In may I plan to publish a short novella about 25-30k words. this is short even for me but the main idea is that I plan to add in five short stories around 10k words each belonging to other authors. If you have a fantasy or sci-fi novel and would like to submit it for the book please contact me. the five chosen authors will each receive $100. If this idea goes well then I plan to do two of these anthologies a year and will most likely increase the amount paid to the winning authors. So if you have a friend of family member who likes to write and might have a good short story up in that noggin let them know.

winners will be notified no later than May 1st and will receive their proceeds no later than June 1st.
Contact information
D.W. Jackson at dwjacks01@yahoo.com.

I love Games

Yes I have always been a big fan of games. I don't get to play much anymore as I am usually working. My one dream right now is to see my book turned into a game. Honestly if someone had the skill to do that I would sign over the game rights without asking for a cent. I just want a free copy of the game. Maybe one day my dream will come true and I will be able to take my controller in hand or my iPhone and play as Thad or better yet Avalanche lol.

Get a free complete set of the Reawakening Saga after the last book comes out

I will be doing something else as well starting with my next book. as you know its the last book in the first arc. I haven't thought of a name for the second arch but I will be keeping the Reawakening Saga Banner on all words related to this series. I just like it. but the next book will be around the same length. I am still working on making my books a little longer I want to get around 120000 words but its a work in progress. Master Mage will be 2.99 its first 15 days and will then move up to 3.99 to reward those of you who have followed me throughout the whole series. I am also going to be giving away a full complete set of the signed book to whoever can come up with the best marketing idea by  march 1st when the book is planned to go on sale. The truth is I am a write and marketing seems to be my weak point. my sales are good and thanks to my readers I can honestly say my kids had a great Christmas and I have been trying to give back by donating and even starting a scholarship for the local college. Most days I focus completely on writing i even worked on Christmas but unlike coming up with worlds and stories marketing flabbergasts me.  As always my email is the same dwjacks01@yahoo.com and anyone can feel free to send me an e-mail anytime for just about any reason.

That noted the best form of marketing is still word of mouth. If you enjoy the books tell those who also read fantasy novels.

People around the world.

I spent a good amount of my life as an American soldier. Through it all I never came to love war. The truth is I detest the need for it, even though I understand it. I have been to countless countries and met people for all over the world and all of them have been great people.  think the world would be a much nicer place if people stopped focusing on their differences.  I thought being different and having different points of views was the point of a society especially a global one. (not talking about child labor or other issues such as that. just the small issues that don't really matter in the large picture. like religion, color, race, who has the bigger gun)

Whenever I see one of my books bought in a place other than the U.S.A. I jump for joy. Canada, Australia, U.K., France, Spain, India, and many others.

Politicians; underworked, overpaid, and and makeing life hard for the enlisted man.

Over the past few years I have watched as our president and politicians continue to strip the military benefits of our soldiers. It seems as if they want to downgrade the military to be the equally of working at McDonalds. As a writer you would think I would have a eloquent way of saying this but honestly I can not think of any polite terms to use. The only thing I can think of as I continue to watch in horror, is that we should toss every politicians who voted for these cuts to be thrown into afgan for a few months with the same pay and befits we have. Let them earn their pay for once in their lives. In the end I am pretty sure it wasn't the soldier who wanted to go to war but the government that made them. If you need to cut some fat why not start with your own oversized salaries, or bring our guys home.

The value of a review

How many people think about reviewing the books they read so others can see what they thought. I always ask that my readers review and a few do. What I never ask is for them to give me a perfect score. What would be the point of a review if it isn't honest. The sad part is that people are more likely to write a bad review than a good one. how often have you been so happy that you went out and wrote a review. on the other hand when something strikes you as bad or wrong the little voice inside us begs to let it be known. Most people are like this its human nature and I don't fault it. we all have those pet peeves that drive us and when one of those are hit by a book, person, or elsewhere it sends a signal to our brain that makes us nuts until we can vent somewhere. I know my books are not perfect they lack a lot though I plan to have that corrected starting in feb when I will be paying a professional editing service to go over my books. it wont be fast as the cost is still staggering but I will get it done as fast as I can funds allowing. Now that my little speech is over my new book went through quite a bit of work not only by me but my beta readers and a real good fan with a college degree who spent countless hours working on it with me. Honestly I think its my best book to date, and I am quite proud of it. if you read it and enjoyed it or even if you didn't please leave a review. I do red every review and email sent to me, and the answers are given by me not some corporate person trying to make you happy. and I know the price went up a dollar and to some that might seem expensive but believe it or not I work 16 hours a day for 45 days straight...didn't even take a day off for Christmas to finish this before the first. and the rise in price is because honestly I need to pay the editing company, but I also promise that every book published in the future will be properly edited and any errors in Master Mage when it comes out please let me know because I will money stop the editing and proofreading company.

well now for the link to my new book. whether you liked it or hated it please leave an honest review if you have the time. if you haven't read it give it a try it costs less than you would spend on a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HNAWTJK/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk

Stranded Mage is out

Reawakening Saga 5 is out and ready for sale so grab it and enjoy the read here is the link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HNAWTJK/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk