2023 Reading Challenge
I’ve been seeing a lot of reading challenges in the various book groups I’m a part of on Facebook and have been thinking about choosing...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Dec 31, 2022
- 4 min
Farewell 2022 - Welcome 2023
As we wrap up the final day of 2022, I thought I’d do a bit of a throwback and look at the year that was. For a lot of people I know,...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Dec 28, 2022
- 5 min
What to Blog About When I Have No Blog Ideas?
What to blog about when I have no blog ideas? I guess that’s kind of similar to what to write when the creative brain is a touch dry....
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Nov 16, 2022
- 7 min
Hostage Has Arrived!
So, it is now official – I am a published author! This past Saturday I had my book launch for Hostage at the stunning Eagle Heights...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Oct 31, 2022
- 10 min
A Love Story For The Ages
I’ve spoken several times on my blog about how I lost my husband in 2020 and then in 2021 I was lucky enough to find love again,...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Oct 22, 2022
- 10 min
The Power of Music
A couple of mornings ago, when I woke up I had an old song from around 2000 stuck in my head – Don’t You Worry by Madasun. It was a bit...
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carol-jarvis
- Oct 18, 2022
- 6 min
You've written a book...Now what?
When you reach that momentous day where you finally finish your book and the manuscript is as polished and ready as you’re going to be...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Oct 9, 2022
- 4 min
The Cover of Hostage
During the process of publishing a book, one question the author is asked is: What do you envision for your front cover art? I honestly...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Sep 29, 2022
- 6 min
We should all be more like drunk women in bathrooms!
I’ve often commented that if the world was more like drunk women are when they’re in the bathroom of a bar, restaurant, nightclub,...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Aug 17, 2022
- 7 min
Bringing Characters to Life
I’ve been asked, ‘How do you come up with the characters in your stories?’ as every writer has been at some point in time. When I start...
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carol-jarvis
- Jul 13, 2022
- 4 min
Bringing Hostage to life
When I first started writing Hostage my life was in a very different place. I had yet to move overseas and live in Canada (more about...
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carol-jarvis
- Jun 30, 2022
- 7 min
Living Grief
Last week an old friend of mine lost her husband; unexpectedly, leaving her and her two sons in complete shock at the sudden and abrupt...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- Jun 26, 2022
- 7 min
My Many Hats
In my adult life I’ve worn many hats. I’m talking metaphorical hats here of course, not the fashion accessory. When I graduated high...
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carol-jarvis
- Jun 3, 2022
- 5 min
Breathing Life into My Manuscript
My Mumma was always a big reader, as was my auntie, and the two of them introduced me to books and developed my love of reading. Mum had...
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Carol Jarvis-Jackson
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
My love affair with words…
For me, writing has always been a way to escape the world and decompress. When I was a child I used to write short stories a lot, the...
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