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The Rift Opens...
Teaser for Edge of the Rift - book one in the fantasy book series The Rift Walker by R N Jackson.
R.N. Jackson
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Exploring the Six Realms of Samsara: A Journey Through Buddhist Cosmology
In my book series: 'Legends of the East' you are introduced to the concept of Samsara, or cyclic existence and I thought a brief...
R.N. Jackson
Mar 23, 20234 min read
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Artificial Intelligence and the Destruction of Human Creativity:
(Image created by DALL-E 2 ai Text created by ChatGPT) In a future where artificial intelligence has advanced to new heights, a powerful...
R.N. Jackson
Dec 24, 20221 min read
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The Baron Rises... read Chapter 1
‘ 'Cassy,’ Jessica whispered. It was a still image. The only one she had. A sweep of blond curls brushing against a hazel brown eye. It...
R.N. Jackson
Dec 16, 20225 min read
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Bringing the chaos home...
Esta Brown and the Daughters of Mara The goddess of desire has taken the one weapon that can save reality. Now Esta and her friends must...
R.N. Jackson
Dec 16, 20226 min read
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Esta Brown and the Daughters of Mara... Sneaky peek
As worlds weave within worlds, chaos threatens everything Esta holds dear. In this excerpt from the forthcoming conclusion to the Legends...
R.N. Jackson
Jul 20, 20225 min read
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Making sense of chaos. Use your superpower...
A war in Europe; a soaring cost-of-living crisis; wheat shortages; astronomical prices at the pumps; the apparently forgotten pandemic;...
R.N. Jackson
Jun 29, 20223 min read
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The Vow of the Dharmapala
In the centre of the six realms, there is a pure land. The hidden valley of Odiyana, protected by mountains of snow. A place free from...
R.N. Jackson
Mar 28, 20221 min read
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Esta Brown in the Bardo of Becoming... Teaser chapter.
Book 2 in the 'Legends of the East' series is launching soon. Here is a sneak peek at the first chapter! Epigraph It’s the past who...
R.N. Jackson
Nov 29, 20212 min read
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Chasing tails...
In the middle of the Tibetan Wheel of Life, you'll find an image of a cockerel a snake and a pig, chasing one another madly. They...
R.N. Jackson
Sep 14, 20212 min read
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What you reap... you sow. The Tibetan Wheel of Life.
On the cover of my forthcoming fantasy novel: 'The Daughter's of Mara: THIRST', Esta and Simon are standing in front of a classic example...
R.N. Jackson
Dec 5, 20203 min read
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Author reads: "Esta Brown and the Search for Jewel Island" Ch.1
I read from Chapter 1 of Esta Brown and the Search for Jewel Island
R.N. Jackson
Jul 29, 20201 min read
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The Other God... sneak peek
The prologue for my upcoming thriller set in India
R.N. Jackson
Jul 25, 20203 min read
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The two sentences that saved my bacon
The bare knuckle boxer, The Brazilian hunting knife and a close shave. Part 1.
R.N. Jackson
Jun 26, 20205 min read
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How I broke the writers code #1 and #2
#1 Always show and never tell. #2 Never include backstory in the first 10 pages of your novel. I recently sent out fifty copies of 'Jewel...
R.N. Jackson
Jun 12, 20202 min read
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Cover reveal for Jewel Island
So... it's nearly ready. Free copies are going out to my advance team. They're getting snaffled up fairly sharpish. Nervous about having...
R.N. Jackson
Jun 4, 20201 min read
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Discussing This and That
So, I reformatted my old collection of Buddhist poems the other day. They've been languishing on Amazon for a couple of years but weren't...
R.N. Jackson
Jul 27, 20191 min read
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Is Gatley House a real place? Kinda...
So... is Gatley House real or not?
R.N. Jackson
Jul 5, 20192 min read
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Look beneath the surface...
Look beneath the surface
R.N. Jackson
Jun 28, 20191 min read
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Progress Report on the Jewel Island.
OK, so we're really close to launch. The book is going through final beta reading at the mo. I envisage a launch in September. Between...
R.N. Jackson
Jun 28, 20191 min read
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