Have you heard of Galentine’s Day? Celebrated every February 13, Galentine’s Day honors female friendship. In honor of this delightful holiday, created by the delightful Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation, I’m offering two books — free! — that also celebrate female friendship: One day I’ll write something new to give away! In the …
Launch of SNOWBOUND & OTHER STORIES, by Jack Caldwell Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Over the years, ideas and plots have popped up in my brain that, while amusing or intriguing, are inadequate for a full novel. But I do not allow them to flee unused. Oh no! My muse has full authority to follow …
The Tenth Anniversary of Crescent City Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Twenty years ago, the United States suffered one of the worst natural disasters in its history. I am speaking of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. This monster storm affected 90,000 square miles (233,000 km²), approximately the area of Great Britain. The value of the damage is …
I love this month’s theme, chosen by the wonderful Joana Starnes: “All was joy and kindness“! We could always use more of that in the world! When I first saw the phrase, I thought immediately of the holiday season; only later did I realize, with chagrin, that it’s a quote from Pride and Prejudice. (How …
Greetings, friends! I have emerged from the other side of my term in the classroom. My students were fun, as always – but they sure kept me busy grading papers and developing lesson plans! I am back this month with two posts, both related to our monthly theme: today, I’ll post “Just the Day for …
When They Were Young in the Crescent City, by Jack Caldwell Greetings everyone. Jack Caldwell here. Sorry I’ve been gone for a while. I’m working on three projects at once, and we just got over Carnival Season and Mardi Gras. The theme for this month is When They Were Young. There is only one book …
Greetings, everyone. Jack Caldwell here. This month, our theme is “Will You?” That’s right, it’s a month full of proposals, the good, the bad, and the ugly! Most will probably melt your pudding, but you might just see a stinker in the bouquet. We all need to laugh, right? Okay, I didn’t write the above. …
The Return of The Austen Interviews #8 – Another Interview with Miss Caroline Bingley JACK CALDWELL – Hello, everyone—Jack Caldwell here. For this edition of The Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles, I’ve decided to bow to popular demand and bring back The Austen Interviews! For those of you living in a cave, this is a series …
Launch Party for RUIN AND RENEWAL: Volume Three of CRESCENT CITY by Jack Caldwell It’s strange to call this event a launch party. The word party is connected so closely with celebration. This book commemorates a day that should not be celebrated, but instead be indelibly engraved into the American memory, much like December 7, 1941 …
Launch Party for ELYSIAN DREAMS: Volume Two of CRESCENT CITY by Jack Caldwell “ELYSIAN”: adjective; (literary) delightful; glorious; blissful. Happy summer, everyone. Just in time for your beach reading is the second part to my epic tale of New Orleans. ELYSIAN DREAMS: Volume Two of CRESCENT CITY. We ended Volume One in August of 1999 …
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