Jackson Tel
@jacksontelwrites.bsky.social
Here, Jackson Tel, the author of The Chestnut Point Stories, discusses his creative journey.
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Acommatation - an author's award for miraculously making it through an entire multi-paragraph passage with all the commas in the correct place without help from an editor.
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Acommatation - an author's award for miraculously making it through an entire multi-paragraph passage with all the commas in the correct place without help from an editor.
Writing is about the journey, not the result.
So, onward we go, good companion, down this unexplored path for no reason but to find out where it goes.
JT
So, onward we go, good companion, down this unexplored path for no reason but to find out where it goes.
JT
December 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Writing is about the journey, not the result.
So, onward we go, good companion, down this unexplored path for no reason but to find out where it goes.
JT
So, onward we go, good companion, down this unexplored path for no reason but to find out where it goes.
JT
HISTORY
1883-St. Louis- Woman's Medical College of St. Louis
In 1883, women could attend the Women's Medical College of St. Louis. The institution opened that year to provide segregated medical education for women because they were often excluded from mainstream schools.
tinyurl.com/2azzbcww
1883-St. Louis- Woman's Medical College of St. Louis
In 1883, women could attend the Women's Medical College of St. Louis. The institution opened that year to provide segregated medical education for women because they were often excluded from mainstream schools.
tinyurl.com/2azzbcww
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
HISTORY
1883-St. Louis- Woman's Medical College of St. Louis
In 1883, women could attend the Women's Medical College of St. Louis. The institution opened that year to provide segregated medical education for women because they were often excluded from mainstream schools.
tinyurl.com/2azzbcww
1883-St. Louis- Woman's Medical College of St. Louis
In 1883, women could attend the Women's Medical College of St. Louis. The institution opened that year to provide segregated medical education for women because they were often excluded from mainstream schools.
tinyurl.com/2azzbcww
Introducing the female bicycle rider who pedaled up beside in Druid Hill Park that Saturday afternoon:
Dr. Anna Beale (1876-9999) Dr. Annabelle
Anne Beale was among the first female physicians to establish a practice in Baltimore. She specialized in women's medicine.
Dr. Anna Beale (1876-9999) Dr. Annabelle
Anne Beale was among the first female physicians to establish a practice in Baltimore. She specialized in women's medicine.
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Introducing the female bicycle rider who pedaled up beside in Druid Hill Park that Saturday afternoon:
Dr. Anna Beale (1876-9999) Dr. Annabelle
Anne Beale was among the first female physicians to establish a practice in Baltimore. She specialized in women's medicine.
Dr. Anna Beale (1876-9999) Dr. Annabelle
Anne Beale was among the first female physicians to establish a practice in Baltimore. She specialized in women's medicine.
Coincidence? While Jim Eberton was steering his bicycle through hilly, curvy Druid Hill Park using only his right hand because his left wrist was swelling and turning blue, a past girlfriend pedalled up beside him with a black physician's medical bag strapped in the rear basket of her bicycle.
December 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Coincidence? While Jim Eberton was steering his bicycle through hilly, curvy Druid Hill Park using only his right hand because his left wrist was swelling and turning blue, a past girlfriend pedalled up beside him with a black physician's medical bag strapped in the rear basket of her bicycle.
For the past month or so, I've been on a time-consuming, mentally exhausting journey to learn the ropes of marketing and promoting an Indie novel.
This morning, when I got up to continue writing EPISODE TWO of The Black Jellybeans story series, I felt like I was at home, where I belonged again.
This morning, when I got up to continue writing EPISODE TWO of The Black Jellybeans story series, I felt like I was at home, where I belonged again.
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
For the past month or so, I've been on a time-consuming, mentally exhausting journey to learn the ropes of marketing and promoting an Indie novel.
This morning, when I got up to continue writing EPISODE TWO of The Black Jellybeans story series, I felt like I was at home, where I belonged again.
This morning, when I got up to continue writing EPISODE TWO of The Black Jellybeans story series, I felt like I was at home, where I belonged again.
Watkins Slave Cemetery
Historic Roadsign seen on Davidsonville Road, along with photos of the old Mount Tabor Church and graveyard.
There is no marker commemorating the bodies of the slaves relocated from the Locust Grove Plantation, where they originally were anonymously buried.
Historic Roadsign seen on Davidsonville Road, along with photos of the old Mount Tabor Church and graveyard.
There is no marker commemorating the bodies of the slaves relocated from the Locust Grove Plantation, where they originally were anonymously buried.
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Watkins Slave Cemetery
Historic Roadsign seen on Davidsonville Road, along with photos of the old Mount Tabor Church and graveyard.
There is no marker commemorating the bodies of the slaves relocated from the Locust Grove Plantation, where they originally were anonymously buried.
Historic Roadsign seen on Davidsonville Road, along with photos of the old Mount Tabor Church and graveyard.
There is no marker commemorating the bodies of the slaves relocated from the Locust Grove Plantation, where they originally were anonymously buried.
Conestoga Area Historical Society
The Conestoga Wagons were the freight trucks of the 1800s in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia 1800s. Relay stations, livery stables, stock corrals, and taverns for the wagon drivers lined the early highways and toll roads.
The Conestoga Wagons were the freight trucks of the 1800s in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia 1800s. Relay stations, livery stables, stock corrals, and taverns for the wagon drivers lined the early highways and toll roads.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Conestoga Area Historical Society
The Conestoga Wagons were the freight trucks of the 1800s in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia 1800s. Relay stations, livery stables, stock corrals, and taverns for the wagon drivers lined the early highways and toll roads.
The Conestoga Wagons were the freight trucks of the 1800s in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia 1800s. Relay stations, livery stables, stock corrals, and taverns for the wagon drivers lined the early highways and toll roads.
Conestoga Area Historical Society
Antique Breyer Model Horses Sets
Antique Breyer Model Horses Sets
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Conestoga Area Historical Society
Antique Breyer Model Horses Sets
Antique Breyer Model Horses Sets
ABOUT WRITING
Causes of writer's block:
1. Self-Doubt
2. Overwhelming real-life circumstances
3. Fear of success
4. Concerns with pleasing others
5. Inertia
Ways to overcome writer's block:
Stream of consciousness writing
Exploring real-life stories
Pursue new, uncomfortable-zone experiences
Causes of writer's block:
1. Self-Doubt
2. Overwhelming real-life circumstances
3. Fear of success
4. Concerns with pleasing others
5. Inertia
Ways to overcome writer's block:
Stream of consciousness writing
Exploring real-life stories
Pursue new, uncomfortable-zone experiences
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ABOUT WRITING
Causes of writer's block:
1. Self-Doubt
2. Overwhelming real-life circumstances
3. Fear of success
4. Concerns with pleasing others
5. Inertia
Ways to overcome writer's block:
Stream of consciousness writing
Exploring real-life stories
Pursue new, uncomfortable-zone experiences
Causes of writer's block:
1. Self-Doubt
2. Overwhelming real-life circumstances
3. Fear of success
4. Concerns with pleasing others
5. Inertia
Ways to overcome writer's block:
Stream of consciousness writing
Exploring real-life stories
Pursue new, uncomfortable-zone experiences
Pre-Colonial Chesapeake Bay Area Natives Fishing
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Pre-Colonial Chesapeake Bay Area Natives Fishing
Andreas Liebe's alloyed interpretation of Shakespeare's Shylock was a mix of a one-dimensional, greedy villain driven by pure malice, a complex, tragic figure pushed to vengeful extremes by relentless anti-Semitism, societal persecution, and personal humiliation, and the Jew he saw in his mirror.
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Andreas Liebe's alloyed interpretation of Shakespeare's Shylock was a mix of a one-dimensional, greedy villain driven by pure malice, a complex, tragic figure pushed to vengeful extremes by relentless anti-Semitism, societal persecution, and personal humiliation, and the Jew he saw in his mirror.
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_999-1743-A Bonifide Jew
Andreas Liebe, a Jewish tobacco trader from New York (formerly New Amsterdam), traveled to Benedict Town for a supplier's wedding. Coming upon a traveling theater group rehearsing The Merchant of Venice, he interrupted to demonstrate how to portray a bona fide Jew.
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Andreas Liebe, a Jewish tobacco trader from New York (formerly New Amsterdam), traveled to Benedict Town for a supplier's wedding. Coming upon a traveling theater group rehearsing The Merchant of Venice, he interrupted to demonstrate how to portray a bona fide Jew.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
_999-1743-A Bonifide Jew
Andreas Liebe, a Jewish tobacco trader from New York (formerly New Amsterdam), traveled to Benedict Town for a supplier's wedding. Coming upon a traveling theater group rehearsing The Merchant of Venice, he interrupted to demonstrate how to portray a bona fide Jew.
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Andreas Liebe, a Jewish tobacco trader from New York (formerly New Amsterdam), traveled to Benedict Town for a supplier's wedding. Coming upon a traveling theater group rehearsing The Merchant of Venice, he interrupted to demonstrate how to portray a bona fide Jew.
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To avoid annoying your readers: If you leave them hanging at the end of a book in a series, wrap the issue up quickly in the next book and move on with the story.
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
To avoid annoying your readers: If you leave them hanging at the end of a book in a series, wrap the issue up quickly in the next book and move on with the story.
Be true to yourself and stay hungry.
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Be true to yourself and stay hungry.
ON WRITING
Compelling goals and motivations are essential to making readers care about the flawed characters in stories and feel invested in their journeys.
Compelling goals and motivations are essential to making readers care about the flawed characters in stories and feel invested in their journeys.
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ON WRITING
Compelling goals and motivations are essential to making readers care about the flawed characters in stories and feel invested in their journeys.
Compelling goals and motivations are essential to making readers care about the flawed characters in stories and feel invested in their journeys.
Historical fiction is like science fiction in reverse. In each, the reader travels to a very different world from the one we inhabit presently.
I'm struck by how unfamiliar today's youth are with the everyday experiences I had growing up, like telephone booths, penny loafers, and Polaroid cameras.
I'm struck by how unfamiliar today's youth are with the everyday experiences I had growing up, like telephone booths, penny loafers, and Polaroid cameras.
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Historical fiction is like science fiction in reverse. In each, the reader travels to a very different world from the one we inhabit presently.
I'm struck by how unfamiliar today's youth are with the everyday experiences I had growing up, like telephone booths, penny loafers, and Polaroid cameras.
I'm struck by how unfamiliar today's youth are with the everyday experiences I had growing up, like telephone booths, penny loafers, and Polaroid cameras.
"Writing is about being honest."
Yet, writers of fiction, hiding behind pen names, are quintessential liars. Many young authors who use online publishing platforms like Wattpad assume entirely fictional personas.
The truth comes in the telling of the story and the lives of the characters.
Yet, writers of fiction, hiding behind pen names, are quintessential liars. Many young authors who use online publishing platforms like Wattpad assume entirely fictional personas.
The truth comes in the telling of the story and the lives of the characters.
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Writing is about being honest."
Yet, writers of fiction, hiding behind pen names, are quintessential liars. Many young authors who use online publishing platforms like Wattpad assume entirely fictional personas.
The truth comes in the telling of the story and the lives of the characters.
Yet, writers of fiction, hiding behind pen names, are quintessential liars. Many young authors who use online publishing platforms like Wattpad assume entirely fictional personas.
The truth comes in the telling of the story and the lives of the characters.
History
Tobacco was the economic driver for the colonies near the Chesapeake Bay in America, especially in Maryland and Virginia. Both were well-suited to the cultivation and trade of that crop, with transportation by coastal waterways and intercontinental oceans—slave labor maximized profits.
Tobacco was the economic driver for the colonies near the Chesapeake Bay in America, especially in Maryland and Virginia. Both were well-suited to the cultivation and trade of that crop, with transportation by coastal waterways and intercontinental oceans—slave labor maximized profits.
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
History
Tobacco was the economic driver for the colonies near the Chesapeake Bay in America, especially in Maryland and Virginia. Both were well-suited to the cultivation and trade of that crop, with transportation by coastal waterways and intercontinental oceans—slave labor maximized profits.
Tobacco was the economic driver for the colonies near the Chesapeake Bay in America, especially in Maryland and Virginia. Both were well-suited to the cultivation and trade of that crop, with transportation by coastal waterways and intercontinental oceans—slave labor maximized profits.
One ghost, in particular, a former buccaneer named Julius Tel, my many-times-Great-Grandfather, sticks around in the ether for the entire series. A treasure trove of Spanish silver eight was stolen from Julius, and he's determined to recover it before moving on to his next life without memory of it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
One ghost, in particular, a former buccaneer named Julius Tel, my many-times-Great-Grandfather, sticks around in the ether for the entire series. A treasure trove of Spanish silver eight was stolen from Julius, and he's determined to recover it before moving on to his next life without memory of it.
The Chestnut Point Stories-Ghosts:
As sea creatures survive in water and animals and people live in Earth's atmosphere, ghosts exist in the surrounding ether. They are the transient spirits of dead people, delayed there by choice or chance, before being reborn as a new version of themselves.
As sea creatures survive in water and animals and people live in Earth's atmosphere, ghosts exist in the surrounding ether. They are the transient spirits of dead people, delayed there by choice or chance, before being reborn as a new version of themselves.
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Chestnut Point Stories-Ghosts:
As sea creatures survive in water and animals and people live in Earth's atmosphere, ghosts exist in the surrounding ether. They are the transient spirits of dead people, delayed there by choice or chance, before being reborn as a new version of themselves.
As sea creatures survive in water and animals and people live in Earth's atmosphere, ghosts exist in the surrounding ether. They are the transient spirits of dead people, delayed there by choice or chance, before being reborn as a new version of themselves.
HISTORY-1906
Wagon horses often reacted to bicycles with fear and panic, as the silent, fast-moving machines were new and startling sights. While bicycles had been around for a while, the encounter with these novel objects still caused alarm for many horses. Many teamsters wanted bicycles banned.
Wagon horses often reacted to bicycles with fear and panic, as the silent, fast-moving machines were new and startling sights. While bicycles had been around for a while, the encounter with these novel objects still caused alarm for many horses. Many teamsters wanted bicycles banned.
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
HISTORY-1906
Wagon horses often reacted to bicycles with fear and panic, as the silent, fast-moving machines were new and startling sights. While bicycles had been around for a while, the encounter with these novel objects still caused alarm for many horses. Many teamsters wanted bicycles banned.
Wagon horses often reacted to bicycles with fear and panic, as the silent, fast-moving machines were new and startling sights. While bicycles had been around for a while, the encounter with these novel objects still caused alarm for many horses. Many teamsters wanted bicycles banned.
While riding his bicycle across the Cedar Avenue Bridge over the Jones Falls River on his way to Baltimore from Roland Park, Jim Eberton realized his left wrist had swollen and turned blue. He could barely grip the left handlebar; it was so painful. Ahead was a broken-down wagon with a tense horse.
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
While riding his bicycle across the Cedar Avenue Bridge over the Jones Falls River on his way to Baltimore from Roland Park, Jim Eberton realized his left wrist had swollen and turned blue. He could barely grip the left handlebar; it was so painful. Ahead was a broken-down wagon with a tense horse.
1902-Baltimore
Jim Eberton inherited the Superior Bicycle Manufacturing Company from Sebastian ‘Sonny’ Mann, the mysterious father he had never known.
Growing up, Jimmy had been an enthusiastic follower of the celebrated big-wheel cyclist, unaware that his great hero, Sonny Mann, was his dad.
Jim Eberton inherited the Superior Bicycle Manufacturing Company from Sebastian ‘Sonny’ Mann, the mysterious father he had never known.
Growing up, Jimmy had been an enthusiastic follower of the celebrated big-wheel cyclist, unaware that his great hero, Sonny Mann, was his dad.
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
1902-Baltimore
Jim Eberton inherited the Superior Bicycle Manufacturing Company from Sebastian ‘Sonny’ Mann, the mysterious father he had never known.
Growing up, Jimmy had been an enthusiastic follower of the celebrated big-wheel cyclist, unaware that his great hero, Sonny Mann, was his dad.
Jim Eberton inherited the Superior Bicycle Manufacturing Company from Sebastian ‘Sonny’ Mann, the mysterious father he had never known.
Growing up, Jimmy had been an enthusiastic follower of the celebrated big-wheel cyclist, unaware that his great hero, Sonny Mann, was his dad.