Jackson Tel
@jacksontelwrites.bsky.social
Here, Jackson Tel, the author of The Chestnut Point Stories, discusses his creative journey.
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How many writers does it take to split an infinitive?
Three. One takes the noun, another the adjective, and the third keeps the adverb for themself to know the how, when, where, why, or the extent of coming actions.
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Three. One takes the noun, another the adjective, and the third keeps the adverb for themself to know the how, when, where, why, or the extent of coming actions.
See: Caution Word Workers Ahead-SERIAL-Flipbook
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CAUTION WORD WORKERS AHEAD-251212-B
A serial graphic book
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December 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
How many writers does it take to split an infinitive?
Three. One takes the noun, another the adjective, and the third keeps the adverb for themself to know the how, when, where, why, or the extent of coming actions.
See: Caution Word Workers Ahead-SERIAL-Flipbook
online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/watk/
Three. One takes the noun, another the adjective, and the third keeps the adverb for themself to know the how, when, where, why, or the extent of coming actions.
See: Caution Word Workers Ahead-SERIAL-Flipbook
online.fliphtml5.com/vqcix/watk/
Why and how did jilted Anna Beale split up with Jim Eberton in Saint Louis?
Jim was two-timing her with a part-Cherokee, part-Spanish, part Negro accordion player, called Little Sweets, who performed with her family's two-step band at the St. Louis Fairground Dance Pavilion?
Anna felt betrayed.
Jim was two-timing her with a part-Cherokee, part-Spanish, part Negro accordion player, called Little Sweets, who performed with her family's two-step band at the St. Louis Fairground Dance Pavilion?
Anna felt betrayed.
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Why and how did jilted Anna Beale split up with Jim Eberton in Saint Louis?
Jim was two-timing her with a part-Cherokee, part-Spanish, part Negro accordion player, called Little Sweets, who performed with her family's two-step band at the St. Louis Fairground Dance Pavilion?
Anna felt betrayed.
Jim was two-timing her with a part-Cherokee, part-Spanish, part Negro accordion player, called Little Sweets, who performed with her family's two-step band at the St. Louis Fairground Dance Pavilion?
Anna felt betrayed.
Jim Eberton was the heir apparent to the Eberton family fortune. Anna Beale was the pockmarked daughter of nobody important. She decided to become a doctor at the age of eight, when, unvaccinated, she contracted smallpox. While confined to a sanitarium, young Anna became fascinated with medicine
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Jim Eberton was the heir apparent to the Eberton family fortune. Anna Beale was the pockmarked daughter of nobody important. She decided to become a doctor at the age of eight, when, unvaccinated, she contracted smallpox. While confined to a sanitarium, young Anna became fascinated with medicine
Do we see the walking wounded of this world? Do we acknowledge the impaired among us, the disabled, the sick, the abused, or the lonely? Do we help those without a home to find one to call their own? Do we see the anxious children hiding behind their parents' legs? Do we care for the mentally ill?
December 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Do we see the walking wounded of this world? Do we acknowledge the impaired among us, the disabled, the sick, the abused, or the lonely? Do we help those without a home to find one to call their own? Do we see the anxious children hiding behind their parents' legs? Do we care for the mentally ill?
Harvard Health Publishing
How to Splint a Fracture
For a lower arm or wrist fracture (left), carefully place a folded newspaper, magazine, or heavy piece of clothing under the arm. Tie it in place with cloth ties.
How to Splint a Fracture
For a lower arm or wrist fracture (left), carefully place a folded newspaper, magazine, or heavy piece of clothing under the arm. Tie it in place with cloth ties.
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Harvard Health Publishing
How to Splint a Fracture
For a lower arm or wrist fracture (left), carefully place a folded newspaper, magazine, or heavy piece of clothing under the arm. Tie it in place with cloth ties.
How to Splint a Fracture
For a lower arm or wrist fracture (left), carefully place a folded newspaper, magazine, or heavy piece of clothing under the arm. Tie it in place with cloth ties.
EPISODE TWO
Chapter One
251212-A
Concerned about Jim's swollen, blue-tinged, obviously painful left forearm, Dr. Anna Beale, a former college girlfriend, applied the brakes to slow her bicycle and ordered him to STOP."
Chapter One
251212-A
Concerned about Jim's swollen, blue-tinged, obviously painful left forearm, Dr. Anna Beale, a former college girlfriend, applied the brakes to slow her bicycle and ordered him to STOP."
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
EPISODE TWO
Chapter One
251212-A
Concerned about Jim's swollen, blue-tinged, obviously painful left forearm, Dr. Anna Beale, a former college girlfriend, applied the brakes to slow her bicycle and ordered him to STOP."
Chapter One
251212-A
Concerned about Jim's swollen, blue-tinged, obviously painful left forearm, Dr. Anna Beale, a former college girlfriend, applied the brakes to slow her bicycle and ordered him to STOP."
1780s-George Washington's Mount Vernon dining table showcased a lavish spread with roasted meats (pork, beef, mutton, fowl), garden vegetables (cabbage, peas, artichokes), hominy, and a dessert course with tarts, ice cream, nuts, and fresh/dried fruits, alongside drinks like wine, ale, and beer.
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1780s-George Washington's Mount Vernon dining table showcased a lavish spread with roasted meats (pork, beef, mutton, fowl), garden vegetables (cabbage, peas, artichokes), hominy, and a dessert course with tarts, ice cream, nuts, and fresh/dried fruits, alongside drinks like wine, ale, and beer.
1908, Baltimore
The night after Ida's father died, his despondent Saint Bernard,Eight, lying at the foot of her bed, farted. The dog jumped up and spun around to look as if something had nipped at its butt. Ida, grieving and unable to sleep, rose to open the window. The relationship was new.
The night after Ida's father died, his despondent Saint Bernard,Eight, lying at the foot of her bed, farted. The dog jumped up and spun around to look as if something had nipped at its butt. Ida, grieving and unable to sleep, rose to open the window. The relationship was new.
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
1908, Baltimore
The night after Ida's father died, his despondent Saint Bernard,Eight, lying at the foot of her bed, farted. The dog jumped up and spun around to look as if something had nipped at its butt. Ida, grieving and unable to sleep, rose to open the window. The relationship was new.
The night after Ida's father died, his despondent Saint Bernard,Eight, lying at the foot of her bed, farted. The dog jumped up and spun around to look as if something had nipped at its butt. Ida, grieving and unable to sleep, rose to open the window. The relationship was new.
The Logline
from Tel's Four-Part Story Structure
(coming soon)
from Tel's Four-Part Story Structure
(coming soon)
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The Logline
from Tel's Four-Part Story Structure
(coming soon)
from Tel's Four-Part Story Structure
(coming soon)
Historical fiction writers like myself are never at a loss about what to say. Though the past is as endless as the future, we, unlike science fiction writers before setting out, at least know in broad outline what to expect ahead.
Can you believe it? Those other folks are totally making stuff up.
Can you believe it? Those other folks are totally making stuff up.
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Historical fiction writers like myself are never at a loss about what to say. Though the past is as endless as the future, we, unlike science fiction writers before setting out, at least know in broad outline what to expect ahead.
Can you believe it? Those other folks are totally making stuff up.
Can you believe it? Those other folks are totally making stuff up.
The Story Title is the first opportunity to grab readers’ attention before they open the Book. It is like a mini-hook that should engage the Reader with emotionally loaded language or surprising word combinations.
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Story Title is the first opportunity to grab readers’ attention before they open the Book. It is like a mini-hook that should engage the Reader with emotionally loaded language or surprising word combinations.
The horses pulling Baltimore's 19th-century Arabber vegetable wagons were sturdy and versatile, often ponies or smaller draft types like Morgans, American Saddlebreds, or sturdy mixed breeds, chosen for their ability to navigate city streets, carry heavy loads, and work long hours.
Morgan Horses
Morgan Horses
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The horses pulling Baltimore's 19th-century Arabber vegetable wagons were sturdy and versatile, often ponies or smaller draft types like Morgans, American Saddlebreds, or sturdy mixed breeds, chosen for their ability to navigate city streets, carry heavy loads, and work long hours.
Morgan Horses
Morgan Horses
Paraphrased from Wikipedia
An arabber is a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers calling out to attract customers still ply the streets of Baltimore.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabber
An arabber is a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers calling out to attract customers still ply the streets of Baltimore.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabber
December 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Paraphrased from Wikipedia
An arabber is a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers calling out to attract customers still ply the streets of Baltimore.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabber
An arabber is a street vendor selling fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart. Once a common sight in American East Coast cities, only a handful of arabbers calling out to attract customers still ply the streets of Baltimore.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabber
I added some detail to the opening of EPISODE TWO specifically so I could talk about Baltimore's "Arabbers." They were unique horse-drawn fruit and vegetable vendors who served the city since the early 19th century, evolving from a diverse trade into a distinct African-American tradition.
December 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I added some detail to the opening of EPISODE TWO specifically so I could talk about Baltimore's "Arabbers." They were unique horse-drawn fruit and vegetable vendors who served the city since the early 19th century, evolving from a diverse trade into a distinct African-American tradition.
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