Author: Brett Jackson

Edits, Project management tweaks, and Dopamine Habit Trackers

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In Brett’s study this week

This week, I have:

✔ Edited more chapters of Time Clones book 2
Another chunk of editing done which takes me up to twenty chapters in the last edits in Time Clones book 2.

✔ Increased my project management, by merging two popular tools together.
I had a great idea recently, and decided to make mind maps, and todo lists work together. Find out more in the Featured Article section.

✔ Calculated the results of my dopamine habit tracker scores.
A little while ago, I watched a video which showed me how to gamify my habits, and tasks. Over the last couple of weeks, this hack has made it more fun to complete my habits, even the ones I don’t enjoy doing, but I know will be good for my health in the long run, such as sleeping before 11pm.
Last week out of a possible score of 54 (8 habits over 7 days), I achieved a score of 15 🙁
This week, I achieved 25 🙂

Could Deja Vu Be an Indication of Time Travel? Kirstie has a question to Ask The Author, and more.

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Hello Reader, and welcome to The Time Trekkers Journal.

My name is Brett Jackson. I’m a Science Fiction Author, Productivity Geek and Gadget Lover.

This weekly email newsletter, is a place where I share my journey as a Time Travel author. Each week there is a manuscript update, book recommendation, I answer your questions and more. So, lets get started.

👨🏻‍💻Comments from the Author.

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✍ My Writing Life – Book Progress, and more.

Life updates and Author Accountability.

In Brett’s study this week

This week, I have:

✔ Edited x chapters using MS Word

✔ Really boosted my productivity with my pocket bullet journal and a dumb phone

✔ Started reading “Audio for Authors, etc…

✔ Recorded my new weight, and the result is…

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📖 Book Of The Month – Introducing Candice Yamnitz

Book Of The Month

This weeks Book Of The Week is

Ruthless

by CANDICE YAMNITZ:

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BIO: Candice Pedraza Yamnitz is a homeschooling mom, author, and teacher. She taught in an elementary dual-language classroom for seven years before having her three spirited children. She mentored teen girls for years and now aims to inspire through stories.​
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SHORT PITCH: An assassin and prince romantasy

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TAGLINE: One last hit to gain freedom

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BOOK BLURB:

Seventeen-year-old assassin Cottia is desperate to leave behind the work she’s been forced into.

Her lord offers freedom in exchange for one last hit. The assignment is to start a war by killing a target during the Giddelian prince’s betrothal selection ceremony.

When the prince uncovers her identity, he offers her a new opportunity. Will his invitation grant her freedom from the notorious underlord?

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🗣️ Ask The Author Your questions answered.

This week Kirstie asks:

If you travel to your future, and talk to yourself there, do you remember the conversation when you go back, or do you forget it?

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Great question! The answer depends on how time travel works in the way you’re imagining, and whether you are talking about your past self or your future self forgetting the conversation. Here are a few simple ways to think about it based on your past self time travelling.

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⏳Featured Article

Usually something time travel related, but sometimes something completely different.

Could Deja Vu Be an Indication of Time Travel?

Have you ever experienced that strange feeling of Deja Vu, where something feels oddly familiar, as if you’ve already lived through it? You might be walking down the street, having a conversation, or just doing something ordinary when suddenly, you get a sense of “I’ve been here before?”

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Check out my books at www.brettishbooks.com.

If you enjoyed this weeks newsletter, please feel free to share it.

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Ask The Author

Have you got a question you would like to ask me about writing, my books, or time travel, then shoot me an email, and I will be happy to post your question in next week’s newsletter.

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And… that’s all for this week, thank you for reading.

See you all, in the future.

Could Deja Vu Be an Indication of Time Travel? Kirstie has a question to Ask The Author, and more.

Posted on by Brett Jackson

Hello Reader, and welcome to The Time Trekkers Journal.

My name is Brett Jackson. I’m a Science Fiction Author, Productivity Geek and Gadget Lover.

This weekly email newsletter, is a place where I share my journey as a Time Travel author. Each week there is a manuscript update, book recommendation, I answer your questions and more. So, lets get started.

👨🏻‍💻Comments from the Author.

​

✍ My Writing Life – Book Progress, and more.

Life updates and Author Accountability.

In Brett’s study this week

This week, I have:

✔ Edited x chapters using MS Word

✔ Really boosted my productivity with my pocket bullet journal and a dumb phone

✔ Started reading “Audio for Authors, etc…

✔ Recorded my new weight, and the result is…

​

📖 Book Of The Month – Introducing Candice Yamnitz

Book Of The Month

This weeks Book Of The Week is

Ruthless

by CANDICE YAMNITZ:

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BIO: Candice Pedraza Yamnitz is a homeschooling mom, author, and teacher. She taught in an elementary dual-language classroom for seven years before having her three spirited children. She mentored teen girls for years and now aims to inspire through stories.​
​

SHORT PITCH: An assassin and prince romantasy

​

TAGLINE: One last hit to gain freedom

​

BOOK BLURB:

Seventeen-year-old assassin Cottia is desperate to leave behind the work she’s been forced into.

Her lord offers freedom in exchange for one last hit. The assignment is to start a war by killing a target during the Giddelian prince’s betrothal selection ceremony.

When the prince uncovers her identity, he offers her a new opportunity. Will his invitation grant her freedom from the notorious underlord?

​

🗣️ Ask The Author Your questions answered.

This week Kirstie asks:

If you travel to your future, and talk to yourself there, do you remember the conversation when you go back, or do you forget it?

​

Great question! The answer depends on how time travel works in the way you’re imagining, and whether you are talking about your past self or your future self forgetting the conversation. Here are a few simple ways to think about it based on your past self time travelling.

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⏳Featured Article

Usually something time travel related, but sometimes something completely different.

Could Deja Vu Be an Indication of Time Travel?

Have you ever experienced that strange feeling of Deja Vu, where something feels oddly familiar, as if you’ve already lived through it? You might be walking down the street, having a conversation, or just doing something ordinary when suddenly, you get a sense of “I’ve been here before?”

​

Check out my books at www.brettishbooks.com.

If you enjoyed this weeks newsletter, please feel free to share it.

​

Ask The Author

Have you got a question you would like to ask me about writing, my books, or time travel, then shoot me an email, and I will be happy to post your question in next week’s newsletter.

​

And… that’s all for this week, thank you for reading.

See you all, in the future.

Featured Article – Could Deja Vu Be an Indication of Time Travel?

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Have you ever experienced that strange feeling of Deja Vu, where something feels oddly familiar, as if you’ve already lived through it? You might be walking down the street, having a conversation, or just doing something ordinary when suddenly, you get a sense of “I’ve been here before?”

It’s a curious phenomenon, but what if Deja Vu isn’t just a trick of the mind? What if it could be an indication of something more mind-bending—like time travel?

Here’s the idea: What if, during time travel, our minds somehow catch glimpses of the past or future? What if Deja Vu is the brain’s way of processing a moment that we’ve already experienced in a different timeline, or maybe even in a different version of reality? It could be a memory from a parallel universe—or perhaps a hint that we’ve altered the timeline and are now experiencing a repeat of an event.

Could it be possible that Deja Vu is our subconscious recognizing a moment that has already happened, not in our immediate past, but from a different time or reality? It would make sense in a world where time travel is possible, and memories from different timelines sometimes bleed through.

So, the next time you experience Deja Vu, you might just want to wonder: Could this be a sign that time travel—whether through parallel universes, timelines, or even time loops—is real?

Featured Article – Could Deja Vu Be an Indication of Time Travel?

Posted on by Brett Jackson

Have you ever experienced that strange feeling of Deja Vu, where something feels oddly familiar, as if you’ve already lived through it? You might be walking down the street, having a conversation, or just doing something ordinary when suddenly, you get a sense of “I’ve been here before?”

It’s a curious phenomenon, but what if Deja Vu isn’t just a trick of the mind? What if it could be an indication of something more mind-bending—like time travel?

Here’s the idea: What if, during time travel, our minds somehow catch glimpses of the past or future? What if Deja Vu is the brain’s way of processing a moment that we’ve already experienced in a different timeline, or maybe even in a different version of reality? It could be a memory from a parallel universe—or perhaps a hint that we’ve altered the timeline and are now experiencing a repeat of an event.

Could it be possible that Deja Vu is our subconscious recognizing a moment that has already happened, not in our immediate past, but from a different time or reality? It would make sense in a world where time travel is possible, and memories from different timelines sometimes bleed through.

So, the next time you experience Deja Vu, you might just want to wonder: Could this be a sign that time travel—whether through parallel universes, timelines, or even time loops—is real?

Ask The Author – Kirsties asks a question.

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This week Kirstie asks:
If you travel to your future, and talk to yourself there, do you remember the conversation when you go back, or do you forget it?

Great question! The answer depends on how time travel works in the way you’re imagining, and whether you are talking about your past self or your future self forgetting the conversation. Here are a few simple ways to think about it based on your past self time travelling.

1. Fixed Timeline (Nothing Changes)

  • If time is set and nothing can be changed, then when you go to the future, talk to your future self, and come back, you would remember the conversation. It’s like the conversation was always meant to happen, so when you go back to the past, you already have the memory of it.

2. Mutable Timeline (Things Can Change)

  • If time is changeable, your conversation with your future self could alter the future. However, since you have had the conversation with future you, this conversation would now be a memory for your past self, even though it happened in the future, it is in your past.

3. Parallel Universes (Different Realities)

  • Another idea is that each time you travel into the future, you’re stepping into a new version of the timeline, like opening a new door. So, after you talk to your future self and return to your past, you might not remember the conversation because you’re back in your original reality, where that event never happened.

4. Twice Upon A Timeline (Cloned Time Traveller)

  • If Zac Drummond were to clone himself and go to the future, then speak to his future self, his future self would have a past memory, however, if Future Zac hadn’t met younger Zac then gone back to the past, he would have no memory of any conversation.

I hope this helps answer the question is the best way I can. The reason there are so many answers, is because there are so many possibilities, and since I have not personally been to the future, I can only speculate as to possible outcomes based on logic.

Book of The Month – Introducing Candice Yamnitz

Posted on by Brett Jackson

This weeks Book Of The Week is

Ruthless

by CANDICE YAMNITZ: 

BIO: Candice Pedraza Yamnitz is a homeschooling mom, author, and teacher. She taught in an elementary dual-language classroom for seven years before having her three spirited children. She mentored teen girls for years and now aims to inspire through stories.

SHORT PITCH: An assassin and prince romantasy 

TAGLINE: One last hit to gain freedom

BOOK BLURB: 
Seventeen-year-old assassin Cottia is desperate to leave behind the work she’s been forced into.
Her lord offers freedom in exchange for one last hit. The assignment is to start a war by killing a target during the Giddelian prince’s betrothal selection ceremony.
When the prince uncovers her identity, he offers her a new opportunity. Will his invitation grant her freedom from the notorious underlord?

BOOK LINKS:

Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202249388-ruthless

Amazon: https://a.co/d/2MP6WzB

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Facebook: ​https://www.facebook.com/candiceyamnitz​

Youtube: ​https://www.youtube.com/@candiceyamnitz​

Instagram: ​https://www.instagram.com/candiceyamnitz​

Pinterest:

Website: h​ttps://candiceyamnitz.com/​

BookBub:

LINK FOR NEWSLETTER JOINING:

– Includes a free novella, RUTHLESS, the first book in a novella trilogy. 

​https://BookHip.com/DMNSFNP​

My Writing Life – Book Progress, and more.

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In Brett’s study this week

This week, I have:

✔ Edited x chapters using MS Word
I’ve scribbled in more squares in my paper tracker, and am now more than 15 chapters into the final edits for Time Clones Book 2.

✔ Really boosted my productivity with my pocket bullet journal and a dumb phone
Afer buying a Nokia 110 phone this week, I have noticed that I don’t really notice my smart phone as much as I thought I would. Also, the pocket bullet journals are great. I have one 2025 calendar, and one for adding my tasks, notes and for logging my days. Less distractions mean more chance for my brain to relax because it’s not as distracted, and time to deal with my task / action list, because I am not falling down distraction rabbit holes. yay 🙂

✔ Started reading “Audio for Authors, etc by Joanna Penn.
After backing up all my books on kindle, I tried something new with it. I wiped it completely, then when it restarted, I didn’t log into the amazon account. Instead, I used Calbre to upload all my books to my kindle. The result is, an ad-free, distraction-free experience, and all my books are now all in one place. The best bit about this is, I have tried the highlights feature, and it works (even without the cloud). Collections don’t work, but the battery lasts so much better now, and I couldn’t be happier.

This week I have been reading a book by Joanna Penn called Audio for Authors, and it’s all about how Authors can use the power of Audio in Audiobooks, podcasts and more to reach more readers.

✔ Recorded my new weight, and the result is…
I’ve lost another pound in weight, yay 🙂 I haven’t personally noticed much difference yet, but I do seem to have a little more energy, so that’s a plus for the moment. Hopefully as I shed more weight, and reach my BMI target, my health will be even better 🙂

Free Writing Tracker, more writing updates, and a great book recommendation.

Posted on by Brett Jackson

Hello Reader, and welcome to The Time Trekkers Journal.

My name is Brett Jackson. I’m a Science Fiction Author, Productivity Geek and Gadget Lover.

This weekly email newsletter, is a place where I share my journey as a Time Travel author. Each week there is a manuscript update, book recommendation, I answer your questions and more. So, lets get started.

​

✍ My Writing Life

Life updates and Author Accountability.

In Brett’s study this week

This week, I have:

✔ Finally finished the grammarly edits, so what’s next?

✔ Upgraded my task list

✔ Health updates

✔ Started Bullet journaling again

and find out why I decided to upgrade my Kuru Toga Pencil.

Read more…

📖 Book Of The Week

Time Travel Book Recommendations

This weeks Book Of The Week is

True Time Travel Stories: Amazing Real Life Stories In The News (Time Travel Books Book 1)

Blurb:
What the Scientists Say About Time Travel
It’s fair to say that most scientists today will tell you that time travel is impossible. Three of today’s top physicists – Charles Liu, Brian Green and Michio Kaku – all hold that time travel is, if not impossible, unlikely in the extreme. However, one of the most brilliant minds of our time, physicist Stephen Hawking, disagrees – although only partially. He believes that time travel is theoretically possible, but only into the future.
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…. But What Do Real People Experience?
Read more…

⏳Featured Article

Usually something time travel related, but sometimes something completely different.

Writing Progress Tracker

You may have noticed that this book as been taking forever to edit, and I actually wonder myself too. It almost feels like I have done about 4 or 5 edits, and I am honestly just waiting for the day when I publish this thing.

In a moment of sheer genius, I decided to create a Writing Progress Tracker for the study. It looks a bit like the one that’s on the website, but it’s in front of me in the study, and gives me an easy-to-see progress report of the current book I am writing.

Read more…

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Check out my books at www.brettishbooks.com.

If you enjoyed this weeks newsletter, please feel free to share it.

​

Ask The Author

Have you got a question you would like to ask me about writing, my books, or time travel, then shoot me an email, and I will be happy to post your question in next week’s newsletter.

​

And… that’s all for this week, thank you for reading.

See you all, in the future.

Writing Progress Tracker

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You may have noticed that this book seems to be taking forever to edit, and I actually wonder myself too. It almost feels like I have done about 4 or 5 edits, and I am honestly just waiting for the day when I publish this thing.

Yesterday, in complete confusion at which part of the process I was in, I decided to create a Writing Progress Tracker for the study. It looks a bit like the one that’s on the website, but it’s in front of me in the study, and gives me an easy-to-see progress report of the current book I am writing.

As you can see I have 10 boxes, which each represent 10% progress, and I have worked our ways to estimate my progress quite accurately. Hopefully this paper version will certainly make a difference and keep me on course for a much more disciplined way to write books.