Author Archives: L. Jacob

Homework: check

Posted on February 10, 2019 by L. Jacob

I just finished my entry into the Corporate Catharsis anthology. Titled “Hextron” (though I may change it to “Hextron, Inc.”) it’s a mashup of old hex magic with corporate America. One of the speeches that one of the VP’s gives … Continue reading →

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Tree

Posted on February 6, 2019 by L. Jacob

In the Lenormand card deck, the tree is the card of health. When it comes up in a reading, you have to look at the cards around it to see whether health is good or bad. The Tree came up … Continue reading →

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Please wait

Posted on February 4, 2019 by L. Jacob

In the hospital with pneumonia since Saturday. Will update when I’m out

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Buckling down

Posted on January 27, 2019 by L. Jacob

With Air in the can, I’m supposed to concentrate on Grimaulkin Collected. The key here is “supposed to”. I will admit that this week I hardly wrote much, mostly because I was recovering from surgery. I had expected to write … Continue reading →

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Professional and Personal

Posted on January 20, 2019 by L. Jacob

Professional:Aircovers are completed and it will be released on February 14. I’m writing a story for Grimaulkin Collected but I’m not sure whether to complete the story or leave it as a cliffhanger for a possible novel in the future. … Continue reading →

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The Erotic Formula

Posted on January 13, 2019 by L. Jacob

I’ve read a few gay erotica books, two by the same author, and found out that she follows this formula. Introduce the two men as forbidden fruit to each other. They find out they’re gay. One has an issue being … Continue reading →

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Reading

Posted on January 9, 2019 by L. Jacob

Books I’ve read this week (or tried to) Elemental Magick – Jacki JamesI liked the prologue, from the book’s point of view. Then we got to the character, and at first I liked him, too. I already predicted the story: … Continue reading →

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A week of nuthin’

Posted on January 6, 2019 by L. Jacob

This week, I finished the final edits of Air, so that’s on track to be published in February. I also printed out Blood From a Stone, looked at it, and realized that editing it was too daunting, considering the editing … Continue reading →

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Where’s the beef?

Posted on December 30, 2018 by L. Jacob

I started to revise Yellowtree using class notes I had from a few years ago when I did the rewrite for Grimaulkin, around 2012. Using these notes, I realized a few things. There’s no conflict. There’s no antagonist. There’s no … Continue reading →

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Air completed (V1)

Posted on December 23, 2018 by L. Jacob

Due to surprise complications at work (basically, IT decided my department wasn’t a priority), I had some free time to finish writing Air. The editor said that I seemed to have more fun writing these. I wouldn’t say it was … Continue reading →

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