Author Archives: L. Jacob

1/2 done

Water’s stories are done, now all I need to do is drop the sex into them. So far it’s 30K, so I have to come up with another 30K to make it worthwhile. My research thus far has been pretty … Continue reading

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Is the Media Dead?

I usually get my information from Fox, NPR, and Sirius XM, in that order. All of them are biased. All of them are opinionated. None of them present the information and let you figure it out. They feed you their … Continue reading

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Struggling vs worthlessness

Amazing how depressed you can feel if you can’t see. I’m still stuck at home. You would think that I would write more. Nope. It seems the more time I have to write, the less I do write. Water is up … Continue reading

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Good news/Bad news

Still with double vision. This doesn’t look promising. According to the doctor I have “Sixth Nerve Palsy,” where the nerve in my eye is weakened and the other muscles pull the eye to the left. The good news is that it’s … Continue reading

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When Life Rears its Ugly Head

Sometimes, Life gets in the way. Specifically medical issues. I’ve had problems with my eyes for the past year. I have a cataract in one eye, which I’m going for surgery over in February. However, this week, I had something … Continue reading

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Discovery writing

Merry Christmas! Yes, even though I’m an eclectic witch, I still harken back to my Roman Catholic roots and say Merry Christmas. Pisces is coming along slowly. Very slowly. I don’t seem to be in the mood for writing about … Continue reading

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Rewrites in progress

I received Grimaulkin back from my beta reader, who gave me some good ideas that I’m going to try in the story. As usual, my ending was too short, in his opinion, that there should be something more. In addition … Continue reading

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Continuing

Still working on Water. Grimaulkin is still with the beta reader, though I have some feedback that I need to work on (add more straight characters because the story takes place in 2000, and gay people are still firmly in … Continue reading

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The Passion is Gone

Saturday was my last appearance for the year, and there’s one thing I learned. I need a better pitch. My pitch leaves too much to the imagination. I need to tell the plot of my novel in one sentence. But … Continue reading

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Music or No Music?

My son asked me recently what I listen to when I write. It depends on the mood. And where I am. If I’m alone, and downstairs in my writing cellar with my Mac, I don’t usually listen to anything. However, if … Continue reading

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