Author Archives: L. Jacob

Day 7

So engrossed she was in the chapter that she didn’t notice when her relief came in.  She waved to her, and then headed for he last class of the day, Mass Communications.  Here they would talk about TV and what … Continue reading

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Day 6

Bryan was there.  Bryan wore an earring in his left ear – she didn’t know if that meant he was gay or not.  It didn’t really matter, because he sort of acted a little effeminate, at least to her.  Her … Continue reading

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Day 5

After a very boring lecture, she debated about lunch.  Even though that boy in the cafeteria was being immature, he was right, in the sense that she was buying a lunch at 10:30 in the morning. She didn’t want to … Continue reading

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Day 4

Kate would be on campus all day this Wednesday, between three classes and her work-study program in between.  Then she would be back on Friday morning for two classes, having Thursday off.  She usually planned Thursdays to be her homework … Continue reading

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Day 3

She finished her shower, turning the water off suddenly.  Shivering a bit in the chill air, she toweled herself off, avoiding looking in the mirror.  Kate then got dressed in her t-shirt and shorts again, and headed back out to … Continue reading

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Nano Day 2

Kate said, “Well, it was dark.  I couldn’t see anything.  Much.  Well.” Lynn said, a smirk on her face, “I think if someone was chasing after me with a black duster on, I would have remembered what he looked like.” … Continue reading

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NaNo Day 1

Kate picked her way warily through the crowd on the bus, looking for an empty seat.   The bus had already started moving. She had her earplug headphones on, the noise loud enough to hear the music but not loud enough … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo

The valiant attempt at writing a 50K word novel in 30 days is possible, but daunting, especially now when my day job requires me to work overtime over the next two months, and the game that I’m playing is going … Continue reading

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I’m a writer; this is just my day job

Wow.  Life really can take a hold of you, can’t it?  Okay, maybe a weekly post was a bad idea. My day job has been intruding way too much into my writing life.  By the time I get home from … Continue reading

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Pain and the Writer

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. Red Smith In the most recent episode of Mad Men (the only TV show I watch), “Signal 30”, Roger Sterling calls Ken … Continue reading

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