Category Archives: Writing

Writing Environment

Posted on March 19, 2017 by L. Jacob

Grim is at the editor’s. A few common errors were found in the sample that was sent to me, things that are common for pantsers, like description before the subject instead of after, and use of flat words instead of … Continue reading →

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What is a novel?

Posted on March 12, 2017 by L. Jacob

So! Grimaulkin 2 is going along smashingly. 15K words so far with an average of 1000 words a day, except weekends which I can top 2K words a day. I got my first one-star review from Homecoming. Basically, he said … Continue reading →

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Decisions, decisions

Posted on March 5, 2017 by L. Jacob

So, at present, Water and Grimaulkin are at the editor’s. Grimaulkin Tempted is up to 10K words already and I’m in need of another subplot. So far I have: Main plot: Scott’s ex comes back. Subplot A: Becky, his cousin, … Continue reading →

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Water–Finished!

Posted on February 25, 2017 by L. Jacob

I just finished Water and sent it off to the publisher: Zarra Knightley Publishing. 48K words in total. Grimaulkin is in editing. Hopefully that’ll be done by the end of March so I can have it by June and run … Continue reading →

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Scorpio

Posted on February 19, 2017 by L. Jacob

So I was struggling with Scorpio. No offense, but I’ve never had good luck with Scorpios, either as friends or in a relationship. The story I first wrote was the “origin” story. It wasn’t that great, and it was way … Continue reading →

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Work vs. Play

Posted on February 12, 2017 by L. Jacob

35K words. That’s all Water has. I need more sex, more story in Scorpio. That’s what I’ll work on this week. I just finished Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. This is the second book I read that believes that creativity … Continue reading →

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1/2 done

Posted on February 5, 2017 by L. Jacob

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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Struggling vs worthlessness

Posted on January 15, 2017 by L. Jacob

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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Discovery writing

Posted on December 25, 2016 by L. Jacob

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

Posted on December 18, 2016 by L. Jacob

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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