Category Archives: Inspiration

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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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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The Passion is Gone

Posted on December 4, 2016 by L. Jacob

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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I can’t write to a theme, I’m an ARTIST.

Posted on August 14, 2016 by L. Jacob

There is a Kindle book out there called Write to Market: Deliver a Book That Sells by Chris Fox. I skimmed it for funsies (Kindle Unlimited, so I wouldn’t feel so dirty after spending $3 for it). He basically says if you … Continue reading →

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Somebody Set Them Up The Bomb

Posted on August 7, 2016 by L. Jacob

This week, for the past week or so, I haven’t been writing. It’s not that I don’t have the time. I have two books that I’m working on at the same time, and I don’t know which one to concentrate … Continue reading →

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Pokemon Go and writing

Posted on July 24, 2016 by L. Jacob

I’ve played a little bit of Pokemon Go, enough to be slightly familiar with the concept. One afternoon I was thinking that Pokemon have a lot to do with writing. First of all, Pokemon Go superimposes itself on reality. That’s … Continue reading →

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Real Life Muses

Posted on July 17, 2016 by L. Jacob

Today, I want to give a shout-out to some real-life muses that have helped me along these past few years. I have been lucky to have such good people around me to give me inspiration and ideas, and, most of … Continue reading →

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Preparation

Posted on June 26, 2016 by L. Jacob

I’m going along pretty good with the new novel. Mostly, though, I’m doing preparation. I figured out this method with Blood From a Stone, my NaNoWriMo book of last year. Because I only had 2 weeks to do NaNo, I … Continue reading →

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Update

Posted on January 22, 2016 by L. Jacob

I just noticed I missed last week, so this week you’ll get two posts. Last week was hellacious. I had a cancer scare – yes, that’s a real possibility in my life, as you’ll find out when I write my … Continue reading →

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I don’t do romance

Posted on December 9, 2015 by L. Jacob

Writing a romance is hard. I read a book about writing romance, that basically gave out a boiler template of how to plot your romance. Fill in the blanks and off you go. I actually used tarot cards to figure … Continue reading →

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