Category Archives: Characters

Gold Nuggets Among Dross

Posted on January 21, 2015 by L. Jacob

I finally figured out how to export my posts from WordPress into Word. It’s not pretty, it’s certainly not clean, but the words are there, and that’s the important part. Downloaded them by year. I noticed that I started 800 … Continue reading →

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Priorities

Posted on January 3, 2015 by L. Jacob

I sat down and figured out how many hours I write a week. 12. You know how many hours I game? About 60. Gaming is mindless. Writing can be work. Sometimes it’s fun. Sometimes, when I sit here thinking, “What … Continue reading →

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YA trends (so I see)

Posted on September 20, 2014 by L. Jacob

Benet. His name is Benet. That out of the way, I did a little perusal of the YA stacks in my local independent bookstore. Most of the writers seem to be in their 20’s. They’re mostly women. They write about girls … Continue reading →

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Works in Progress

Posted on September 18, 2014 by L. Jacob

I’ve been patterning my brand on an anti-social, starving writer. He doesn’t like to do social things, but gets pissed off when he’s not invited to them. Okay, so he’s like Dan in Dan Vs. (This show, for the first … Continue reading →

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Character books

Posted on August 27, 2014 by L. Jacob

I am a hoarder and a collector. I have found out that I have way too many composition books (and it takes a lot for me to NOT buy them, especially this time of year when they’re on sale). I … Continue reading →