Monthly Archives: March 2017

Revision

Posted on March 26, 2017 by L. Jacob

A few years back, I plunked down a goodly amount of money for an online course on how to revise your novel. It’s by Holly Lisle (someone I never heard of, and someone whose books I’ve never read). It was … Continue reading →

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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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