Author: Jillian Jacobs
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Book Review: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
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A Wizard of Earthsea, written by Ursula LeGuin, is a classic children’s fantasy novel published in 1968. I may be 56 years late to the party, but I finally read it! This is the first book review for the books that I am reading as part of my 52 Book…
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150k Wordcount Milestone!
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Today I reached a milestone with my latest book! 150,000 words! I can actually believe that Muspell’s Sons is going to have a sequel! Granted, they are 150,000 unedited words, and not all of the story is written down yet. I consider it a rough or first draft until I…
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Word Sprint Timers
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Here are a couple of word sprint timers that I put up on YouTube. I intend to add others eventually, but I’d like to record the background video myself, which might take a while for me to get around to. I intentionally didn’t add music to the timers because I…
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How to Become a Fantasy Author
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When I was ten years old, I decided I wanted to become a fantasy author. I had no idea how to go about it, but I knew that authors write stories. So I started typing away on my dad’s Macintosh computer, writing a story about two friends, one of whom…
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Dragon Books
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Dragons! Since humans first discovered dinosaur bones and decided they must have belonged to some long-extinct giant (sometimes flying) reptile, we’ve been fascinated by dragons. These enormous beasts have featured prominently in legends, myths, and folklore. Today, you can hardly call yourself a fantasy author if you haven’t written a…
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FREE DOWNLOAD: “Books I’ve Read” Bookmark
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I love having a physical way to keep track of my goals, so I decided to create a bookmark that has space for me to write down the titles of the books that I’ve finished reading this year as part of my 52 Books Challenge. And since it was already…
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52 Book Challenge 2024
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Years ago, I undertook a challenge to read one book a week for an entire year. I managed to do it! I loved the challenge and all the books that I’d read, and I’ve been wanting to do something similar for years. This is the year! I decided that since…
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Gifts for Writers
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Hey everybody! Tis the season for wracking our brains for ideas on what to get each other for Christmas. I thought I’d put together a short list of gifts for writers that I’d personally appreciate, and it ended up…well, a little longer than I expected. There is a lot of…
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Update on Writing
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I’m at 82,938 words for my rough draft for the sequel to Muspell’s Sons! This book has been difficult for me to write, but I’m finally in a better place mentally and able to push forward. I’ve been in a pretty bad slump for the past six months due to…
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Updates June 19, 2023
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Store Updates Time for some much-needed updates! Even though I’ve been pretty quiet, there has been a flurry of activity behind the scenes. I’m happy to say that I’ve finally been able to wrest control of my book from the clutches of Amazon’s Kindle Select program and am now able…
