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Book Review of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Feb 11, 2025Jillian JacobsReviewsbook review, books, epic fantasy, fantasy, fiction, novel, reading, reviews, romance

Read my review of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros!

The Way of Kings Book Review

Dec 2, 2024Jillian JacobsReviewsbook review, books, epic fantasy, fantasy, novel, reading, reviews

My review of Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, the first book in the Stormlight Archive

The Seventh Tower Series Book Review

Nov 14, 2024Jillian JacobsReading, Reviewsanimal familiars, book review, books, epic fantasy, fantasy, fiction, novel, reading, reviews, worldbuilding

My book review of The Seventh Tower series by Garth Nix

Changed Release Dates

Sep 17, 2024Jillian JacobsUpdates, Writingbooks, creative writing, novel, updates, writing

I had originally planned on releasing The Shackles of a Mountain Lord on October 1, but I’m pushing it back to October 31 so that I have a bit more time for edits. I left myself about a month to work on my final draft, and I’ve been making good time. Currently, I am about…

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Update May 8, 2024

May 8, 2024Jillian JacobsUpdatesnovel, updates, writers

Lots of news today! Read on to learn more about the progress of the beta read for The Shackles of a Mountain Lord, more details on the 1st Annual Rocksaber Run for Literacy, news on a Patreon page I’ve just set up, and details about a new stats page on my website. Progress on The…

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150k wordcount milestone

150k Wordcount Milestone!

Feb 1, 2024Jillian JacobsUpdates, Newsbooks, creative writing, fantasy, fiction, novel, updates, writing

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 am reasonably happy with how…

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Word Sprint Timers

Jan 25, 2024Jillian JacobsWriting, NaNoWriMocreative writing, fiction, nanowrimo, novel, writers, writing, writing tips

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 use these timers too and…

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How to Become a Fantasy Author

Jan 17, 2024Jillian JacobsWriting, NaNoWriMocreative writing, nanowrimo, novel, publishing, writers, writing, writing tips

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 was a mage and the…

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Update on Writing

Sep 8, 2023Jillian JacobsWritingcreative writing, fantasy, fiction, novel, updates, writing

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 my frustrations with publishing Muspell’s…

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Updates June 19, 2023

Jun 19, 2023Jillian JacobsUpdatescreative writing, fantasy, fiction, novel, updates, writing

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 to sell and distribute my…

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Jillian Leigh Jacobs fantasy and sci-fi author

Jillian Jacobs lives in the U.S., following her husband in the U.S. Army. She loves to garden, spend time outdoors, and cook.

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Torin Keth Novella #3 Rough Draft 6,595 / 15,000

Muspelheim Book 3 Rough Draft 13,275 / 150,000

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