by JTL | Mar 26, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
When it comes to writing fiction, for me, it really helps to have a plan, and … unfortunately … it also helps to have so much “recent inspiration” when it comes to the horrible things people have done (in terms of terrorism and gross acts of...
by JTL | Mar 18, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
So, it’s March 18th, and the first chapter and introduction to “Fallen” are complete. With a universe that has so rich a history (not just patting myself on the back here – there are five books in this series), you can’t bring up...
by JTL | Mar 14, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
When I print my own copies of the books (and I’ve had an outstanding Christmas present for printing hard covers of all of my books for my own library, by the way), I like to put an attractive cover on it. Some of that art has ended up on the web site! Now,...
by JTL | Mar 9, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
Working on “the Fallen,” I now have the introduction complete (and a bit of the first chapter). One of the interesting challenges is to conquer how to bring in those who haven’t read your books before while not boring your readers who have. In some...
by JTL | Feb 29, 2012 | Author's Comments
When I was growing up, we had next door neighbors with kids about the same age as me and my sister. One of those, recently, via Facebook, saw a note that I had updated my writing blog and was surprised to find out that I write books! Now, it’s not the first...
by JTL | Feb 29, 2012 | Author's Comments, Observations and Advice
Finally, finally, finally – but it IS worth it! There are a lot of different threads and dimensions of Fallen that I needed some background on before I started writing. After all, there are no less than FIVE BOOKS WORTH of history to account for! I’ll...
