by JTL | May 18, 2017 | Author's Comments, Observations and Advice
PUBLISHING DIARY: The most challenging 250 words of a novel are… Care to guess? Are these the first few sentences of a new story? No. The ending? Not even close. Believe it or not, it’s the summary that goes on the back of the book that is the killer!...
by JTL | Mar 30, 2017 | Author's Comments, Informational
PUBLISHING DIARY: Oops! I started writing a new book! Okay, probably not a common complaint for most people. I get it, but yep, it’s happened! I started, as stated in my last blog, using a new (to me) editor called Scrivener with the intention of rewriting a...
by JTL | Aug 28, 2016 | Author's Comments, Observations and Advice, Writing Updates
Enjoying the journey of focusing on likes, not hate! It’s wonderful to go through and give props to all of those amazing talents that have been inspirations to me – and I still keep thinking up things!!! I’ve also gotten some really kind comments...
by JTL | Aug 20, 2016 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
Sharing what I like, not what I hate! As we get closer and closer to a certain November date, my social media is just filling up with oodles of badness, trying desperately to convince people to change decisions they are not likely to change anyway. WHY NOT DO...
by JTL | Mar 30, 2016 | Author's Comments, Informational, Writing Updates
In … through … and beyond! – It’s probably one of the better quotes from a movie called “The Black Hole,” which while it has its flaws, is still a move I like. The experience for me is strange, though, the amazing moment when you...
by JTL | Mar 5, 2016 | Author's Comments, Writing Process
Here are some more questions brought up by another reader of The Fallen. Question: While he liked the story, overall, he felt it a bit too surrealistic that the creator religion would be so widely accepted by most Thurians without a second thought. Answer: Okay, you...
