Fiction and Fantasy

Thoughts and excerpts from the mind of Jeannette Jonic

Category: Behind-the-Scenes

A Glimpse into My Creative Process

Update 9/13/2023: Updated formatting to current blog standards. First of all–WHOA! Sorry about the lack of updates lately. I woke up Monday morning and sort of had an emotional breakdown out of nowhere (I’m better now, though). Then Wednesday came along, and my sister/roommate decided to take a last-minute personal day due to inclement weather.…

February 25, 2016
Confessions of a Planner

I’ve always heard novelists preach that you have to find a balance between planning and ad libbing. Some of your story needs to be thought out ahead of time. Some of it needs to just happen naturally while you write. In fact, many authors warn about getting stuck in the planning phase, because it can…

February 11, 2016
Pronunciations

Update : Updated formatting to current blog standards. First off, sorry for the delay in updates! Adult things got in the way of my posting for a couple days, so I’ll try to make it up to you this week! Now, you may or may not know this, but I’m a perfectionist. I’m also super…

February 9, 2016
Falling Into Plot Holes

Update 9/6/23: Updated formatting to current blog standards. Plot holes. It’s what I’m encountering the most right now during the planning process of The Victor’s Blade, and let me tell you, they are a killer. For me as the writer and you as the reader. Sure, parodies like YouTube channels How It Should Have Ended…

February 3, 2016
Origins of The Victor’s Blade – Part 4 of 4

The Victor’s Blade has undergone more birthing pains, I think, than any other book in the history of authorship. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong (en garde. I love reading stories about other writers’ misery so I can commiserate). I was well-along in The Victor’s Blade. Jaranin had left his hometown of Sinoa. He’d…

January 27, 2016
Origins of The Victor’s Blade – Part 3 of 4

I could no longer keep the title “The Golden Sword.” I was devastated (as only a pre-teen can be) at the news. Of all things to shatter my slowly-progressing story’s development, it had to be a LEGO set. A LEGO set! I’d been a purveyor and purchaser of LEGO bricks for years. My first set…

January 25, 2016

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