Fiction and Fantasy

Thoughts and excerpts from the mind of Jeannette Jonic

Category: Writing Process

Discussion: Reflections on “The Exodus”

Now that The Exodus is over, I gotta ask: What’d you guys think of it? Did you like it? Hate it? How did you feel about the beginning? The ending? Anything you wished would have featured more (or less) in the story? Let me know in the comments below! And cut. That’s a wrap. That’s […]

November 10, 2017
The Victor’s Blade Update: Book 1 Draft Complete

Yep. Just got done with the latest draft of The Victor’s Blade, Book 1 out of 3. One down, two to go. I can’t believe I’m even saying that. This is the fourth major draft of the book that hasn’t been lost to a computer dying and lack of backup. It clocks in at over […]

February 24, 2017
The Problems (and Possible Processes?) of Prioritizing

More like “Pains from Trying to Prioritize and Realizing I Can’t.” I have a lot of priorities right now. God is the biggest (at least I’m trying to make him my biggest priority). But then there’s also trying to finally lose those last few pounds–which requires daily workouts. And there’s my book, of course. But […]

February 10, 2017
5 More Things I Hate about Being a Writer

Sorry about the late post! I had family over all weekend. It was pretty booked! Maybe I’ll write about it in a future post. 😛 Anyway, especially with all these distractions in everyday life, being a writer is hard! And just like a lot of difficult things, I think part of the difficulty is that […]

January 30, 2017
Follow-Up to “Character Issues” Post

One of my readers was kind enough to give me some tips on my previous post. As I was replying, I realized that I actually had some new angles to examine while looking at this character (and that I kind of did a poor job explaining myself last time), so I’m going to revisit the […]

December 3, 2016
Character Issues – Flash Post

I’ve been having a really hard time working on one of my characters in The Victor’s Blade. Much of her purpose has been changed, and she’s never been one of my favorite characters, although I wanted her to be one that the readers cared about deeply. One of the biggest questions for me is “Do […]

November 18, 2016

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