Writing – J.L. Jarvis

Writing Process

Film, Writing / April 1, 2019 April 8, 2019

Every thousand words, I take a break and watch something. Today, I’m watching You’ve Got Mail. (The first time I saw it was in the theater where Meg Ryan and Greg Kinnear go to the movies in the film.) I did not remember how sad this movie is! Even the happy ending is sad! I need to go back to watching Escape to the Country—despite the possibility that my books might all wind up being set in character cottages with thatched roofs, wood burners, and heroes that bear a striking resemblance to Alistair Appleton (not a bad thing, mind you).

Grammar expert Benjamin Dreyer lists three rules you can ignore — Quartz

Writing / March 4, 2019 April 2, 2022

It still pains me to split an infinitive, but I’m working on it.

Source: Grammar expert Benjamin Dreyer lists three rules you can ignore — Quartz

The Christmas Castle: What People Are Saying

My Books, Writing, Writing Update / October 21, 2018 October 21, 2018

#AmWriting

Writing / September 6, 2018 September 6, 2018

I can sit for hours—days—in slothful stillness, but give me a looming deadline and I will get on that damn treadmill!

It’s good weather for writing.

Writing / December 27, 2017 December 27, 2017

Coming Next: Lost Bride (A Highland Passage Novel)

Writing, Writing Update / August 6, 2017 December 28, 2017

His future is her past, and their love is lost somewhere in between.

Lucy Buchanan has been jilted. When her groom arrives at the altar and announces the wedding is canceled, she flees into the woods. (It was either that or the Hudson River.) Hearing well-meaning but unhelpful bridesmaids approaching, she ducks into a stone chamber and emerges on the other side, where she’s about to be trampled by a horse.

She’s rescued from danger by Rory Munro, the valiant but troubled son of a wealthy Highland laird. At first convinced that she’s dreaming, Lucy begins to realize that she’s stumbled into 1746 Scotland and must find her way back through what Rory calls the “fairy cairn.” In the meanwhile, she might just be falling in love.

Betrayed years ago, Rory is certain he’ll never love again. Then a lost bride awakens the trust in his heart that was broken. If Lucy leaves, she’ll return to a time when his future is her past and their love is lost somewhere between.

The Highland Passage novels are stand-alone books that can be read in any order.

Full-Time Writer Here!

Writing / June 18, 2017 July 3, 2017

As of June 23, I will be retired from teaching, and writing full-time! After a couple of weeks of detox from job stress, and a celebratory trip to Scotland, I’ll return to begin the next chapter with some exciting and ambitious, but doable, plans for a number of books I’ll be completing over the next few months. Stay tuned…

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Draft 1 is done!

books, Scotland, Writing, Writing Update / July 17, 2016 November 26, 2016

And this book was made in Scotland!