writing – J.L. Jarvis

Writing Process

By Jody RFilm, WritingEscape to the Country, writing, You've Got Mail

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

By Jody RWritinggrammar, writing

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

Opinion | Notes on ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ – The New York Times

By Jody RChristmasChristmas, Rudolph, writing

Some feedback from your fiction professor.

By Ysabel Yates

Ms. Yates is a humor writer in New York City.

Santa Claus with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the 1964 Christmas stop-motion animated TV special.NBCU Photo Bank, via Getty Images

Source: Opinion | Notes on ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ – The New York Times

Full-Time Writer Here!

By Jody RWritingretirement, retiring, writing

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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Why I Write to Music—

By Jody RWritingbrain, music, writing

—and why I studied music, and my kids study music, and why school districts that cut music are run by [expletives deleted].

Looks like a good day for writing.

By Jody RWriting Updatesnow, writing

I awoke to this. The road hasn’t been plowed. It’s a sign telling me to work on the next Highland Passage novel.

Saturday morning, January 24, 2015

NEXT: HIGHLAND PASSAGE 2

By Jody Rbooks, coverscovers, Highland Passage, Ravven, writing

I’m doing something different. I saw this gorgeous predesigned cover by the brilliantly talented Ravven, who has done all of my Scottish book covers, and I fell in love with it. I’m going to work backwards and write the next Highland Passage book (title pending) to go with the cover. What do you think it should be about?

*Typing* Chapter One. Scotland 1559…

It’s a beautiful day out, but I’m writing.

By Jody RWriting Updateweather, writing

Highland Soldiers 3, coming up next.