Recent content by Garren Jacobsen

Here is something I think about from time to time: trust. Specifically, trust for crits. This tweet prompted such thoughts. https://twitter.com/Trungles/status/1377131942240419848/photo/1 While the tweet is snarky, I think the point is, for one to accept crits, you gotta trust the person...

We have a lot of stories about the corruptive nature of power. But I wonder, is power truly corruptive or is it revelatory? In other words, if one gains power does it change who you are or reveal what you are to yourself and the world. And also, what kind of story could we write with this?

Im a lawyer by trade. Oftentimes in my life I have experienced that the more incompetent the other side the harder my life is. And dealing with incompetent morons on the other side is usually more stressful than dealing with someone who is actually good at their jobs. now, I know it is a...

Definitely my magic system power allocation being based on real property. That or setting an urban fantasy in Utah with a regular Joe Schmoe lawyer suing some demons in the utah court system.

I write however many books I feel like the world needs. I usually don't know how much that is until after it's all done. Also, my WB process is much more about the impact the world-building elements have on the work. I have a tiered system that determines the detail I will provide depending...

I am listening to Hadestown ATM. And it is an incredible bit of musical theater.

It has a real horror vibe to it. And the fact that it’s Wanda causing this hell scape is really something.

Normally I am very much into pew pew dakadakadakadakadaka but this slow build has got me on the edge of my seat.

Who is watching it? Because it is absolutely stupendous.

I sprained my ankle awhile back. I am putting It in a bucket of ice due to some over use swelling. It hurts like hell but the swelling is going down rapidly.

Also, why is Star Wars short form media (clone wars rebels and now Mandalorian) so much better than the recent long form shows

Dunno. I don’t really think about that. I suppose a fairly general audience. definitely the general public. This is the lawyers first hand account on a seminal legal moment and historical moment and he’s trying to correct the record. My thinking on this is if I were writing this memoir and I...

I like the idea of using a foil. Now, how about this notion, that part of the father's arc is learning to trust his boy to be the chosen one, to make his choices, to fly on his own, and that the reason they get in the predicament that requires the sacrifice is because of the father not trusting...

My kids were much the same, but once they got a few episodes in, they were in!

I have been debating, my default POV is, usually, third-person. Now, this novel is a bit different. It is an urban fantasy about a lawyer trying to save his buddy from losing his soul pursuant to a contract with a demon the buddy couldn't fulfill (the soul wasn't sold but was being used as...