Dark Mystic Quill

Hey, Nanowrimoers and welcome to Season two, Episode 3a of the Dark Mystic Quill podcast.. I am your host, L.A. Jacob. I was up at five this morning and got my word count in by six-thirty. The story I’m writing is about a Latino band singer who is trying to make it into the big time. I don’t plan on publishing this story because I would have appropriated the Latino culture, which I am not a part of, nor am I deeply familiar with it. In short, I don’t want to insult anyone. When I started, I only had the line, “She’s a band singer.” I had the first line, “Lena didn’t usually answer the phone if she didn’t know the number, but she was bored.” It’s supposed to be a mystery, but it’s moving so slowly right now because I’m stopping to describe everything in detail to get the word count up. But this podcast is not about what I’m doing, it’s how to  help you with what you’re doing.  Because I write character-driven books, I have a habit of throwing in characters to get plot moving. Maybe you do the same. If you