Jill Jacobson
Jill Jacobson
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WRITING


MICROFICTION

I signed up for the 2022 NYC Midnight Flash Fiction challenge. The challenge involves multiple rounds of short story writing where participants are given a genre, location, and object to include in a 1000 word short story that must be submitted within a 48 hour window.

NEXT TO THE SUN

Suddenly facing death alongside a stranger, Evan is confronted by the futility of running from grief.

 

UNDERFUNDED

Bruno needs to secure another round of donations before his old knees give out, but at least he has a plan. 

Novels

I currently have several longer works in progress!

ROMANTIC COMEDY

Status: Revising

Setting: Minneapolis, MN

Style: 1st person, single point-of-view

Themes: Self acceptance, Communication, Belonging

Researching: Roadside attractions, icecream flavors, underutilized podcast names

EPIC FANTASY (Series Potential)

Status: Temporarily paused

Setting: Unnamed fantasy world

Style: 3rd person, multiple points-of-view

Themes: Family, Duty, Sacrifice

Researching: methods of travel, botany, historiography, mythology and lore

YOUNG ADULT SCI-FI ADVENTURE

Status: Halted

Setting: The crumbling earth, thousands of years in the future

Style: 3rd person, single point-of-view

Themes: Friendship, forgiveness, vulnerability

Researching: Geology, planetary atmosphere, aquatic life, sustainable farming