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2210, 2018

Sprinting to the finish line

Jessi + Marie/ October 22, 2018/ Announcements/ 0 comments

We’ve just wrapped up a three-day writing sprint. We set aside the time this weekend because we’re getting super close to the end of our manuscript. YAY! We’ve been writing the climax, and soon all

0407, 2018

Exciting milestones — what’s next?

Jessi + Marie/ July 4, 2018/ Announcements/ 0 comments

Even though we’re in the throes of writing book one of The Grigori, we haven’t let it hold us back from pursuing the next steps with our novel. After we’ve written it, we want readers

Current Writing Progress

Book One of The Grigori:

Drafting: 100% complete
Revising: 100% complete
Currently querying agents

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✏ We're Jessi and Marie, #authors of The Grigori, an #urbanfantasy #noire #book series.

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2019 is gone, and it looked something like this: a fog of busy work days, trips, and lives. Jessi lived nomadically out of a suitcase for 5 months, and Marie moved into a new house that has been under renovation since she bought it in March.
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That meant our editing time was stunted. Like, a lot.
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We felt sure the manuscript would be as pristine as we could get it in the spring... and then both of our moves pushed that back to September... and now it’s January and we are still wading through.
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We did make it through 2.5 rounds of edits in 2019, and we feel 99% certain the current round is the final one. We’ve even incorporated our incredible beta readers’ feedback, and feel the story and writing is stronger than ever.
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Among our best experiences of 2019 was attending the #WXR2019 Writing Excuses Retreat. We met so many other dedicated, talented writers — and we learned from bestsellers, award winners, and professional heroes of ours.
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We even had a chance to tidy up our agent query letter and elevator pitch with the guidance of a fantastic agent. And most excitingly, we have plotted out the remaining books in the series.
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We feel VERY ready for the stability and forward momentum that 2020 will bring. Here’s hoping this is the year we can announce we are officially represented by an incredible agent! And that will put us one step closer to getting the books in your hands. 📚
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We believe in our manuscript and the story we are writing. We can’t wait to share it with you.
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@marieparks_northstar spent last weekend representing us at #nmcomicexpo2019. We don’t have a publication date yet, but it IS coming! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth to learn more about the book series.

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What tempts the revolutionary in you?
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Nothing better for revising a novel than snow outside, a cozy fireplace inside, and plenty of time. I (Marie) had two of these today. The time got away!
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We’ve both finished our first read-through of revisions. Not a single page was spared red ink, but the changes we need to make are miraculously pretty minor. The actual revision-making starts this week.
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What would you do with eternal life?
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Revising in progress...
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Let the revisions begin! SO proud of our completed manuscript, and SO painfully aware of all the pieces we need to fix before handing it off to beta writers soon. Follow the authors at @jessicahonard and @marieparks_northstar.
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What is a human? When do we become one? When do we cease to be one? .
There’s no question human interaction is vital for all of us, even those of us who are a little different, like our prologue characters. .
But after the difficult news this week in the US, we must remember what unites us. Dehumanization is a dangerous trend, and we must all stand up against it and for those who are downtrodden.
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Big celebration today: we got to write the words THE END in our manuscript. True, there’s still an interlude to write, but we’re almost there! 🎉🎉🎉 And then the editing begins. 👍
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Where do you draw inspiration? I feel like I always find it traveling... even if it’s not a setting in my story or particularly far from home. A few weeks ago in Santa Fe—just 45 minutes from my house—I stumbled across this beautiful mission church featuring art from the 17th century. It reminded me of how much the world has changed, and not at all, all at once. This is a theme of our series. What’s the last time you were inspired? -Marie
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We are out of our writing slump and back into full force steam engine mode. Here’s a snippet from a prior chapter in the meantime.
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Saturday means it's time for Jessi to head to her writer's group. It's amazing how much tighter our manuscript has gotten since we began to visit our respective groups. Each time we bring a selection for feedback, and the response is incredibly insightful.

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It was a daaaaark and stoooooormy night. Those are 7 words that won’t be appearing in our novel, but they are true of the evening. Marie is heading to her writers critique group tonight, and it looks like it’ll be a stormy ride home in a few hours. All good; it sets the noire mood. What’s your favorite reading/writing weather?
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It’s National Book Lover’s Day, so here’s an excerpt from the book we’re lovingly writing.

Plus a peek into what we’re currently reading. Jessi has just cracked open @brandsanderson’s Elantris, while Marie is reading TaraShea Nesbit’s The Wives of Los Alamos (mostly because she’s run out of Sanderson books 😉). What are you reading?
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A couple of weeks ago, we each drove 7 hours to meet in the middle for a long weekend of camping, hiking, and novel-writing. Smelling unfit for human company, we spent a few hours in the car mooching McDonalds WiFi to write. It’s amazing how many ideas and how much inspiration can come from nature. What inspires you?
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Tous à la Bastille! Our novel is largely set in modern-day Cleveland, but it begins during the French Revolution. Today’s a big day.
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This is the last quote we’ll be posting from the Prologue... at least for now.
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We’re co-authors who also co-own a business. And that means we were able to give ourselves the day off work to write. 9.5 hours and 5,700 words later, we’ve written the entire interlude between our first and second acts. Heck. Yes.
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Is there anything better than traveling to research a novel? While the majority of book one of The Grigori takes place in Cleveland, the prologue is set in France. And as the story will return there, so will we.
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