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E.C. Jarvis

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Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction

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Professional bean counter.

Semi-professional word spewer.

Once got the two confused - it was not pretty.

Born, raised, and currently living in England.

Over the years, E.C. Jarvis has managed to accumulate a husband, a daughter, and a cat.

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What's your ideal writing environment?

E.C. Jarvis I like to sit on my couch in my pjs with some soothing music through the headphones to block out the outside world. Pretty homely really!

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How much historical research do you have to do to write each book?

E.C. Jarvis Not a lot. Most of the research I end up doing is about specific items that I want to include in the book but that I know nothing about. For example, …moreNot a lot. Most of the research I end up doing is about specific items that I want to include in the book but that I know nothing about. For example, the machine in 'The Machine' is loosely based on a nuclear fission reactor. Now, I'm no fancy scientist/engineer with a phd in whatever the hell you need a phd in to know about that stuff, I'm a writer, right? So, I did a little light reading on the construction and operation of said machines, just enough so I could write a passage or two and make it sound reasonably realistic.

Similarly, I recently had to read up on the operation and construction of steam locomotives. There is a LOT of info out there for the enthusiast, which is both a blessing and a curse to a writer. I don't want to have to read through ten thousand pages in order to knock out a single paragraph on a subject, but that's better than no information at all.

For the most part, the style and settings of the books are based on what I know of and remember from school. Being British, our history is sort of ingrained in us from all directions. When someone says Victorian England, you almost instantly know what that means with regard to a setting and the people, and there isn't much research needed.(less)

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Average rating: 4.28 · 277 ratings · 103 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Machine (Blood and Destiny, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desire and Duty (The Consort's Chronicles #1) 4.48 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pirate (Blood and Destiny #2) 4.39 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Haunting of Words by Brian Paone (Goodreads Author), D.W. Vogel, Virginia Carraway Stark (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War (Blood and Destiny #3) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Destiny (Blood and Destiny #4) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from Our Write Side by Wendy Strain (Editor & Contributor), Elizabeth Abel, Katheryn J. Avila (Goodreads Author) 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lust and Lies (The Consort's Chronicles #2) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Den of Antiquity by Bryce Raffle (Goodreads Author), Jack "Blimprider" Tyler, E.C. Jarvis (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lustily Ever After: A Collection of Erotic Fairy Tales by Cherry Wild (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sophia Soror (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Zoe Amador (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Small dip, big toe

I’m dipping my toe into the writing pool.

Just a little.

This post is nothing more than a small step for a small writer on the celestial bridge between brain and page that us author-ly types attempt to traverse on occasion. It’s a rickety bridge I’ll say that much for it. Some seem to scoot across it with reckless abandon. Others tip toe, avoiding every crack or ridge. I came to a large hole in the