24 ratings | 1 review | avg rating:4.08

Alexis Jacobs’s Followers (3)

Alexis’s Bookshelves

to-read (15)
currently-reading (2)
read (22)
did-not-finish (0)
interpreter-of-maladies (0)

Alexis’s Friends (61)

Brenna

7,286 books | 136 friends

Travis Bow

981 books | 84 friends

Arun Ellis

316 books | 1,492 friends

Sheri

2,523 books | 1,901 friends

Betsy Robinson

1,412 books | 833 friends

Noel Coughlan

194 books | 78 friends

Chioma

855 books | 409 friends

Nicole Dykes

548 books | 2,975 friends

More friends…

Alexis Jacobs

Goodreads Author

Born

London, The United Kingdom

Genre

Fiction, Paranormal

Member Since

January 2014

edit data

Alexis Jacobs is a New York City author who was born in England of West Indian parentage, and raised mainly in Canada. She also heads the NYC Writers Circle.

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Alexis Jacobs questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Alexis Jacobs Whenever I'm blocked, I vent about it in my writing journal and try to get at the deeper feelings beneath it. I usually find that either there's some …moreWhenever I'm blocked, I vent about it in my writing journal and try to get at the deeper feelings beneath it. I usually find that either there's some issue with the story that I'm not feeling confident enough to fix; or I'm feeling blocked because of other problems that have nothing to do with the story. This self-therapy almost always helps me.(less)

flag

like
Comment

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Alexis Jacobs I get to bring characters and places to life, and have them populate a world and deal with issues that are important to me. It's not easy by any stret…moreI get to bring characters and places to life, and have them populate a world and deal with issues that are important to me. It's not easy by any stretch, but it's worth the challenge.(less)

flag

like
Comment

See all 5 answers from Alexis Jacobs…

Combine Editions
Alexis Jacobs’s books

Average rating: 3.67 · 15 ratings · 8 reviews · 4 distinct works

	For Better or Curse 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Stalker 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Willow's Wacky Wish by Alexis Jacobs (Goodreads Author), Ashley Casalino (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Love in Harlem by HK.N Harlem K. Night, Alexis Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

5 posts
Alexis Jacobs's Blog

Building Community: Feeling LinkedIn but not Linked Up

Although I’m not a Trekkie, techno-geek or sci-fi addict (okay maybe just a little bit), I recently took part in a group discussion about utopias. What would they be like? Who would live in them? And are they even possible? Most of the participants were futurists with technology or science backgrounds. The kind of people who can tell you all about Artificial Intelligence and nanobot technology, an