by Melissa Jacobson | Feb 5, 2026 | About Me, On Writing
So is Bad Magic and Whiskey a Western? Short answer: no. Longer answer: also no. BUT there are guns, horses, railroads, ghosts, livestock and at least one extremely bad idea involving magic. When people hear that Bad Magic and Whiskey is set in late 19th-century New... 
by Melissa Jacobson | Feb 3, 2026 | Lore and World Building, On Writing, Uncategorized
It started, oddly enough, with will-o’-wisps. They’re usually explained as malicious tricksters: mischievous spirits, fair folk, or restless dead who lure travelers off safe paths and into danger. I always wanted to see them, and when I went backpacking in the...