Frequently Asked Questions:

Who is Eisley Jacobs? Well, me of course. What a silly question. But for those of you who desire a more in-depth answer… tough! A girl never talks… well okay, maybe she does.

Eisley Jacobs is my pseudonym, or pen name. My real name is pretty boring and ordinary… in fact there is a “real me” in almost every profession… Doctors, Authors, Lawyers…  Yes, really. So instead of using my maiden name, I use a name that means something to me and is ME.

Just call me EJ.


How do you pronounce Eisley? If you’re a pirate… AYEz-lee

If you’re just a normal, average, everyday person, EYEs-lee will do.


Where are you from? This is a hard question to answer. We moved around a lot when I was younger but most of my roots are Northern California flavored… with a dash of Texas salt, South Dakota pepper and a bit of Colorado garnish.

I claim my home town as Ukiah, California. The majority of my growing up years happened there and people I love still live within the small… small… small valley.


What do you write? The ABCs, just like everyone else.

Though, hopefully, they are in some legible order that has a bit of semblance of a novel. Word by word I try to craft Middle Grade and Young Adult Fantasy that is believable (well as believable as Fantasy can be!) with a lot of the moral aspects many books are leaving out these days.


How long have you been writing? Since preschool, those first strokes on the paper made my parents so proud.

Oh? What was that? Oh, you meant my novels? Well, I started writing when I was bored in Junior High, in any number of classes. No wonder I got such awesome grades. I digress… I wrote for my classmates all the time. Lots of poetry, even sold one to a boy to use.

I wrote through high school (grades suffered) and took some college classes… then put aside the “childish things of my past.”  Only to realize years later that I missed it and it was a good creative outlet for me.

Decided to really start writing again in about 2002 or so… completed my first two novels in 2009.

 

Tell us about you and your family. Happily married with three beautiful children who love to read, write and draw, just like Ma. Makes me so proud *sniff*sniff*

My family is my world… when I am not writing I am usually teaching in the school room. Yes, we home school and do so for a variety of reasons. It’s not right for all families, but it’s right for ours. We love it and they love it, so that is all that matters to us. Plus, it’s a ton of fun! My twelve year old is already working on her first novel.

I will commonly refer to my husband and children as DH, DD12, DS11 or DS9, which means Dear Husband, Dear Daughter (age 12), Dear Son (age 11) and Dear Son (age9).


How many times does it have to be asked to be “frequent”? Very good question, one I don’t have the answer for. Maybe they have a wiki site on that…