Chip’s Year in Writing & Creating

For me, creativity isn't just what I do. It's who I am, and…


Meet Chip Jacobs: Author, journalist, dog-enthusiast, spiritual optimist

The argument that erupted between us that evening felt like…


First Reviews on my True Crime Book, “The Darkest Glare”

"An entertaining true-crime period piece built around a…


The Man In The Light

Medium The baseball cracked off the bat, vanishing into the…


I’ve waited long enough: the story of the Man in the Light

The baseball cracked off the bat, vanishing into the…


Lucretia Garfield: South Pasadena’s Lady in Perpetual Mourning

By the time she settled into her South Pasadena dream…


Ghosts of the Colorado Street Bridge: real or really ludicrous?

Since it's Halloween, and the witching hour is nearly upon…


The Colorado Street Bridge speaks, or rather initial critical reaction to my novel about her

"A riveting and enjoyable look at how local myths are…


Incredible home movie by the grandfather of Thaddeus Lowe

Lowe conducted military reconnaissance from a balloon for…