Jennifer M. Baldwin's Blog, page 9
May 31, 2023
Avalon and Illvelion On Sale Now
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May 22, 2023
Make Dreams Happen
A little while ago, my husband bought me two notebook covers for my spiral notebooks (which are my preferred type of writer’s notebook). One of the covers is made of leather and has a little loop for holding my pen. It’s beautiful, but I haven’t used it yet. Instead, I started with the cloth one, […]
May 20, 2023
The No-Surf Files
I check my email way too often. I don’t even really want to check it most of the time, but it’s just something *to do*, something to click on, something to tap on my phone. Most of the time it’s pointless. I mean, has anyone really emailed me between now and the five minutes prior […]
May 17, 2023
A Side Project That Took Over My Life
Seven years ago, I hadn’t yet started my career as an independent author. I was still finding my way as a writer, so I decided to write a NaNoWriMo novel based on my memories of childhood. It wasn’t a memoir, though. I’m a fantasy author. I wanted there to be some magic in this story, […]
May 8, 2023
Get Back in the Saddle
I haven’t blogged for a few days, failing (you might say) in my attempt to blog every day. I set the challenge, and I fell short, and thus I failed. Or… Maybe I can never fail. Maybe the old cliche is right, and the only way to fail is to give up. Missing a few […]
May 4, 2023
Finally Feels Like Spring
Today, it finally felt like a real spring. We had a false spring — a false summer, really — in the middle of April, when the temperatures got up into the 80s, but after that it was cold, colder than normal, and snowy too, a few days. Now, it’s finally warm enough to go out […]
May 2, 2023
A Little Patch of Trees
It was just a little patch of jack pine and maybe some white pine too, a few brambles and sumac, the last remnants of a slightly larger bit of woods, the bulk of which was cut down a while ago to make way for two subdivisions of McMansion-style houses. But the little patch that was […]
May 1, 2023
Soundtrack of My Write
My morning fiction writing habit continues, and today, I wrote a tense scene where my main character is fleeing from a ghoul in a misty, frozen tundra. I have a playlist for this particular work-in-progress, a mix of Led Zeppelin, Nordic garage rock, The Cramps, 1950s rock & roll oldies, and some jazzy tunes from […]
April 29, 2023
Freaky Face
I’m reading John Bellairs’s The Face in the Frost, and I guess I was not prepared for how creepy and downright scary this book can be at times. I’m not sure why this surprised me since Bellairs is known for scary YA fiction, but I’ve been pleasantly (and creepily) surprised by how spooky The Face […]
April 28, 2023
A Homegrown Reading Challenge
Our house is stuffed with books. I don’t choose the word “stuffed” lightly. There are times when no matter where I look in our house, there are stacks of books in sight. Shelves overflowing with books, floors littered with books, stacks of books sprouting on tables and chairs and the ends of beds. I don’t […]
