,
Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

more photos (1)

year in books

Jenelle Leanne Schmidt’s Followers (176)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Joy C.
11,322 books | 309 friends

Beka
4,135 books | 220 friends

Stargaz...
632 books | 90 friends

E.F.B.
1,444 books | 261 friends

Lea Carter
442 books | 140 friends

Laura G...
1,311 books | 329 friends

Katie H...
1,360 books | 289 friends

Mary Em...
800 books | 145 friends

More friends…

Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

Goodreads Author


Born
in Chicago, The United States
November 17

Website

Twitter

Genre

Influences

Member Since
September 2010


During the days, I wrangle four small hobbits and help them along on their adventures.

Basically, I'm Gandalf.

But come evenings, when the hobbits are sleeping... I become my alter-ego: PLOT WIZARD (still a wizard, just a different kind)... and adventures await in the pages I scribble upon.

I write fantasy, fairy tale retellings, hints of steampunk, and I have epic plans for a hybrid science fiction/20s detective story mashup at some point... it's in the works. Mostly I stick with fantasy, though.

I'm a dreamer, a relentless opener of doors in the hope of someday finding passage to Narnia, and story girl.

If you're looking for epic adventures, fairy-tale quests with magical realms, a little bit of humor and a whole lotta heart, family-friendly f
...more

Popular Answered Questions

Jenelle Leanne Schmidt That's a tough one. There are many great fictional couples, and I do enjoy a good, well-written, sweet romantic thread through the stories I read, tho…moreThat's a tough one. There are many great fictional couples, and I do enjoy a good, well-written, sweet romantic thread through the stories I read, though I tend to shy away from stories that are overly romantic. I don't know that I can pick just one, though.

From fantasy:
Arwen and Aragorn. I just love the sweet, steadfastness of their romance. I love that it doesn't have to be a big deal in the story in order to be a strong, true, exemplary relationship.

Also, Eowyn and Faramir, which often gets overlooked, but is such a beautiful example of love overcoming massive odds and being redemptive.

Ben and Willow from The Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks. They are adorable.

From YA:
Cimorene and Mendenbar from the Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede... I love how perfect they are for each other. Though I am also annoyed more often than not by how short of a time they get and how much time gets stolen from them by the wizards. Evil, evil wizards!

From the classics:
Really, not much beats Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. I just love how wrong she is about him, and how everything bad she thought of him he is actually the opposite of in the most extreme way possible... if that makes any sense. They are one of my favorite literary couples ever.(less)
Jenelle Leanne Schmidt I have several methods for dealing with writer's block. Sometimes I'll go for a walk, being outside tends to get the creative juices flowing again. Ot…moreI have several methods for dealing with writer's block. Sometimes I'll go for a walk, being outside tends to get the creative juices flowing again. Other times I'll try to power through it, just getting words down on the page. Sometimes what helps is to go do something sort of mindless, like dishes, and inspiration will strike.

If it gets really bad, I put on Christmas music, it's weird and random, but it has not failed me yet!(less)
Average rating: 4.16 · 1,366 ratings · 451 reviews · 15 distinct worksSimilar authors
King's Warrior (The Minstre...

4.07 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
An Echo of the Fae

4.30 avg rating — 131 ratings4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Second Son (The Minstrel's ...

4.45 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Yorien's Hand (The Minstrel...

4.50 avg rating — 58 ratings3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Minstrel's Call (The Minstr...

4.71 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
'Twas an Evening in Bethlehem

by
4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Destined for Greatness

3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Dragon's Eye

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Orb and the Airship

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Dawn of the Dragon's Eye

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt…

Meet the Turrim Cast: Raisa

It’s time to meet Marik’s crew…

Marik’s crew consists of a core built around Oleck, Raisa, and Mouse.

They often hire other members for specific jobs, but these three are the main pillars on which he leans, these three are the ones who call the Valdeun Hawk...

Read more of this blog post »
1 like ·   •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on March 20, 2023 05:00
King's Warrior Second Son Yorien's Hand Minstrel's Call
(4 books)
by
4.26 avg rating — 402 ratings

The Last Command
Jenelle is currently reading
by Timothy Zahn (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
read in March, 2014
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Dragon Spear
Jenelle is currently reading
by Jessica Day George (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Singing Tree
Jenelle is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Jenelle’s Recent Updates

Jenelle and 11 other people liked Lilly's status update
Lilly
Lilly is 34% done with Water Princess, Fire Prince: Great so far.
It’s like a twist on Narnia.
Jenelle shared a quote
Truesilver by D.J. Edwardson
“You’re too young to remember, but your father was the best friend I ever had. And when he left, I promised him I’d watch over you. And your mother and your sister, too, but especially you, because it’s hard for a boy to grow up without a father. A lot of men who turned out bad might have ended up different if only they’d had a man to guide them, to keep them straight when they turned the wrong way.”
D.J. Edwardson
Jenelle shared a quote
Truesilver by D.J. Edwardson
“That’s not the point at all. The point isn’t that he wasn’t satisfied.’ Zinder turned a serious eye on his young friend. ‘The point is that he did not know how to deny his own desires. Neither did his poor mother, for that matter. Satisfaction is a state that may or may not come. It certainly never did for Avrix. It’s the learning to be unsatisfied that matters: taking one dumpling when you really want two, maybe even need two. Not all desires are meant to be fulfilled. That’s what Avrix, and most of the rest of the world, for that matter, never figure out. And that’s why men do terrible things to each other. That’s what drives the haukmarn to raid and pillage, and forces men like Strom and your father to leave their homes and take up arms against them.’

Zinder’s tone had a sobering effect on Kion. ‘Hmm… to be unsatisfied and still go on as if you weren’t. I suppose that does make some sense.”
D.J. Edwardson
Jenelle and 1 other person liked R.J.'s status update
R.J.
R.J. is 70% done with Scarlet: I'm obsessed and can't read it fast enough!
Jenelle liked an answer from Heather Blanton:
Heather Blanton
Aside from really attempting to deepen your relationship with God, my next suggestion would be the old adage, "Get thee to a writer's conference." What you learn and the people you meet will change your life!
Jenelle made a comment on Beka’s status
4442300
" :( "
Jenelle wants to read 36 books in the 2023 Reading Challenge
11633
She has read 19 books toward her goal of 36 books.
 
Create your own 2023 Reading Challenge »
Jenelle has completed the 2022 Reading Challenge
11636
Jenelle has completed her goal of reading 60 books for the 2022 Reading Challenge!
 
Create your own 2022 Reading Challenge »
Jenelle is now following
14771062
More of Jenelle's books…
Quotes by Jenelle Leanne Schmidt  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“I know most people have given up on a happy ending. But I can’t. I have to hope.”
Jenelle Schmidt, Five Enchanted Roses

“The steeper the climb, the more incentive to reach the top.

Even in the midst of the darkness, there is always a shard of light if we will but search for it hard enough and believe in it strongly enough.

A name portrays the nature of its wearer. The meaning of a name, however, portrays the trueness of its wearer in depths that very few ever come to comprehend.

May God bless you and keep you and give you peace in all that you do, and may we rest assured of this: that though we travel far apart and in many different directions and for long periods of time, we will meet again, if not in this lifetime, then in eternity, and there we will never have to say ‘good-bye’ again.

Courage is not found in lacking fear, courage is found in not allowing your fear to rule you.

Courage is really just facing fear.

Do not put too much stock in the stars my boy, they are fickle and distant and do not affect the lives of men by very great a margin.”
Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

“My tutors all said that the greatest of the wizards died many years ago and that their like would never be again seen in our lands.”
“Historians can be a pessimistic lot. I have never met one that did not believe that the world’s best years had already passed.”
Jenelle Leanne Schmidt, Minstrel's Call

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Readers Sharing R...: Great Blog! (Not Your Own) 24 59 May 08, 2014 08:26AM  
The Book Shelf: Anthologies 11 24 Mar 18, 2016 08:35AM  
LDS Ladies Book Club: * CLEAN READ SUGGESTIONS 88 1085 Oct 09, 2021 06:00AM  
The Book Shelf: Fantasy (Epic) 26 66 Mar 15, 2023 09:21AM  
Ilyon Chronicles: Fireside Chat 2077 180 Mar 19, 2023 08:18AM  
“The steeper the climb, the more incentive to reach the top.

Even in the midst of the darkness, there is always a shard of light if we will but search for it hard enough and believe in it strongly enough.

A name portrays the nature of its wearer. The meaning of a name, however, portrays the trueness of its wearer in depths that very few ever come to comprehend.

May God bless you and keep you and give you peace in all that you do, and may we rest assured of this: that though we travel far apart and in many different directions and for long periods of time, we will meet again, if not in this lifetime, then in eternity, and there we will never have to say ‘good-bye’ again.

Courage is not found in lacking fear, courage is found in not allowing your fear to rule you.

Courage is really just facing fear.

Do not put too much stock in the stars my boy, they are fickle and distant and do not affect the lives of men by very great a margin.”
Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
William W. Purkey

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
Robert Frost

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

185 What's the Name of That Book??? — 97113 members — last activity 5 minutes ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our UNSOLVED message board ...more
220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 191773 members — last activity 3 minutes ago
A place where all Goodreads members can work together to improve the Goodreads book catalog. Non-librarians are welcome to join the group as well, to ...more
147554 The Bookania Quests — 13 members — last activity Oct 22, 2020 09:02AM
In a world of Fairy Tales and Legends, there's adventure to be found, and true love to be won. Here's a place for fans of the Bookania Quests to gathe ...more
136475 Imps of Goldstone Wood — 102 members — last activity May 24, 2022 01:16PM
This is for all the faithful fans of the Tales of Goldstone Wood by Anne Elisabeth Stengl! Come and join others to reminisce the vast and wondrous Far ...more
217582 GiraffeCraft's Author Tower — 21 members — last activity Mar 28, 2018 11:22AM
A group of giraffes is called a tower, or so I've heard. Typically, a tower is made of mothers who band together to help in caring for their young and ...more
1174317 ⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂfaith & fantasy⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ — 795 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
“We read to know that we are not alone.” ― C.S. Lewis This is a group for fantasy-lovers who are also followers of Jesus! ⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂMarch MotM: Stephen ...more
212115 ࿐ྂPro-Life࿐ྂ — 163 members — last activity Mar 15, 2023 01:21PM
https://linktr.ee/proliferesources Abortion pill reversal number: 1-877-558-0333
1179522 Faith And Fairytales — 20 members — last activity Jul 02, 2022 05:48PM
A place for book references that challenge one’s faith through the genre of fairy tales and their retelling. SHARE AWAY.
163738 The Rizkaland Legends — 41 members — last activity Sep 05, 2022 08:23PM
Rizkaland, where water flows in every color of the rainbow. This is group where fans of the Rizkaland Legends can get together and do whatever it is t ...more
58575 Advanced Copies for Review & Book Giveaways — 12455 members — last activity 9 hours, 59 min ago
A place to help authors and reviewers come together to get the word out about new books as well as a group for anyone to post or enter listings for bo ...more
More of Jenelle’s groups…



Comments (showing 1-2)    post a comment »
dateUp arrow    newest »

message 2: by Grace (last edited Mar 22, 2019 04:32AM)

Grace Morris Hi Jenelle! Thank you for becoming my friend here on Goodreads! Have a wonderful day! 😊 📖 📚


Cassandra Giovanni Thanks for accepting my add!


back to top