Jess Mountifield's Blog, page 19

Character Spotlight: Christopher

This is a character how actually appears in a lot of my works although he goes unnamed in several. He’s sort of like an Angel but has a brief time on earth as a Nepharil in Innocent Hearts. I’ve always been a little unsure exactly what I wanted to do with this character and it’s [...]

Deadly Eyes: A Review

I was given a copy of this book by the author Michael Meyer in exchange for a review. And I’m so glad I was. This is another of those books that I really loved getting the opportunity to read. The locations were described well and the details given bit by bit to build the picture [...]

DRM, Copyright and eBooks

There’s been a lot of talk lately to do with DRM on ebooks. This mostly comes about because self-publishing authors get the choice to DRM their kindle books on amazon or not as they see fit. However, there seems to be some beffudlement as to what DRM actually is and does and how this works [...]

Anna Karenina: A Review

Yup, another classic book that I’ve managed to read. This one did take about six months but I got there in the end. I just want to say that the first half of this book is a tough slog and although I gave it 5 stars I did struggle to finish this book thanks to [...]

End of the Road: Anthology Release

A few months back I got the opportunity to submit a short story on the theme ‘End of the Road’ to a group of fantastic authors and the ebook is now out! Blurb – Roads end. They begin somewhere, too. In between, all manner of things happen: friendship, betrayal, horror and maybe even joy. For [...]

Fuel to the Fire: A Review

I was given a copy of this book by the author David Staniforth a few months back for me to review, and I’m so glad he did. This is one very awesome story. I loved how description and world details were fed through piece at a time and how it kept the pace nice and [...]

Holiday, Birthdays and Wedding Anniversary

Yup, all those are pretty much current right now. As I said last week it was my birthday, It’s also been my husband’s birthday and yesterday was our wedding anniversary. We decided we’d be on holiday for all of them this year so this won’t be much of a blog update I’m afraid. I’m in [...]

The Bones of Others: A Review

I was gifted a copy of this book by the author, Vickie McKeehan, in return for a review. From the blurb of this book I was expecting a trafficking mystery that focused on the rescue of the victims and finding them. This made me really eager to read this book as I have a large [...]

For Such a Time as This + Free Stuff

It’s my birthday today! Yup I have one of those things too. It’s the one day where I like getting attention and all that sort of stuff, but in true hobbit style I’m giving stuff away today, you know the sort of present like stuff. The first of the things I’m giving away today is [...]

Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish: A Review

I picked this short story up on amazon as I’ve been wanting to try this author, Stephen Leather, for a while. I have to admit it took me a while to decide what I thought of it. The character, Inspector Zhang, is quite quirky, but in a fairly stereotypical way. He reminded me a fair [...]