Jess Mountifield's Blog, page 29

Balancing Mercy and Justice

This has been brought up a lot recently in my life and it has made me think a lot about whether I am any good at getting this balance right. Unfortunately I really don’t think I am. I often find myself saying that justice is important and we should all face the consequences of our [...]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower: A Review

I got to see this at the cinema, yay! (I much prefer seeing films at the cinema even if it is far too expensive without Orange Wednesdays) Ignoring the horrible green wall colour in the background here are the amazingly stunning cast of this film. It’s based on a book by the same guy who [...]

Sherdan’s Prophecy: Chapter 27

Nathan was just the right man to head the first few hours of the day’s plans. He had joined the security teams on the ground as soon as he’d finished another night shift at the main house. He was tired but knew Sherdan had entrusted him with an important mission. People would need to be [...]

Talented: A Review

I picked this book up on goodreads free in exchange for a review. This is a sci-fi/ fantasy book with a bit of mystery/thriller thrown in for good measure by Sophie Davis. I really liked the main character of this book, Talia. She was a tough chick and perfectly kick-ass. I also thought the plot [...]

Read all about it: The song that stopped me working.

Emeli Sande sang this song at the olympic closing ceremony and until then I’d never heard it but one day when I was about to get into writing I decided to play the song and have a listen. I was looking for a bit of inspiration to write. Unfortunately it actually had the opposite effect. [...]

Mass Effect 1: A Review

Yes I know this game has been out a long time but you’ll have to forgive me for only reviewing it now. I don’t normally play shooting games as I’m not particularly good at them. Give me an actual gun and ask me to shoot  a stationary target and I’m not too bed but shooting [...]

Sherdan’s Prophecy: Chapter 26

Anya lay awake for many hours that night. She wasn’t happy and had been having increasingly worse nightmares. She still felt afraid that Sherdan would revert back to being nasty again. He often got angry when she expressed her disapproval and also grew frustrated at they way she kept him at arms reach. Her feelings [...]

The Plan: October 12

Last Month It’s hard to believe another month has flown by already but it has so here’s the bullet list for last month. Typed 16k of the latest WIP The Fire of Winter (Was Lady Winter) Finished off Chains of Freedom for print Spent approx 10 hours working for red feather writing Spent approx 20 [...]

Rio: A Review

This was a blu-ray my husband and I picked up on our birthdays. we had requested it as the trailor had caught our attention and thought it looked like a cute and fun watch. It’s about the last pair of blue Macaws and the specialist who wishes to breed them together. He approaches the owner [...]

Creating a Fantasy World

Ever since reading Lord of the Rings as a child I have always wanted to create my own special fantasy world with my own races and monsters. Recently with my Winter series I’ve been doing just that. Making a fantasy world involves lot sof different aspects to make it believable and I’ve got spreadsheets and [...]