Jess Mountifield's Blog, page 42
November 27, 2011
Author Interview: Allison Bruning
My featured Author for this slot is Allison Bruning, Tell us about your latest project. Currently I am working on book one of the Heritage series called Elsa. Elsa takes place in 1904 Marion, Ohio. The series is loosely based on the life of my great-great grandmother. Franklin Thaddaus Raymond plans to marry Elsa Beatrice [...]
Published on November 27, 2011 03:00
November 25, 2011
With Proud Humility: From start to finish
With the first novel of mine finally finished and in print I thought I'd share the timeline of how things went in writing it. This is also my 100th blog and I figured a nice way to mark me actually being relatively successful at blogging. 6th April 2007 A discussion with one of my friends [...]
Published on November 25, 2011 04:00
November 24, 2011
NaNoWriMo: Update 2
So I reach update 2 and find myself with only 4000 words to go of the massive 50,000 word total. The writing since my last update has been relatively uneventful. My original plot has been so forgotten I don't really know what's happening next in my book but that's not really that unusual. Once I've [...]
Published on November 24, 2011 03:00
November 21, 2011
The Phantom Of The Opera: A Review
I love films with music in them, well kinda, I love disney films mostly, I don't actually like most traditional style musicals. They are often a little cheesy for me. I do love music though and a well told story. Therefore I was pretty convinced I would like The Phantom Of The Opera. I have [...]
Published on November 21, 2011 03:00
November 18, 2011
Author Interview: K. S. Brooks
Our intrepid Interviewee is Kat Brooks today. Tell us about your latest project. My two newest books were released in the same week back in August. I definitely didn't plan it that way! One is "Mr. Pish's Woodland Adventure," which follows the adventurous Jack Russell Terrier – Mr. Pish – on an expedition through the [...]
Published on November 18, 2011 03:00
November 15, 2011
Editing: How-to
One of the biggest challenges every writer faces is editing. No writer really likes doing it. It's essentially finding everything that's wrong with the masterpiece you just laboured over. I've blogged before on some of the best ways to edit and you can find that blog here. What I'd like to talk about today is [...]
Published on November 15, 2011 03:00
November 12, 2011
NaNoWriMo: Update 1
So far NaNoWriMo is going very well for me, I'm around the 30k mark for words and not even half way through the month. I'm also getting a good handle on the actual plot length now, even if I've not stuck that well to my plot notes. Thankfully all the research I did before has [...]
Published on November 12, 2011 03:00
November 9, 2011
Living With A Creative Mind: A Review
I recently blogged about this book and now I've finally finished reading it. If you have any contact with a creative person at all you ought to read this book. If you are related to a creative, work or live with a creative or are even just friends with a creative this book will make [...]
Published on November 09, 2011 03:00
November 6, 2011
Rockband: A Distraction
One of my friends recently introduced me and my husband to the game rockband. We had played it a little before now but only the odd few songs here and there and only one version of the game, where you often run out of songs you know in the first hour of playing. It's fun [...]
Published on November 06, 2011 03:00
November 3, 2011
Author Interview: Jennifer Wilck
Jennifer Wilck is my guest author for today. Tell us about your latest project. My latest project is Skin Deep, which is published by Whiskey Creek Press and coming out in November. It's a contemporary romance. Here's a quick blurb: The last thing Valerie needs, after escaping an abusive marriage to an alcoholic and rebuilding [...]
Published on November 03, 2011 04:00