Jess Mountifield's Blog, page 45
August 20, 2011
Summer Holiday
I'm officially on holiday now for the next 3 weeks. Yes I know 3 weeks. I normally only take 2 but I am going to need 3 this year I think. I'll be back on September 12th with more lovely blog updates, until then I hope there is plenty of sunshine and everyone gets to [...]
August 19, 2011
Being organised
Organisation is not really the strong point for many creatives and I am no exception. I have a messy desk, I dislike feeling like I have a schedule to stick to, I find to-do lists constrictive and I get bored if there is too much routine in my life. I love the unexpected for many [...]
August 16, 2011
Chains Of Freedom: Excerpt
Here's the opening approx 1k of book 2, Chains Of Freedom, enjoy. Kaihaitu Huatare lay on her back in the long grass, staring up at the star filled sky. It would not be long until dawn and another day but she had not slept yet. She had so much to think about that even [...]
August 13, 2011
Inception: A Review
I have been in two minds about seeing this film for absolutely ages. I have a lot of dreams and was wary that a film all about manipulating dreams would have a very negative impact on my dreams. I was also quite wary of the fact of the only two films on my very much [...]
August 10, 2011
Author Interview: Aman Anand
My next author is another uk based one and you may well recognise the name as I reviewed one of his books a few months back. Here's his interview. Tell us about your latest project. I am currently working on an ongoing series of short stories called the G.C.P.U. (which stands for Global Crime Prevention [...]
August 7, 2011
Background details: Book 3
Sherdan and Anya's world Now that there has been some more character development and some basic ideas of what's going on has been established we can start setting up the world around the main characters. Figure out where they live and why and all the important details like that. We know there is some kind [...]
August 4, 2011
Her Daughter's Dream: A Review
Her Daughter's Dream is the second book in the series by Francine Rivers. This book follows Marta from the first book until her death, Hildemara from the first book until she's in her 90′s, Hildemara's daughter Carolyn, Carolyn's daughter May Flower Dawn and then finally, her daughter, Faith. As you can see that's quite a [...]
August 2, 2011
Discoveries
While I am on the net I spend a lot of time researching different things. Sometimes it's book related research, sometimes completely random stuff like who played so and so in the film I just watched. Occasionally when I'm doing this I come across a little gem of information which usually causes me to be [...]
August 1, 2011
The Plan: August 11
Last Month July was one very full on month. I got lots done but also turned 25 and celebrated my 5th wedding anniversary. Junk did launch, though not quite in the manner expected, and I pretty much did everything I wanted to. Pretty much anyway. Here's some of the stuff I did. Modeled our first [...]
July 29, 2011
JnK Clothing
Yesterday I, rather spontaneously, launched the clothing company I've been setting up with Keith Mountifield. Junk has it's very own fanpage here and is already taking orders for our very first two designs. One is my own and you can see a picture of me wearing it to the right. This design called Sword And [...]
