Jae Holt's Blog, page 8

Here is a taste of what you will receive when you review Circles

I know more than three people have read my book, so I'm just a little sad that only three people chose to review it. I need your help to get my book out in front of other enthusiastic readers like you! You gave my book a chance, a self-published piece by an unknown author. And most of you enjoyed it, some thought it was ok, and a few thought it was not their cup of tea. And that's awesome!! Good

Media Use Survey Shows How Mobile Children Have Become

I read the results of an interesting survey done by Common Sense Media about media use in children up to age 8.  As the mother of an 8-year-old, I wanted to know how digital media access was changing for him. I wrote about the findings here and you can download the full results from Common Sense Media's site.

What I found is that my son has more access to mobile media now than he did two years

An 8-Year-Old's Take on Violence and Video Games.

 

Saw this article on Kotaku that appeared in my FB feed about a 9-year-old boy arrested for bringing weapons to school. I decided to go to the source article and had my 8-year-old sit with me as I read it. Then we had a discussion about good and bad choices. Then I asked him, "Do you think the video game he played is the reason why he made a bad choice?" His answer was "Yes...because he was

A Jeepney is a WHAT?

I pinned a few images of jeepneys on my Pintrest Inspirations board this morning because I needed to be inspired. The opening scene of my current novel in progress features a Jeepney of sorts and I needed to describe it in a way that a goodly portion of readers, who have never seen (let alone heard of) this vehicle, would be able to imagine this contraption without having to stop reading to

An old musing that I still think about when I run out of rice

About two years ago, I had a moment where I was running out of rice. And from that moment, memories came forward of my childhood, and I had this need to write my thoughts down. Well, today I looked in my tin container of rice and saw that I was running low, which once again brought up thoughts of growing up. So I dug up this personal musing and decided to share it.



"As with any Asian

When I Am Not Me...

It has been a while since I wrote anything, and I apologize since I did have things to share!

When I want to take a break from writing, I like to pass the time gaming. I discovered a game through Facebook that I enjoy. It is slightly time-consuming, as in order to level your player you must perform actions such as building your city or attacking areas - and these can take hours. But there are

Reading For Children and the Importance of a Good Editor

Now that I am helping moderate a couple of book clubs at the elementary school, I find myself reading more juvenile and young adult books. So far, I have come to the conclusion that these books have more thought-provoking themes than the adult novels. Or maybe not more, but rather better. Perhaps it is because young readers are still learning how to read for author intent, but I find it very

Extended Vacation is Now Over

Sorry for the extended vacation, everyone! January has been brutal! Cleaning, taxes, cleaning, writing, cleaning, research, writing, cleaning...hey, anyone with a seven-year-old ball of energy should understand the cleaning part. It's like following the debris line of a tornado.

Anyway, so what can I report? Well for starters, Circles is now available at Parkplace Books in Kirkland. It is an

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It's Christmas, a time to open presents, gather with friends and family, and remember Christmases past spent with loved ones no longer with us. I hope that everyone has a safe, loving, and memorable Christmas.

Now on to the Twelfth Day!

Numbah twelve day of Christmas, my tut gave to me
Twelve televisions





Eleven Missionaries,

Ten cans of beer,

Nine pounds of poi

Eight ukuleles, seven

It's Christmas Eve!

It's another short one!
Numbah eleven day of Christmas, my tutu gave to me,
Eleven (plus 4) missionaries





Ten cans of beer.......