M.J. Compton's Blog, page 24

MJ’s Musing: Road Rage

A few weeks ago I had a terrifying experience. I was driving to a critique partner’s house. Rush hour was over, but there was still significant traffic. I was in the single lane for a right hand turn, and when the green arrow came up, I made my right turn. All of a sudden, there […]

MJ Monday: MJ’s Manuscript-Betrayed By Moon Cover Reveal

With their packs’ very existence at stake, can two fated mates find the courage to love? For generations, werewolves have lived under the protection of service-for-sanctuary treaties with the government. Now amid growing unrest there is a movement to abolish those treaties, risking the survival of werewolves everywhere. Werewolf Ethan Calhoun’s mission to save the […]

MJ’s Musings: My Obsession with the Sky

I have been obsessed with sky nearly all my life. I blame my dad. When I was very young, he woke me up in the middle of the night, carried me outside and pointed to a light in the sky and told me it was Sputnik, a satellite. When I didn’t understand that, he explained […]

MJ Monday: MJ’s Music–The Monkees

Another of my teenage idols passed away recently. Peter Tork of the Monkees.  I vacillated between Mickey Dolenz and Peter Tork being my favorite. Some of my earliest forays into writing fiction included Monkees stories, which would now be called fanfic.  Mrs. Sherman, my sixth grade teacher, caught me passing stories to my friends. She […]

MJ’s Musings-Book Bingo: Best Selling Romance: JAK Promise Not To Tell

The Book Bingo category is BEST SELLING ROMANCE and what better book to fill that square than Jayne Ann Krentz’s 2019 release Promise Not to Tell. This story is the third in a trilogy revolving around adults who, as children, survived an intentionally set fire in a cult compound where their mothers were hostages. Three […]

MJ MJ Monday: MJ’s Movies-ROB ROY (vs. BRAVEHEART)

Many years ago, a friend  who headed up the local cinephile society told me Rob Roy with Liam Neeson contained the best sword fight scene ever filmed. Being a huge fan of The Scarlet Pimpernel (MFTV 1982 with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour), I sincerely needed to check out Rob Roy. The film came out the […]

MJ’s Musings: Thistle Dew

A friend of mine owns an 1809 former stage coach inn in the foothills of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Her dream has always been to create a warm, welcoming place where her author friends could retreat and write. She has succeeded. For several years, personal situations kept me from attending, but about two years ago, […]

MJ’s Monday–Meals: Vegan Buddha Bowl #2

Here’s another vegan variation on a Buddha Bowl my friend Kris shared with us. Again I start with quinoa (instead of rice).  While the quinoa is cooking according to package instructions, I drain a can of sliced beets. I place them in a dry cast iron skillet and chop them. I cook them on medium […]

MJ’s Musing: SEP-Natural Born Charmer

Many people I know consider Natural Born Charmer their favorite SEP novel. It’s definitely in my top five, but it didn’t make my top three because I really hated the end.  It has marvelous characters, a great plot, the best secondary love story in a SEP book, humor, pathos, community, texture, art, music…and a really lame […]

MJ Monday: MJ’s Motivation–How Badly Do You Want It?

How badly do you want it? That’s the most important question you can ask yourself when you’re going after something. Because if you want something badly enough, you will work your tail off to obtain your goal. I have written almost all of my life. I always considered myself “the Writer” of my elementary, junior, […]