J.E. Hunter’s Blog

I’m pretty sure that I oon’t have any regular readers – but for the thousands that do wait impatiently for my next words, I’m sorry for the long absence from my blog.  I finished Tales edits in early October and sent the updated draft to Agent X who had asked for the rewrite.  It’s approaching Read more

It’s not a word.  But I feel like it should be.  I’ve spent the past week doing the polishing edits on the Tales manuscript and I have to say:  I am completely, utterly, and almost unbearably sick of my own writing. I’ve read it before from other authors, that re-writing, and re-writing, and re-writing, gets Read more

In a couple days fall will be here.  I have two weeks left in my personal deadline to get the edits back to agent X.  Things are coming to a close.  As I am busy finishing up the final polish on the newest version of my manuscript, this week’s post is going to be a Read more

One of the main elements of my novel is water.  Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch would be nothing if water didn’t exist.  But also, the main character wouldn’t have her powers.  Sometime after I began writing this book, I realized that I was writing about something that absolutely terrifies me.  That’s right, I’m afraid of Read more

Writing Weekend 2012 was an amazing success!  I got through the rest of the rewrites for Tales!  It’s been a long hard road, and hopefully I’m approaching the end.  At the very least, I’m approaching a nice, wooden, two-story, solidly built inn with soft, feather beds, and serving delicious bowls of hot lamb stew.  I Read more

So this weekend I would normally participate in the 3-Day Novel Writing Contest, which is a great source of inspiration for writers aspiring or otherwise.  If you’ve never heard of it you can check it out here:  http://www.3daynovel.com/ But this year I’m not writing a novel, I’m re-writing one. Specifically for Agent X who requested Read more