J.E. Hunter’s Blog

  • Writing During COVID-19

    I’m sure you’ve heard about COVID-19, unless you were on a 12-Day silent retreat like Jared Leto, you can’t miss it. It is everywhere, and it is all the time, and it is time-consuming. Where I live, we’ve recently been asked to all work and stay at home. Try not to leave, use social distancing,… Read more

  • The Five Benefits of a Writing Retreat

    Being a writer these days isn’t easy. The majority of writers have day jobs, especially those writers  just starting out, but even those who have been writing for many years often have day jobs to cover their bills. So with the stress of the day-to-day pressing in on you, it can be difficult to find… Read more

  • What I’m Reading: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

    Young Adult Book Review: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Last year I reviewed Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Trilogy, which I really enjoyed. I borrowed Six of Crows from a friend, and finished reading it at the tail end of last year (it has taken me forever to post this review but that’s another story of… Read more

  • A Writer’s Plans in 2020

    So far the start of the year has been incredibly busy! That’s a good thing, since I’m gearing up for a big year in 2020. The blog has been pretty quiet lately, and it will likely continue to be so until summer. Why? Because for the first half of 2020 I will continue to be… Read more

  • Welcome to the 20’s!

    I have been waiting for the 20’s forever! And now they are here! Wishing you all the best of this fierce decade. Happy New Year! Read more

  • How to Be a Writer with a Day Job: A year’s roundup.

    At the start of the year I was planning to write a post a month about how to be a writer with a day job, in other words, how to find time for writing when you’re working 40 (or more!) hours a week! I managed to get out two posts! Which may tell you a… Read more