J.E. Hunter’s Blog

  • What I’m Reading: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

    Young Adult Book Review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber This book sat on my shelf for a while before I finally picked it up. When I started reading Caraval, I wasn’t so sure about a book that takes place at a circus type thing in a fantasy world, but you know what, it works. Sister’s Scarlett… Read more

  • Trying to Commit to a Publishing Schedule

    One of the hardest things about self-publishing (at least for me), is committing to a publishing schedule. I’m terrible at picking release dates for my books and achieving that date. Having a day job never helps, since something always comes up that slows down book development, but as I’m currently a full-time writer until July,… Read more

  • What I’m Reading: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

    Young Adult Book Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. This is one of those books that you hear about forever, and that you know a lot of people love, but you just put it off because something about it doesn’t appeal to you. To me, I didn’t like the cover or the blurb, so I… Read more

  • Weekly Writing Prompt

    Using all five of your senses, describe this bowl of strawberries. JEH Read more

  • What I’m Reading: A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

    Young Adult Book Review: A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir I read An Ember in the Ashes sometime last year and you can find my review of the first book of the trilogy here. I had been wanting to read A Torch Against the Night for a while, and I finally picked it… Read more

  • Weekly Writing Prompt

    Write a scene where your character stumbles upon this journal (don’t forget description). They open it up and read. What do they find? JEH Read more