J.E. Hunter’s Blog

  • Writing 365,000 Words in a Year Update #22

    It was an awful week. I let my birthday distract me from my main goal and used it for all sorts of excuses. I didn’t write nearly as much as I should have, which means I’m around 7,000 words behind my goal. When there is such a big word count at stake, it is so… Read more

  • Post-Birthday Blog

    Yesterday was my birthday and I had such a great day. I spent two hours at the book store, did a bit of writing in a coffee shop, and picked out enough new reads to keep me busy for at least a year—at least when you add them to the already waiting 60+ books on… Read more

  • What I’m Reading: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

    The second book in the Young Adult Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson moves the action from a futuristic Chicago (Newcago) to a futuristic, dystopian Manhattan (New Babylon). I loved this second book and I found New Babylon (also called Babilar) to be very interesting, but part of what I loved about the first book, Steelheart,… Read more

  • Book Shopping: Or Going to that Really Happy Place

    I’ve been pretty quiet for the past week. That’s because I’m gearing up for my birthday, which is tomorrow, and my trip to that really happy place: the bookstore. There are so many different book stores, there are new ones and old ones and small ones and big ones, stores for new books and stores… Read more

  • Weekly Writing Prompt

    Who left this cooler on the beach? Who does it belong to? Notice the sandals and the drink. Where has the owner gone? Are they coming back? When? Write for ten minutes without stopping. Read more

  • What I’m Reading: Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson

    In case you missed it, I posted a review of the first book in Brandon Sanderson’s Reckoners Series, Steelheart, last Saturday. I picked up Book 2, Firefight, and began reading but kept coming across this mention of a battle with Mitosis, which sounded familiar, so I checked, and sure enough, Mitosis is a standalone story… Read more