J.E. Hunter’s Blog

  • Season’s Greetings!

    As I madly rush about on my last minute preparations for a week of holiday, I’m thinking of everything I have to be grateful for, and it’s a lot! But today I want to thank my blog readers, who make words worth it. Happy Holidays to everyone! May you find hot coffee, good books, and warm… Read more

  • Reading For Christmas

    So here’s the thing: every year I ask for books at Christmas. I love books, to me, there is no better present. Only, when I was recently counting the books on my ‘To Be Read’ shelf, I realized I had 67 books stacked up. 67! According to Goodreads, I’m currently on book 39, which I… Read more

  • Weekly Writing Prompt

    What does the child see on the other side of the corn stalks? Write for twenty minutes. Read more

  • 365K Words in a Year Update #12

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted a word count chart, so here it is: I’m feel much better about how I’ve performed this week. There was only one day I wrote nothing, and the rest of the days were very close to one thousand words. Which is good. One thousand words a day is… Read more

  • What I’m Reading: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

    Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton a Young Adult Book Review I found this book browsing around my e-library. It sounded different than a lot of Young Adult fantasy I’d recently picked up so I put it on my wait list, and I loved it. Rebel of the Sands is a fantasy/western Arabian Nights… Read more

  • The 10 Best Self-Indulgences for Writers

    If you’re anything like me, there’s no way you can not buy yourself anything at Christmas time. Especially if you’re spending a lot of time in the book store shopping for other people. I always keep a list on my phone, or really, a roll of pictures of the books I want to read ASAP,… Read more