J.E. Hunter’s Blog

  • My Latest Book Haul

    I got my Kobo Aura One earlier this week and loaded it up with books. Today was a gorgeous fall afternoon, so I thought what’s better than letting my books jump into great big piles of yellow leaves. Nothing! So here are the pics of my upcoming late summer/autumn reads. These are the books I… Read more

  • The 365K Words A Year Goal: Update#1 (Week 2)

    I said I would update on Wednesday. Last week I didn’t update and this week I’m doing it on Thursday. Maybe updates will move to Thursday? We’ll have to see moving forward. But the GREAT news is that I’ve been working so hard getting my 1K words a day written, that I’m up over 35K… Read more

  • Weekly Writing Prompt

    Develop a character, a woman, who reads this poster, and who is in this situation. Does the poster make her feel more afraid, less? Write her story. What happens? Read more

  • The New Arrival: My Kobo Aura One

    It finally arrived! I’ve been looking forward to my new ereader since it was ordered a couple weeks ago! We’re still in that getting to know you stage, but currently we’re having a lot of fun. I’m loving the automatic light detect function, and the ease of reading. My old library is already loaded up… Read more

  • Blog Tour Wrap Up and Giveaway Winners

    The blog tour for Tales of a Redheaded Sea-Witch ended on September 9th, and as today is the start of a new week, it seems like a great time to do the wrap up. Thank you to all the bloggers who took the time to read and write and post about Tales of a Redheaded… Read more

  • Don’t Write Me Beautiful…

    An Essay on Heartbreaking Beauty in Young Adult Fiction I’ve read a lot of young adult fiction, and it all seems full of love intestests who are “heartbreakingly”, “painfully”, or “achingly” beautiful. If you’ve read a book with one of the above descriptions, please raise your hand. Yep. That’s what I thought. It’s all around.… Read more