journaling – J. E. H U N T E R

Whenever I’m writing full-time, and writing moves from hobby to job, I find I need a new hobby to do during the evenings and on the weekend to help me recoup form all the mad writing I’ve been doing all day or week.

Lately, I’ve discovered junk journaling. I’ve always journaled, and my journals have always been colourful, interesting things where I record all sorts of stuff. I glue in and save all kinds of things in my journals such as tickets and pictures. But discovering junk journaling has opened a whole new level of journaling to me. It’s like I’ve been playing a video game for years and have finally arrive at level 50!

I’ve also been interested in sharing more via video. So mixing those two together resulted in uploading my first ever junk journal video of my little poetry junk journal. I’ve embedded the video here for your convienicne. Please keep in mind this video was largely a trial (I have absolute none of the right equipment), but, as it was simple to film and upload, I may invest in something for future videos. Would you like to see more video content on here? Let me know what you think!

I have not been blogging, I know. Admission: I’ve been in hibernation mode getting The Circlet: Artifacts of Avalum Book 2 ready to go to my editor. I can’t wait to release this book near the end of May, beginning of June, I think you will really enjoy it.

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Otherwise, I’ve been working on my collection of short stories thanks to the Saskatchewan Arts Board grant I was awarded at the end of the year. I enjoy having this time to write and explore creativity more than I can say.

So what does that look like exactly? Well, I’ve been spending a ton of time trapped in my ‘basement office’, which is as cold and sometimes lonely as it sounds. But I find a few candles and a hot cup of tea are often enough to ward of the chill. But on the days it gets to be too much, I go out to one of Saskatoon’s beautiful and plentiful cafés to enjoy one of my favourite treats. I think I might actually blog about my favs sometime in the next week or so. Now that The Circlet is pretty much done from my end, I shouldn’t be as busy as I switch my focus to just my short stories. So you should be hearing more from me soon.

JEH

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My New Hobby: Junk Journaling!

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