Once upon a time, I watched horror movies… the scarier the better. I simply could not get enough of them. It started out innocently enough but soon developed into an obsession. And it soon expanded into other areas. I began seeking out roller coasters that were ridiculously fast, high, dangerous… It even seeped over into … More You simply can not “unsee” something…
Yup… this says it all. The Danger of Dystopian… I noticed it when I read my first official dystopian trilogy but I chalked it up to my being a Mercy and easily swayed by others’ emotions. I was deeply affected by it when I read another but I blamed that one on the complete … More The Danger of Dystopian…
Now… if you have a sense of humor that is at all like mine, you read this cartoon and laughed for about five minutes…then cried because it’s really NOT funny when you are a writer experiencing “Writer’s Block”. And I spent a great deal of time arguing with myself about Writer’s Block. Is it really a … More How do you deal with Writer’s Block?
Most every author loves the idea, even the fantasy, of seeing their work up on the big screen. I am not one of them. And let me tell you why… I am the first one to admit that I am more than a little fond of my story. I’m crazy about my characters and the … More One reason I don’t want a movie… | An inside look at the morals of “The Taken”
It has to be the strangest part of being a writer… I sat at my laptop, watching the trailer for the movie “Interstellar” the other night and thought about “Life After E.L.E.” and “The Taken”… my Dystopian and speculative novels. It is quite possibly the most surreal part of being a writer… As … More A Not so Parallel Universe… Or is it?
This is a loaded question and not an easy one for a mother… If I were a seventeen year old girl who felt like I had sat around and wasted my entire life, my outlook would be very different than it is through the eyes of a 35 year old mother of two. There … More What would you do if you had one year left to live?
It’s that time again! This is my first year to attend an ACFW conference and the pre-conference mix and mingle sounds great so I decided to participate. I hope it will help me learn new faces and get to know people for my first year at conference If you would like to participate, click the link above and … More 2014 ACFW pre-conference mix and mingle!
Most every author loves the idea, even the fantasy, of seeing their work up on the big screen. I am not one of them. And let me tell you why… I am the first one to admit that I am more than a little fond of my story. I’m crazy about my characters and the … More One reason I don’t want a movie… | An inside look at the fashions of “The Taken”
As I sit here pondering just what to write in my next review, I think back to the books I’ve read in the past. As much as I would LOVE to tell you that I was a dewy-eyed teenager mooning over Edward Cullen, I must admit that I was nearly past my twenties before … More Apparently you don’t need “talent”.
Who can believe that Christmas is over and a new year is almost upon us. It’s true what they say, every year goes faster than the one before. And having children seems to increase it exponentially. Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older… Even taking all of that into consideration, this year flew by. And … More Nearly there…
JC Morrows 