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# Jess Mountifield

The random endeavours of a fruit loop

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- [Interview with Ben Starling](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/interview-with-ben-starling/) - A couple of months ago I read and reviewed a brilliant short story by Ben Starling called Something in the Air which you can check out here if you've not already done so. Today, Ben has been kind enough to answer some questions and let us know about his latest novel, Something in the Water.
- [The Martian: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-martian-a-review/) - I'd been seeing trailers for the film for a while and happened to notice it was based on an Indie book. When my bookclub peeps suggested we read it I was all for giving it a chance. If you're offended by strong language then I want to start by saying this book isn't for you.
- [Celebrating 5 Years Published](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/celebrating-5-years-published/) - I guess today is a bit like a birthday. It's With Proud Humility's fifth birthday for sure, but it's also the birthday of my author hat. Five years has flown by in a haze of words, characters, action, adventure, struggle and happy endings, and I'm definitely not complaining. It's been a wild ride. For those
- [New release and New pre-order](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/new-release-and-new-pre-order/) - The Invisible Amateur is out this Friday! If you haven't pre-ordered the ebook yet you can do so here and make sure that you get yourself a copy as soon as it's midnight! Only two and a half days to go. The fourth book in the Mycroft Holmes Adventures series is also now available to
- [NaNoWriMo 2015: Update 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2015-update-2/) - Just a little over half way through NaNoWriMo now and as of first thing this morning I'm at 48,609 words. If I was doing a normal NaNo count I'd be finishing today. Since I'm aiming for 69,000 that leaves me with 20,381 words to go. Not too bad although I've been slower the last week
- [Two fantasy and sci-fi boxsets: Legends & Legacy](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/two-fantasy-and-sci-fi-boxsets-legends-legacy/) - The first of two great multi-author boxsets is out today for only 99p/99c. Legends is a collection of Sci-fi and fantasy stories and has my very own Sherdan's Prophecy among the 13 awesome books included. This is a total steal for that many fantastic books so grab a copy here. Also out in only two
- [NaNoWriMo 2015: Update 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2015-update-1/) - I know I'm only a few days into NaNoWriMo but here's an update of where I'm at so far. Somehow in only two days I've managed to get about a third of the way into Mycroft 5. Still not a clue what the title is but I'll probably figure that out soon. As often happens
- [Mad Tinker's Daughter: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/mad-tinkers-daughter-a-review/) - I happened to find this book free some time and thought it looked awesome, so I nabbed it. For starters, that cover, just brilliat. Secondly a steampunk story, so genre for the win. Thirdly, what an awesome title. The book wasn't totally perfect. I'll be honest I was a little confused and there were a
- [Ghostwalker: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/ghostwalker-a-review/) - I picked up this ebook by Ben Cassidy because it was free and looked amazingly interesting. My bookclub had also read one of his shorts before and totally loved it, and I wrote a short fantasy piece for an anthology raising money for him when he was diagnosed with cancer last year. This book was
- [Stardust: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/stardust-a-review/) - When I watched the film of this book I must admit I had no idea there was a book, but a few months later someone informed me there was. I finally got around to reading it. I was actually very pleasantly surprised how like the film this book is. There were a few subtle differences.
- [Something in the Air: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/something-in-the-air-a-review/) - This is a short story in the Something series by Ben Starling, and was given to me in return for my review. While quite short this story is very sweet. It's a fairly typical romance story but there was just something so gentle yet poignant about this one, that I found myself really routing for
- [Interlude-Brandon: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/interlude-brandon-a-review/) - This is the third book in the Game series by Terry Schott. I reviewed the first one here and the second here. I wasn't sure that I'd enjoy a sort of mid series prequel, but I was so glad I was wrong. I think this is the best book of the series so far. Without
- [Two New Pre-orders: Fantasy boxset and Mycroft 3](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/two-new-pre-orders-fantasy-boxset-and-mycroft-3/) - So today I've got some very exciting news because there's not one, but two more publications up for pre-order. Legacy is out on Nov 12th as the very pretty picture says! That's just over two weeks away. Not only is Wandering to Belong one of the favourite fantasy stories I've written but it's also with
- [The Song of the Jubilee: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-song-of-the-jubilee-a-review/) - This was an ebook I was given by the author, Raeden Zen, in return for my review, and is the first book in the Phantom of the Earth series. This is a science fiction sort of story with strong dystopian elements which unfortunately the cover and title don't make obvious. I'm quite a science fan
- [People Watching](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/people-watching/) - I have to admit that this is one of my favourite past-times. I love watching other people, especially people I don't know. There's this great café near where I live that has loads of really antique special mirrors on the walls, all over the place. I always try and sit on table 13, mostly because
- [The Unexpected Coincidence: New Release](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-unexpected-coincidence-new-release/) - It's only three days until the second book in the Mycroft Holmes Adventures series is released and it's already up for pre-order here. Here's the blurb for this shiny new book (please don't read if you've not read the first one, instead go grab that here while it's free): Amelia Jones has turned Mycroft's world
- [A Legacy of Light: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-legacy-of-light-a-review/) - This is a fantasy ebook by Daniel Arenson that I picked up as part of a seven book fantasy collection for only 77p. I know, a total bargain! For starters, this book has dragons. Usually this is a sign of a good book, but this one goes a whole step better. It had people who
- [Why Amelia Price?](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/why-amelia-price/) - I've had quite a few people ask me recently why the new Mycroft series is all under the new pen name, Amelia Price, especially given that it says on all the covers 'Jess Mountifield writing as'. I'll start with the first part of that question that's sort of implied. Why am I using a pen
- [The Professor: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-professor-a-review/) - This was another book on my classics list. I decided to try this because it was another offering by the Bronte sisters, this one from Charlotte. I adored Jane Eyre and wanted to see what else the wonderful author had penned. This is her first published offering and it does show a little. The book
- [Digital Heretic: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/digital-heretic-a-review/) - This is the second story in The Game is Life series by Terry Schott. I reviewed the first book here. This book starts off pretty much where the first one left off, following the characters both in the game and outwide of it. It has the same sort of feel to the first although I
- [Print Book Sale](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/print-book-sale/) - I'm clearing out some of my old print book stock to make way for the new books coming out late this year and early next year so that means it's sale time! Below is the current price for buying signed copies of my print books. These prices will stick until Christmas (I know it's a
- [Shift: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/shift-a-review/) - This is the second book in the Silo series by Hugh howey, and I've reviewed the first one, Wool, here. This book starts off in the past and from the perspective of a fresh set of characters at first and I found it was a little difficult to keep reading everything as I really wanted
- [Dust: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/dust-a-review/) - This is the third book in the Silo series by Hugh Howey and finishes the series. This was shorter than the other two books in the series and tied up at least some of the loose ends the previous book had created, but still wasn't quite as good as the first, I don't think. It
- [Fifth Estate: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/fifth-estate-a-review/) - I blogged on Tuesday about the current situation with Assange and while I was researching some of that it brought back to my memory the film hollywood decided to make on wikileaks and Assange last year. I happened to find it on Netflix and figured I'd finally watch it now that it wouldn't directly result
- [An update on Assange: One room in an Embassy](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/an-update-on-assange-one-room-in-an-embassy/) - It's been several years since Julian Assange took up residence in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and during that time he's had to live in one room, an office that's had a small bed, kitchenette and shower added. There's no window so no natural light and no where to particularly do anything like exercise. In
- [The Class Heroes series](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-class-heroes-series/) - I recently reviewed the four books currently in the Class Heroes series, and really enjoyed reading all four (please can we have number five soon?). The author contacted me recently to let me know he had some great new movie style trailers for the books coming out on youtube. I watched the first one today
- [Eye of Dominion: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/eye-of-dominion-a-review/) - This is the second book in the Labyrinth of Labyrinths series by David Staniforth and was gifted to me in exchange for a review. Alloria was the first and I reviewed that book here. Firstly, this cover is just epic. Got to be one of my favourites and just adds to the awesomeness of this
- [The Game: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-game-a-review/) - This was one of those bookclub books that one of us stumbled upon and recommended to the rest of the group. The premise is very interesting. A virtual reality that kids use to learn about life before they become adults and live their own life. It feeds everything wrong with celebrity culture as it exists
- [Wool: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/wool-a-review/) - I've been intending to read this book for a while. Not only is the author, Hugh Howey, a genuinely nice guy, but the book has been very popular among my peer group and quite a few people have suggested I read it. Thankfully bookclub decided it would be great to read the trilogy, so I'll
- [White Fang: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/white-fang-a-review/) - This was the next book on my classic challenge. I've always wanted to read this one. White Fang is one of the shorter classics books and didn't take me too long to read. Right from the beginning I was captivated by the way the author explained the minds of wolves and of the peril of
- [The Name of the Wind: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-name-of-the-wind-a-review/) - It made sense that as a fantasy writer I would read one of the most raved about fantasy books ever, so I borrowed a copy of the first book from a friend. The book started astoundingly well. There's something very cool about the way Patrick Rothfuss writes. The way he constructs a sentence and describes
- [Kindle Unlimited: Why I Don't Like It When I Should](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/kindle-unlimited-why-i-dont-like-it-when-i-should/) - Kindle unlimited in essence is a wonderful idea, just like netflix and sites like spotify it allows people to pay a monthly set fee and listen to as much music or watch as much tv as they'd like. It's affordable and it makes it easier to find the things you want to enjoy. As a
- [The Last Changeling: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-last-changeling-a-review/) - We picked out this book for bookclub a few months back based partially on the cover and partially on the description. It sounded like a very interesting blend of Sherlock esque stuff and mythological fairy-like creatures. The book started off a little on the slow side, I was intrigued but it felt a little wandering
- [The TRC are Four](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-trc-are-four/) - Last Friday I attended the Trauma Recovery Centre's 4th Birthday Party and it was super awesome to go hang out with these awesome people for the evening (and who doesn't like an excuse for a party). The TRC are a charity I've mentioned several times. They really do great work in a lot of different
- [Imperfect Strangers: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/imperfect-strangers-a-review/) - This is another ebook I was gifted by the author, David Staniforth, in return for my review. It's also another book that's a departure from the usual genre of the author (honestly something I think authors should risk more often). I was a little worried about taking this book on as it's not normally a
- [Finding My World: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/finding-my-world-a-review/) - This is the second book I've read by Chris Ward as is in a very different genre to the first one, The Tube Riders, so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. I can safely say I adored this story. I was dragged into the characters from the beginning and despite Jack's very immature and
- [Apocalypse - Diary of a Survivor: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/apocalypse-diary-of-a-survivor-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this ebook by the author, Matt Pike, in return for my review. This is one of those books that isn't particularly original in terms of the idea for the plot. Let's face it in the apocalypse genre there's not much new and the meteorite idea has definitely been covered.
- [Getting lost in a good book](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/getting-lost-in-a-good-book/) - The wonderful thing about a good book is that you can get lost inside the world it has created, imagining your own new scenes once the book has ended. Having your own conversations with the wonderful characters. Lately I've been doing a lot of this. In the difficult times I had earlier in the year
- [Rivals: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/rivals-a-review/) - This is the second story in the Skid series and was gifted to me by the author, Doug Solter, in return for my review. I mentioned this coming out a while back and Doug did a guest post here last year at about the same time as the release date so I've been pretty excited
- [Flights of Fantasy: New Release](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/flights-of-fantasy-new-release/) - The next anthology from Raptor Retreat Press has been released and it's only 99p! Flights of Fantasy is pretty obviously a fantasy collection. It is raising money for Ben Cassidy as he is fighting cancer just like Brandon Hale was last year. Being in the US comes with scarily high medical bills so he needs
- [London Belongs to the Alchemist: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/london-belongs-to-the-alchemist-a-review/) - This s the fourth book in the Class Heroes series by Stephen Henning and I was given a copy of the ebook in return for my review. This book started a little after the third book from the usual protagonists point of view and continued the adventure of Sam, James and Lolly as they try
- [Writing Through Grief](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing-through-grief/) - Writing for me is now mostly a way of life. It's part of every day, my routine and a lot of my conversations. I tell stories. I paint scenes with a thousand words, and I love doing it. For the most part it makes me feel better, makes me feel like the world is right
- [The Avengers - Age of Ultron: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-avengers-age-of-ultron-a-review/) - I think it was pretty obvious I was going to go see this film. The first avengers is still one of my favourite films and I must have watched it 20+ times now. I also totally love Joss Whedon's character writing skills. Not to mention his dialogue. This film sort of picks up where the
- [A Mug's Game: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-mugs-game-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this ebook by the author, C. D. Swanson, in exchange for my review. This book started of very intriguing, and had a very interesting main character. It's a bit of a mystery/thriller type book and has some elements of science fiction with the references to advanced video gaming. I
- [Elemental Cascade: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/elemental-cascade-a-review/) - This is the third book in the Fuel to the Fire series by David Staniforth and I was given a copy in return for my review. I also reviewed both the first and second books in the series. This one didn't start off quite where the previous one finished and it took me a moment
- [Description: How-to](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/description-how-to/) - Recently I put together a couple of example pieces about how to write description without dumping the information in large chunks. I thought I'd post those example pieces here for people to see the difference between a scene written one way and then the other. Example 1 Clark turned the final corner to reach the
- [The God Particle: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-god-particle-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this ebook by the author, Daniel Danser in return for my review. The blurb for this novel really made me rather interested in reading and finding out what the story was about, as it mentioned the CERN project and as the title suggests the quest for the Higgs-Bosun particle,
- [Fast and Furious 7: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/fast-and-furious-7-a-review/) - I think it was pretty obvious I was going to go and see this film. I reviewed pretty much the rest of thr franchise over the years and liked all of them. I couldn't not see the last film Paul Walker was in. Like most of the fast and furious films you do have to
- [Pathfinder - Adventure Card Game: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/pathfinder-adventure-card-game-a-distraction/) - I recently acquired myself a new board game/card game. It's a little like Dominion and Dungeons and Dragons but not quite either of them. Mostly this is a deck building game where you adventure through different scenarios and try to beat the bad guys before your time runs out. You have characters and classes like
- [Where's Lolly: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/wheres-lolly-a-review/) - This is the third book in the Class Heroes by Stephen Henning, and I was given a copy of the ebook in exchange for my review. I loved the first two books in the series and the plotline in both, but this one is by far the best. Lolly is just perfect in this story
- [My Life Untold: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/my-life-untold-a-review/) - I was given an ebook copy of this story by the author, S. S. Gee Buro, in return for my review. The books started off a little slow, but definitely wasn't boring, recounting the early years of the main character, Magda's, life. Within a few chapters it had set up relationships and characters that had
- [Taming Virtual Pets](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/taming-virtual-pets/) - As is pretty obvious by now, I've not been doing much writing so far this year. I just seem to have hit an emotional brickwall when it comes to telling more stories. Instead I've been spending a lot of time in Entropia, playing around with their newest feature, pet taming. They introduced the first pet
- [Memes of Loss and Devotion: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/memes-of-loss-and-devotion-a-review/) - This ebook was given to me by the author, Darren White, in return for my review. Inside is a collection of short stories and I must admit I really didn't like the first one. It was very slow going and full of purple prose. I put the book down only a few percent in and
- [Sneak Peak: The Unexpected Coincidence](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sneak-peak-the-unexpected-coincidence/) - I've been working on a bunch of different things lately, trying to get back into the zone of writing and I thought I'd share the first chapter of the 2nd novella in the Mycroft Holmes Adventures series. Mycroft took another sip of his tea from the delicate china cup Mrs Wintern had provided. It would
- [Memoirs of a Geisha: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/memoirs-of-a-geisha-a-review/) - I watched the film of this some time ago not realising it was a book and therefore accidentally breaking my don't watch before reading rule. But I've finally read the book and having done so I'm pleased I watched the film first. The beginning of the book gives a very rich and more understandable history
- [Finding Inspiration](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/finding-inspiration/) - Life often has a way of making things feel dull, routine and just downright unfun. Even when doing the thing you love for a job sometimes it feels like a chore. The constant daily grins of meeting word counts, fixing errors and finding a way to market the books already published can be wearing despite
- [The Kingsmen: A review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-kingsmen-a-review/) - The trailer for this film made it look like it was going to be very funny so I went with my usual group of friends to see it. The film started off in the manner I expected, at least until someone was chopped in half. Then it went back to the silly gentleman spy movie
- [The Contaminants: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-contaminants-a-review/) - This book was given to me by the author, Devin K. Smyth, in return for my review of it. The cover of this book is very simple and works with the story which initially pulled me into reading something I would normally be a little wary of. It's in first person present tense which is
- [Tough Start to the Year](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/tough-start-to-the-year/) - As you've probably noticed, I've blogged very little so far this year. I've found myself rather overwhelmed. At the start of the year one of the most special members of my family passed away, my Grandma. She was almost 80, had diabetes and a few other health issues so in general terms she did quite
- [The Wonderful World of Print](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-wonderful-world-of-print/) - Recently both Sherdan's Prophecy and Sherdan's Legacy were moved over to the 2nd edition, complete with the shiny new covers. I've also recently published Sherdan's Country, the third book in the series, and that has a matching cover to the new editions. While I try to get my books in print fairly soon after the
- [Enough of the Cold](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/enough-of-the-cold/) - So it seems it's that time of year when it's cold outside and everyone is catching colds. It's almost midday and everything outside still has a layer of frost on it (which is rather pretty I suppose) and I'm curled up on the sofa under my favourite fluffy blanket. Although it's partially because it's cold
- [1984: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/1984-a-review/) - This was another bookclub book, and one I've wanted to read for a while. I'd heard lots about this book before I read it. Plenty about Big Brother and the idea of a controlled nation where no one could think for themselves but nothing quite prepared me for what I found once I read it.
- [The plan: 2015](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-2015/) - This is a little later than I hoped but it took some more tweaking to get it straight than I thought. My plan for the year. I've got quite a lot written that needs to be published and a lot of it is already with the editors so I expect there to be quite a
- [The Hobbit: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-hobbit-a-review/) - So I've finally seen all three of the films in the new Peter Jackson series, and I thought I'd make a post about what I did and didn't like. In the first film, I liked that it had a more light-hearted feel to it than the Lord of the Rings films. The chases had me
- [Entropia: A Third Year of Investing](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/entropia-a-third-year-of-investing/) - Happy New Year everyone! It seems every year at this sort of time I talk about the little investment I made in Entropia and how it's doing. The previous post on the subject is here. This year has been very exciting in that regard. I've managed to more than double the initial amount and it
- [The 21 Day Debt Revolution](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-21-day-debt-revolution/) - I grabbed this book on pre-order a week or so ago on recommendation from a friend (don't worry I'm not struggling with debt, I just believe being responsible with money is a very worthwhile task). It starts off with a bit of an explanation about the author's own situation and then a reassurance that there
- [A look back at 2014](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-look-back-at-2014/) - I know there's still a week or so of this year left but lets face it, that's not much of the year and I'm unlikely to get much done in the way of work. This year I had quite big hopes in terms of book releases both in print and ebook and I think it's
- [Great Expectations: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/great-expectations-a-review/) - This is the next of the classics books I challenged myself to read. I remember trying to read a Dickens book when I was a lot younger, although I can't remember which one it was now but this is the first time I've finished one of his stories. I found myself quite disappointed with this
- [Ebook pricing change on Amazon UK](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/ebook-pricing-change-on-amazon-uk/) - Recently the European Union decided that the way VAT was applied to a sale would change. Instead of it being the VAT of whatever country the seller is in, from January 1st it will be the VAT of whatever country the buyer is in. At the moment Amazon's UK server is hosted in luxumbourg where
- [Gone Girl: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/gone-girl-a-review/) - I read this book for my bookclub in November. I must admit we only read it because the trailer for the film made us curious. The book has a bit of a slow start and isn't quite missleading enough for you to not know what's happened, although it makes a good stab at being unobvious.
- [NaNoWriMo Update 4: 2014](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-update-4-2014/) - So it seems that I keep losing Tuesdays and always find myself thinking it's Monday until far too late to blog. I think that says a fair bit about my mental state at the moment. I have now finished the second of two Mycroft Holmes Novellas. As I suspected the second wasn't quite long enough
- [NaNoWriMo 2014: Update 3](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2014-update-3/) - So I'm almost three weeks into the month and I'm almost there. I've written a total of 49,227 words so far this month, leaving me with only 10,773 to go to hit my target. Mycroft 2 netted me 32,252 and I'm at just under 17k for Mycroft 3 so if it's as long as its
- [NaNoWriMo 2014: Update 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2014-update-2/) - It's Tuesday again and still November so I'm still busy writing away. Well actually I'm not, but that's because I've taken a day off. The second Mycroft Adventures novella is finished as of yesterday evening. I've written over thirty-two thousand words in just ten days. My aim for the month is still sixty thousand so
- [NaNoWriMo 2014 - Update 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2014-update-1/) - Well so far I'm ahead of target (although I forgot that I was meant to blog this yesterday). As of right now I'm at 13288 words and a good way of the plot into my Mycroft novella. I've also updated the side widget to show where I'm at and you can probably see that I
- [Last Day In October](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/last-day-in-october/) - So today is technically halloween, but that's not something I'm really into so sorry if people were expecting some kind of halloween thingy. I'm just not that into it. It is also the night before NaNo, so there's all that I've got to worry about too so I'm busy with last minute preparations. On top
- [How to prepare for writing lots in one month (or NaNoWriMo)](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-prepare-for-writing-lots-in-one-month-or-nanowrimo/) - Yup, it's almost that time of year again when a large chunk of the world wide writerly community goes crazy in the attempt to cram as many story telling words into one month as possible in the aim of having actually got their ideas out onto paper so they have something to work with and
- [Release day: Sherdan's Country](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/release-day-sherdans-country/) - The books is finally available, and if you were one of the people who pre-ordered it then it probably appeared on your devices sometime around midnight. It seems like it's been quite a ride with these characters and I'm a little sad to have finished the third book but I've always made it a rule
- [Ten Years In Bath, Freedom and God's Hands](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/ten-years-in-bath-freedom-and-gods-hands/) - It seems I'm coming up to (and in one case I've passed) some big anniversary markers in my life. Most people have a lot of changes in their life around the age of 18 so I'm sure I'm not the only person who finds at 28 that the last ten years has been quite a
- [The Boxtrolls: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-boxtrolls-a-review/) - This is one of those kids films that just looked too cute to ignore but I thought I'd missed it as it ws hyped majorly several months ago but then things seemed to go quiet for a while. It was done in stop motion, I think or at the least animated to look that way
- [Cruising for Inspiration](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/cruising-for-inspiration/) - A big part of being a story teller is experiencing stories and adventures, learning about other cultures and meeting new people. All of those experiences go into one big melting pot along with all the books and films to merge together and mix themselves up until the original sources of each part are barely recognisable.
- [Entropia: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/entropia-a-distraction/) - For those few people that know me they know I really love my social computer games. Mostly MMO's. Entropia is one of those MMO's that I mostly play when I feel the need to socialise but I don't actually want to physically leave my office or I wish to work at the same time (I
- [Highland Soldiers 1 - The Enemy: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/highland-soldiers-1-the-enemy-a-review/) - I picked up a copy of this romance novel when I noticed it was free on Amazon and offered to review it for the author. As the cover suggests this is a pretty typical Highlander romance story. Normally I find romances a little difficult to read as I want more to the plot than a
- [Sherdan's Country Pre-order](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-country-preorder/) - There's only 2 and a bit weeks to go until Sherdan's Country is available in ebook format. The book is available to pre-order and you can pick up the first one free here if you've not got started on the series yet. If you haven't read the previous two and don't mind some spoilerness here's
- [Guest Post: Character Spotlight](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/guest-post-character-spotlight/) - Today's blog is a guest post by Doug Solter, the author of Skid (which is free here) and the just released Skid 2: Rivals as part of his new release blog tour. So here's a spotlight with a twist on his main character, Samantha Sutton. Excerpt from the magazine article A Girl and Her Race
- [Branching Plot Novels: How-to](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/branching-plot-novels-how-to/) - Otherwise known as a Choose Your Own Adventure, although that title for them is trademarked so sometimes they're also known as a Decide Your Own Adventure, but they're all forms of Branching Plot Story. As most of you are aware, I've been writing my very own Branching plot novel and blogging it (see all the
- [Lots of New](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/lots-of-new/) - I've got quite a few new things to tell you all today. All of them very exciting. As the third Sherdan book is about to be released the first two are also moving into their second editions and as such the covers have been re-done. So here's the very lovely set of all three! For
- [Lucy: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/lucy-a-review/) - This film was one of those I'd not even heard of until the trailor came up before Guardians of the Galaxy at the cinema. It looked interesting so when I had a spare evening and noticed it was on I went to see it. I already knew that the original premise of the brain only
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 13](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-13/) - You shake your head and look down. You cannot accept his proposal when you know so little about him. At first you worry that he might not react well to the rejection but after a few seconds he shrugs and picks up his chalice. “No matter. It was worth my asking. Either way you shall
- [Alloria: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/alloria-a-review/) - This is the first book in a new series by David Staniforth and he gifted me a free copy in return for my review. Like the Fuel to the Fire series that I've also been reviewing of David's this is fantasy and starts off from the pov of a young girl who has an amulet
- [Geek of Legend - The Elvish Screwdriver: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/geek-of-legend-the-elvish-screwdriver-a-review/) - I found this book was written by the same pen name as one of the Konrath challenge books and noticed it was free for a while so I grabbed a copy. This is a really cute little book that starts with an IT tech's interview at a new job. He has no idea that the
- [Angel of the Sands: The book](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-the-book/) - I've spent the last few weeks, figuring out the plot for the rest of the story that's been blogged over the last 5-6 months and I'm finally done. I've one very large detailed outline file for the entire branching plot novel, with all its glorious options, endings and variations on the plot. The first thing
- [The Citizen: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-citizen-a-review/) - This is an ebook I was given by the author, Matthew McCollum in return for my review. This is a shorter novel told in first person present, which is handled well throughout the book, and a sort of conspiracy spy sort of story. The main character is on the run from the goernment and the
- [How to Choose a Sweetheart: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-choose-a-sweetheart-a-review/) - I was given a copy of How to Choose a Sweetheart by the author, Nigel Bird, in return for my review. This has got to be one of the most aptly titled books out there. It's a very sweet gorgeous story about Max and his journey to get over his ex girlfriend and charm the
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-12/) - Wanting to enjoy yourself you decide to ignore the Khaadain and motion for the servants nearby to bring you more food and drink instead. They soon get the meaning of your actions and another platter of spiced, roasted meat is brought to you along with a slightly less ornamental goblet. Within it is a different
- [Beat Down 1 - Clones: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/beat-down-1-clones-a-review/) - This ebook is a comedy novella by the author Chris Ward, under the pen name, Michael s. Hunter. This isn't a book that you're meant to take too seriously. The characters have larger than life personalities with sweat that's bottled and sold to power an energy drink. The main character is also the face of
- [Cutting out Wheat and Losing Weight](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/cutting-out-wheat-and-losing-weight/) - Around christmas time I finally managed to pin down my food problem to wheat. This was brilliant in several ways. Most notably, that I could finally feel totally better, but also because it turned out that cutting wheat out of my diet has led to me shedding the two stone I put on while sick
- [Girl Fights Back: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/girl-fights-back-a-review/) - This is a free ebook by Jacques Antoine, and is the first in a series of stories about the kick-ass teenager called Emily Kane. This book starts off a teensy bit on the slow side and has a slightly more omniscient narration style than I'm used to which took me a couple of chapters to
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-11/) - After a moment of her staring at you, you nod and then shake your head. She frowns, and raises her eyebrow at your motions. “I told him I'd marry him yesterday but now I'm not so sure. I think I've changed my mind.” This only deepened the woman's frown. A second later she encourages you
- [Skid 2 - Rivals: Cover Reveal](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/skid-2-rivals-cover-reveal/) - A while back I read and reviewed the very awesome book Skid, by Doug Solter. There's about to be a sequel out on September 23rd and I get to be part of the big cover reveal fun! So here it is! You can be pretty sure I'm going to be after a copy of this
- [The Wonderful World of Origami](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-wonderful-world-of-origami/) - Occasionally I decide to be creative in another way. One of these ways is origami, the very ancient Japanease art of paper folding. As a kid I did a lot of the animal folding, from the very traditional crane to the flapping bird pictured to the left. For a while that was a lot of
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 10](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-10/) - After waiting a few minutes for your servant girl to come back, you give up and encourage your horse forward yourself. You cannot wait in the shadows any longer while danger could be closing in around you. Instead you will meet whatever awaits head on. The first thing you notice are the charred remains of
- [Away With The Fairies: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/away-with-the-fairies-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this story by the author, Jenny Twist, in return for my review. This isn't the longest of stories but it is so worth the read. Mostly it's a portal fantasy and as usual it's the kids that find out about it, but it gives a wonderful new meaning to
- [Entropia investments](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/entropia-investments/) - Readers might remember that I posted a while back about an investment within the Entropia Universe gaming system. I posted after a few months, and then again after a year. After that I promptly forgot about eu and other than logging in once, not long after I moved house to check the game worked on
- [Alpha: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/alpha-a-review/) - I was gifted a copy of this ebook by the author, Taylor Hohulin in return for a review. This was another one of those gems of an ebook that make me really glad I agreed to be a reviewer. It's a sort of sci-fi novel and relatively fast paced, moving on from one event to
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 9](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-9/) - As you allow your servant to help you out of the dress and slip into the warm water you realise you've been needing something like this all day. With a sigh of relief you settle back in the tub and find it surprisingly more comfortable than it looks. Before you can even consider washing the
- [The Journals of Jacob and Hyde: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-journals-of-jacob-and-hyde-a-review/) - This is another book where the author, Randall Morris requested I take a read and review. This isn't a particularly long book, more of a novella length wise but its as long as the first installment needs to be. I like a lot of the old classics so was eager to read this more modern
- [The Bitten: An Anthology](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-bitten-an-anthology/) - I mentioned a few months ago that a really good author friend of mine was facing cancer. To support him with his book sales and help him raise some of the cash towards his medical bills I got a bunch of authors together to write an anthology of shorts based on the genre he writes
- [Dracula: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/dracula-a-review/) - This is one of those books most people probably don't expect me to have read. I don't read horror and don't tend to enjoy it, but this is a book I've just finished reading for the third time! It's amazing and not really horror in the way we think of horror today. So here's my
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 8](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-8/) - You hesitate over your reply, allowing your mind time to think over the offer. So far he has been kind to you and he did save your life. Alone in the desert you would have died. When you turn back to him, he's still gazing at you, studying your face, looking for your reaction. After
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 7](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-7/) - A few minutes drag by as you sit in the heat, fanned by a servant or slave. You're not sure which, just that they often attend you. As you feel even hotter you fidget and look at Temullgei to see if he's really sleeping or you can talk to him to distract yourself. His eyes
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 6](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-6/) - His boldness at kissing you takes you by surprise. In response you go to slap him, but he catches your wrist before you can imprint your palm across his cheek. His grip tightens around your waist, pinning you still and making you think twice about trying to hit him with the other hand. His eyes
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 5](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-5/) - You stop walking and turn to look at him, trying to make it obvious that you have something to say. “What is wrong, Angel?” he asks before you can open your mouth and speak. You frown and try to think of the best way to tell him that you're not who he thinks you are.
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 4](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-4/) - After waiting for a few minutes to see if anyone else intends to visit you for any reason you pad over to the entrance of the tent and push the flap to one side. Instantly the two muscular guards notice you and pull the opening material out of your way. With a smile of thanks
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 3](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-3/) - After a moment to consider your response, you place your hand into his and allow him to lead you through the crowds to a large deep red tent. It's one of only a few already set up and around it you see many more armed and topless men facing outwards like silent sentinels. As you
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-2/) - Not wasting time on trying to request a spoon or fork you pull your body into a semi-upright position and lift the wooden bowl to your chest. The oaty substance cools the burning skin as you scoop it up to your mouth. The first few mouthfuls barely register with your senses as you chew and
- [Angel of the Sands: Part 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/angel-of-the-sands-part-1/) - So this is my usual sharing blog and that's when I normally give you lovely readers an excerpt from one of my books soon to be released or something like that, but for a while a couple of years ago I ran through an entire novel with you all and it seemed to go down
- [Konrath Challenge Shorts: Reviews](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/konrath-challenge-shorts-reviews/) - So Joe Konrath did a challenge that I mentioned a while back in a blog post (to write a book, edit it and design its cover in less than 8 hours). I have finally got around to reading the first 5 of those that I picked up and thought I'd review them all together (I
- [My 400th Blog Post](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/my-400th-blog-post/) - I just happened to take a glance at my blog post counter a couple of weeks ago and noticed that I was very close to a multiple of a hundred and found I couldn't just ignore such a figure once I reached it. I have somehow managed to keep blogging and hit the 400 point!
- [The Edge of Tomorrow: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-edge-of-tomorrow-a-review/) - This was one of those films where the trailer looked awesome but I was mildly worried about the actual film. The groundhog day sorta plot has been used a lot and to mixed results. It's so easy to have a boring film with lots of stuff repeated too often, so I went to see this
- [The Dog Hunters: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-dog-hunters-a-review/) - I was gifted a copy of this ebook by the author, David Bell, in return for a review. When I read the prologue of this (told from the point of view of the dog) I wasn't expecting this to be 100% serious and adult, but that's normally fine. I like a good laugh as well
- [Social Media: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/social-media-a-distraction/) - This is a topic that's been well re-hashed but it's not something that particularly bothered me. For the most part facebook and twitter was something I could regularly come and go from without much of a problem, but lately I've noticed a bit of a change. I've noticed that writing at home five days a
- [The Book Thief: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-book-thief-a-review/) - This book was recommended to me several times and I noticed it had been made into a film so I grabbed it and had a read. To start with I felt the book was a little gimmicky with it being narrated by death, but it grew on me and the personality applied to death was
- [Jane Eyre: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/jane-eyre-a-review/) - Another classic has been devoured in my quest for more books. This time one of the Bronte sisters fed my addiction. I first saw Jane Eyre only a few months ago and it happened to be the version pictured to the left. Normally I try and read before I watch but teh acting was fantastic.
- [Goals, Dreams and To-do Lists](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/goals-dreams-and-to-do-lists/) - All three of the above things are a big part of being successful in any creative or business field so I thought I'd talk about all three, what they are, how they fit together and how to make the most of them, especially from a creative perspective. Dreams are the things that make us get
- [Escaping Eternity: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/escaping-eternity-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this book by the author, Lainy Lane, in return for a review. It didn't take me long to work out that this was at least inspired by a true story and I felt this added a lot to the realism of the mother's grief and pain. By far they
- [Crimson Harvest: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/crimson-harvest-a-review/) - I was gifted a copy of this ebook by Thom Mollohan in return for an honest review. I was very intrigued by the premise for this novel and the blurb: Could there be more than meets the eye in the handsome and charming Gage who has won over Heather's friend, Jillian? Sixteen-year-old Heather is a
- [The Hundred Year Wait: Cover Reveal](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-hundred-year-wait-cover-reveal/) - It's here! This is the cover for my upcoming release, The Hundred Year Wait. Synopsis: Mycroft's life is perfect, except for one small coded message he can't quite crack, but this doesn't bother him. His brother, Sherlock, has always helped out when tasks require more effort than he'd like. He'd never thought life dull, until
- [The Hundred Year Wait Release](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-hundred-year-wait-release/) - It's here! A few days earlier than planned but that can only be a good thing. I'm super excited about this one, so would love to hear what you think about it. It's a little bit of a departure from my normal work which is why it's under a pen name, but I loved the
- [Welcome to Promise City: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/welcome-to-promise-city-a-review/) - I love the tv series The 4400 and got quite upset when the writer's strike meant the series stopped with a bit of an unsatisfactory ending, so you can imagine my delight when I found there were a couple of books that continued the series. I even got excited when I saw Billy Campbell's Jordan
- [Character Spotlight: Ishtar](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-ishtar/) - This lovely elf features in For Such a Time as This, one of my not so short fantasy shorts. It's the third tale of Ethanar and although she seems like a very inconsequential elf, she's actually a very important person in a line of elves and monarchs who shape the entire world through the ages.
- [Who We Are by Boyzone](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/who-we-are-by-boyzone/) - So this is the latest single by one of my favourite boybands. I grew up listening to these Irish lads and so there's still something special when they bring out a new song, but this one, well this one's extra special. Catch it on youtube here As usual with songs it's the lyrics which really
- [Amazing Spider-Man 2: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/amazing-spider-man-2-a-review/) - You may be wondering how I can review this film when it isn't out until next week and the premier was only last night. Well, I happened to get free tickets to the premier showing. Unfortunately, not the premier showing in London, but the movie was streamed into several cinemas around the country at the
- [A Girl Named Sandy: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-girl-named-sandy-a-review/) - I've read and reviewed quite a few books by Paul Kater now and this was one of the books I was really fortunate to get to read an advanced copy of the story. The book is finally here. I've mentioned this particular book a couple of times and that it was coming as it's set
- [Knowing When to Use Each Tense and Perspective](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/knowing-when-to-use-each-tense-and-perspective/) - When starting a story it can be difficult to decide what tense and persepective to use, and as a reader it can be very confusing if you pick up a book and find it's not in the sort of style you expected, so I thought I'd talk a bit more about what to use, when
- [Captain America: The Winter Soldier: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-a-review/) - So I went to see this film at the cinema, as I usually do with Marvel films these days and I had to watch a 3d showing as my cinema didn't have a good time for the 2d ones. I want to start by saying that no other universe has been handled quite so well
- [Strays: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/strays-a-review/) - This is the first book in the Glaring Chronicles by Matthew Krause and was gifted to me in return for a review. I want to start by saying that I totally love this cover and the whole cat theme throughout the story. Here's the blurb: There are 500 million cats in the world, but some
- [Castle Clash: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/castle-clash-a-distraction/) - So I often blog about some of the games I'm playing and this is my latest little time waster. It's an android app which works very well on my tablet. The game looks a bit like this, although this is a dungeon and not your base. You have heroes and other units that you create
- [Character Spotlight: Mycroft Holmes](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-mycroft-holmes/) - This is the first time I've tried to use a character created by someone else in something I want to publish. I've played around with other characters a bit, like a brief appearance of loki in some Marvel fan fiction I started (And really need to finish), but this is the first time I've taken
- [The Kiss, An Anthology: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-kiss-an-anthology-a-review/) - So I know I wrote a story for this anthology and have been plugging it a lot recently, but I just finished reading all the other stories. I got to read many of them before they came out but a few slipped past me in the massive outpouring. There are 29 stories other than my
- [Helping a Friend and Appreciating the NHS](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/helping-a-friend-and-appreciating-the-nhs/) - I have a friend who has just been told he has cancer. This friend lives in the US and therefore doesn't have NHS health cover and as such he has a bunch of medical bills to pay, bills that really aren't cheap. This friend is Brandon Hale. He writes the very awesome Day Soldiers series
- [How to do a Character Study](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-do-a-character-study/) - This is one of my favourite past times and something I've done so much I sort of find myself doing it automatically a lot of the time. To start with, obviously, I pick a character. I try to choose one that has more than just the basic cannon to work with. Something like a Jane
- [The Lego Movie: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-lego-movie-a-review/) - I think pretty much everyone who's seen this is agreeing. It's awesome, so awesome, that 'everything is awesome! Everything is cool when you're part of a team' (yes that's the song lyrics and yes it is stuck in my head and has been since I started watching it). So you've probably gathered that I really
- [Dylan Gray & His Crew](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/dylan-gray-his-crew/) - So this is one of those blog slots where I normally share something I've been working on. The problem is, the last few weeks I've been held up with all sorts of things I can't really blog about easily. So I thought I'd talk a bit more about a world I'm in the middle of
- [12 Years a Slave: A Review and a Thought on the Ripple Effect](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/12-years-a-slave-a-review-and-a-thought-on-the-ripple-effect/) - I know it's been a while since I've reviewed a film as I chose to give the books I read a slightly higher priority, but this film is one I want people to know about. This is based on a true story of a man who was free, sold into slavery, and then spent 12
- [Book Cover Cubes](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/book-cover-cubes/) - I've just had the most amazing fan make the most amazing tribute/present for me ever. A design for a book cover cube. Doesn't it look amazing! Not only is it a really lovely thing for someone to make for me, it's exactly the sort of thing that appeals to my brain. I used to be
- [Casino Royale: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/casino-royale-a-review/) - So I love the Bond films. There's been some great ones in the years I've been alive, including the latest, Skyfall, so I jumped at the idea to read the first of the books when it was presented to me in my bookclub. What better way to appreciate Bond than read the books. It started
- [Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/tess-of-the-durbervilles-a-review/) - So this is another of those classics I attempted in an effort to make myself more cultured and well, study the people who were meant to be the greats. I just want to say, classics you are not known for your happy endings. War and Peace had a bitter sweet ending (my favourite character died).
- [Studying Other Artistic Works](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/studying-other-artistic-works/) - Probably the biggest advice given to other artists is study the art form you want to replicate. Want to write books? Then read. Want to make movies? Watch movies. Simple, well sorta. Watching, reading, going to galleries on its own isn't really enough. You've got to have your brain engaged to figure out why the
- [Three For All, And All For Free](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/three-for-all-and-all-for-free/) - Yup, that's right there's three freebies you can pick up that I want to tell you about (actually there's four but End of the Road has been free for a while now). The first is only free for a few days. Sherdan's Prophecy in kindle format is available free on all good Amazon sites until
- [Mycroft and Sherlock: Chapter 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/mycroft-and-sherlock-chapter-1/) - So I've been writing something I totally didn't plan to write lately. I got bitten by the Sherlock bug but in a new way, so here's a chapter from some fan fiction, written from Mycroft's POV. - The rain pattered on the windows as Mycroft was driven through the dreary streets of London. He frowned
- [Ashes in the Fall: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/ashes-in-the-fall-a-review/) - This fantasy novel was gifted to me by the author Christopher Martinez in exchange for my review. I want to start off by saying that I really love this cover. It's professional and really works with the topic of the story. It's got a slightly older fantasy cover feel to it but those are still
- [Life is full of Distractions](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/life-is-full-of-distractions/) - The vast majority of the time I can write and get on with my tasks no problem, but occasionally something comes along which totally distracts me in some form of another. Most of the time I blog about these distractions. Sometimes it helps me 'get over' whatever it was I found distracting. It doesn't always
- [The Story of the Mimosa: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-story-of-the-mimosa-a-review/) - This is another book I recently read by the author Paul Kater. Like most of his work it's quite quirky. In the blurb for this book it mentions that if you love Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' then you'll enjoy this one, and I'd just like to say that I completely agree. This story about
- [Character Spotlight: Marie Woodell](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-marie-woodell/) - Marie is probably the first character I really had an understanding of and is the main character of my best-selling book, With Proud Humility. I think I'm always going to have a soft spot for this character and I think, out of all of my standalone works, she's the one who most tempts me to
- [A Fire's Sacrifice](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-fires-sacrifice/) - This is my latest release and is the fifth fantasy story I've had published and is sort of the fifth tale in my Ethanar series. I say sort of because it's a loose series. All the stories are separate characters and so far separate places but they do build up the world collectively and I
- [How to Increase Your Chances of Getting Your Book Reviewed](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-increase-your-chances-of-getting-your-book-reviewed/) - I review rather a lot of books and I've had quite a number of requests from people over the years in differing places and ways. I've also sent quite a number to other bloggers and readers in various locations, so I admit this is a bit of a rant about all things book review. Most
- [The Perfect Guy: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-perfect-guy-a-review/) - This is my first review in a while (I promise I'm getting back in the habit) and was originally written for elsewhere so I've rejigged it to fit in more with the syle of review I usually do here on my own blog. But anyway, here's my review of The Perfect Guy by Ann Herrick
- [The Slave Who'd Never Been Kissed](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-slave-whod-never-been-kissed/) - As you can see from my progress bars on the right, I've got a project on there with the above title. This was one of those ideas where I had the idea, got really excited and pretty much had to write it straight away and it totally hi-jacked NaNoWriMo so I thought I'd share an
- [NaNo 2013: Update 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nano-2013-update-2/) - So it's been a while since I last blogged (read three weeks) and it's NaNo which has been fun, although really busy. First off the stuff I've been doing that's not NaNo, but still super cool.
- [NaNoWriMo 2013 - update 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2013-update-1/) - So I'm doing this challenge again, just like I did both of the previous two years. I'm writing Sherdan's Country, as you can see from the progress bars to the right. This is the third book in this series and has been very easy to write so far. I'm at 19k as of now and
- [TRC Christmas Fair](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/trc-christmas-fair/) - I often join in with TRC events to help them raise money so no surprises that I'm mentioning them again (seriously, they're awesome). This Christmas they are doing a craft fair sort of thing in Bath and I went to the same event last year and it was amazing! The venue is new but the
- [Sea of Secrets: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sea-of-secrets-a-review/) - This book was given to me by the author, Amanda DeWees in return for an honest review. Historical books are a passion of mine and this one is no different. I loved the storyline and was hooked into the character's life right from the beginning, feeling her pain and her excitement. The romance was interesting
- [Character Spotlight: Anya](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-anya/) - Anya is the secondary/supporting character in the Sherdan series. Somewhere between a third and two fifths of the chapters in the Sherdan world are from her point of view. Anya is probably the female character of mine I like the least (of the good protagonists anyway). I don't dislike her, not by a long way,
- [NaNoWriMo Prep](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-prep-2/) - Yup, it's almost that time of the year again. In just over two weeks I'm going to be trying to National Novel Writer's Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge of 50k words of a new novel in one month. I'm actually going to aim for 60k as I've done 50k the last two years and want it to
- [Rowan in the Oak Tree: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/rowan-in-the-oak-tree-a-review/) - I grabbed a copy of this eBook when it was free about four months ago as I was intrigued by the blurb. This book made me very sad. It's a great little story and very well written but it doesn't have a happy ending. It's a tough subject to write about but this is one
- [Sherdan's Legacy](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-legacy/) - The eBook of this sequel to Sherdan's Prophecy was published recently so I thought I'd share a chapter from it so you could have a read. If you've not read the first book yet you can do so on my blog here. - Sleep was caught in snatches for Anya over the next few hours.
- [A Storm of Swords: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-storm-of-swords-a-review/) - This is the third book in the Song of Ice and Fire series (otherwise known as the Game of Thrones books) by George R. R. Martin and is so huge they had to split it into two volumes to print it economically. So I enjoyed the first book, liked the second one a little bit
- [Why My Books Are My Babies](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/why-my-books-are-my-babies/) - I know thinking of books as babies is a rather odd concept but bear with me while I explain. To start with, the ideas come to me in a small form, often only snippets of what they are going to grow to be and it can take a while for them to fully form. Some
- [The Liar and Other Stories: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-liar-and-other-stories-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this eBook by the author, Matthew W. McFarland in return for a review. I really enjoyed the stories in this collection. I think The Liar was my favourite. I didn't see the end coming at all. If possible I think this collection was even better than the last one
- [Character Spotlight: Sherdan](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-sherdan/) - This is one of my special characters. I love all my characters but a few always stick out in my head and this is one of those. He's my first male leading character and although he's far from perfect he's still one of my favs. I have two books out with him in now and
- [Gaming Apps](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/gaming-apps/) - These have got to be some of the biggest distractions in the modern world. It's so easy to think 'I'll just play this for five more minutes' or 'I'll just do one more race' and over an hour later you're still not writing but playing apps on your phone or tablet. Despite knowing this I
- [Ruler's Desire: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/rulers-desire-a-review/) - I was given an ebook copy of this story by the author, David Staniforth in return for my review. I reviewed the first book in the series here. The book starts almost exactly where the previous one left off and doesn't give you that much back story so really don't read these out of order.
- [New Stuff in the Sherdan World](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/new-stuff-in-the-sherdan-world/) - The anthology I was part of recently has finally been made free on Amazon.co.uk, so all those kindle readers out there can grab a copy and check out the 30+ authors contained therein. In this collection I've got a short story about Sherdan and some of the people close to him, called Sherdan's Road. It's
- [While Snowbound: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/while-snowbound-a-review/) - This ia a romance novel by Anna J. McIntyre and don't think it's an erotica, it's not. I decided to read and review this book after reading a one star review that left me curious about a book really being that bad. I can safely say it wasn't. I loved it and didn't put it
- [My Writing Method](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/my-writing-method/) - This blog was partially inspired by the blog of a friend. All writers seem to do things differently and it can take a while to find what's best for each person sometimes so I thought I'd share how I write and see if it helps anyone else. And those who are curious about my working
- [Covert Dreams: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/covert-dreams-a-review/) - I picked up a free copy of this ebook on Amazon so I could review it. This is another book I felt privelidged to be able to review. I was hooked from the beginning and read it all in one gulp. The characters were really interesting and there were plenty of twists and turns to
- [Craft Extraordinaire](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/craft-extraordinaire/) - Normally in this scheduled blog post I share something I’m up to with you all but today I’d like to share somethings I’ve not made but purchased from some other amazing creative peeps. The first has been mentioned a few times on facebook and is one of the best purchases I think I’ve ever made,
- [Humour, pen names and server moves](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/humour-pen-names-server-moves/) - Things have been a bit hectic the last few days and my website and all my e-mail has been moving server so blogging didn't happen much last week (sorry about that). It will now resume from today although this post is more an amalgamation of all sorts of things (I will hopefully blog again later
- [Few are Chosen: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/few-are-chosen-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this book by the author,M. T. McGuire, in exchange for a review. As this book is a bit out there, let me post the blurb for it: The Pan of Hamgee isn’t paranoid. There must be some people in K’Barth who aren’t out to get him it’s just that,
- [Ideas, Inspiration and The End of the World](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/ideas-inspiration-and-the-end-of-the-world/) - At the moment I'm trying my best to get The Fire of Winter finished. I originally expected it to be about 100-110k long. Definitely the longest I've ever written but it just keeps getting longer, as you can see from the progress bar, I'm now estimating a good bit more. The biggest problem with a
- [Wolverine: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/wolverine-a-review/) - I know this isn't going to be out at the cinema much longer but I've not reviewed a film in ages despite seeing quite a few (they're on their way, honest) So the trailor for this film implied that wolverine was headed to Japan cause he was restless and didn't quite know what he was
- [Character Spotlight: Christopher](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-christopher/) - This is a character how actually appears in a lot of my works although he goes unnamed in several. He's sort of like an Angel but has a brief time on earth as a Nepharil in Innocent Hearts. I've always been a little unsure exactly what I wanted to do with this character and it's
- [Deadly Eyes: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/deadly-eyes-review/) - I was given a copy of this book by the author Michael Meyer in exchange for a review. And I'm so glad I was. This is another of those books that I really loved getting the opportunity to read. The locations were described well and the details given bit by bit to build the picture
- [DRM, Copyright and eBooks](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/drm-copyright-and-ebooks/) - There's been a lot of talk lately to do with DRM on ebooks. This mostly comes about because self-publishing authors get the choice to DRM their kindle books on amazon or not as they see fit. However, there seems to be some beffudlement as to what DRM actually is and does and how this works
- [End of the Road: Anthology Release](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/end-of-the-road-anthology-release/) - A few months back I got the opportunity to submit a short story on the theme 'End of the Road' to a group of fantastic authors and the ebook is now out! Blurb - Roads end. They begin somewhere, too. In between, all manner of things happen: friendship, betrayal, horror and maybe even joy. For
- [Anna Karenina: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/anna-karenina-a-review/) - Yup, another classic book that I've managed to read. This one did take about six months but I got there in the end. I just want to say that the first half of this book is a tough slog and although I gave it 5 stars I did struggle to finish this book thanks to
- [Fuel to the Fire: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/fuel-to-the-fire-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this book by the author David Staniforth a few months back for me to review, and I'm so glad he did. This is one very awesome story. I loved how description and world details were fed through piece at a time and how it kept the pace nice and
- [Holiday, Birthdays and Wedding Anniversary](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/holiday-birthdays-and-wedding-anniversary/) - Yup, all those are pretty much current right now. As I said last week it was my birthday, It's also been my husband's birthday and yesterday was our wedding anniversary. We decided we'd be on holiday for all of them this year so this won't be much of a blog update I'm afraid. I'm in
- [For Such a Time as This + Free Stuff](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/for-such-a-time-as-this/) - It's my birthday today! Yup I have one of those things too. It's the one day where I like getting attention and all that sort of stuff, but in true hobbit style I'm giving stuff away today, you know the sort of present like stuff. The first of the things I'm giving away today is
- [The Bones of Others: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-bones-of-others-a-review/) - I was gifted a copy of this book by the author, Vickie McKeehan, in return for a review. From the blurb of this book I was expecting a trafficking mystery that focused on the rescue of the victims and finding them. This made me really eager to read this book as I have a large
- [Inspector Zhang Gets His Wish: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/inspector-zhang-gets-his-wish-a-review/) - I picked this short story up on amazon as I've been wanting to try this author, Stephen Leather, for a while. I have to admit it took me a while to decide what I thought of it. The character, Inspector Zhang, is quite quirky, but in a fairly stereotypical way. He reminded me a fair
- [How to make the most of your writing time](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-writing-time/) - Often in the early stages of a writing career, and sometimes even in later stages, there can be a lot of demands on your time. This often results in reduced writing time. When you've not got long to write you don't want to be wasting it by not writing, so I thought I'd explain some
- [A-Team: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-team-a-review/) - I've been reviewing rather a lot of Liam Neeson films lately so I thought I'd dig out some of his older films and re-watch those with the intention to review so here's the film based on the 80's TV series. This is one of those films where you expect a lot of explosions and stuff
- [Character Spotlight: Wahanui Huatare](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-wahanui-huatare/) - There are actually two characters with this name in my historical adventure novel, Chains of Freedom, so we'll talk about both of them. They both belong to the same tribe in New Zealand which is where they get their surname. Huatare is the name of the tribe and would have been the second name of
- [Fracture: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/fracture-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this book by the author, D. D. Chant to review. It's the first book in the Chronicles of Discord series. I totally loved this book! There were a few tiny niggles so I will start with those and get them out the way. Firstly there was the same omnipresent
- [Changes](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/changes/) - I've been blogging for well over two years now and I've decided that I want to change things around a bit. Since the beginning I've been blogging once every three days and writing all sorts of blogs in a sort of revolving pattern. From now on I'm going to try blogging twice a week, on
- [Location Spotlight: Catalpa](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/location-spotlight-catalpa/) - This is the name of Captain Alexander Hayes' first ship and is loosely based on the ship, HMS Surprise in the series by Patrick O'Brian. This is the floor plan for the HMS Surprise as put together by the lovely people here which I studied about six years ago to help me get a feel
- [Knowing When to Break the Rules](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/knowing-when-to-break-the-rules/) - When it comes to writing anything there are rules. Grammar rules, spelling rules, style rules, layout rules, format rules and all sorts of other rules to do with genres, characters etc. The first hurdle is learning all these rules but if all of them were obeyed 100% of the time the books, films, poems and
- [Marvel fan fiction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/marvel-fan-fiction/) - I recently had an idea for a new superhero that could be easily set in the Marvel universe and shortly after that had a creation idea for her, so I thought over the next little while I could try and write some fan fiction. I'm not going to write huge amounts but I'm going to
- [Unstoppable: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/unstoppable-a-review/) - I saw the trailor for this and noticed it had the actor who played Kirk in the rebooted Star Trek series and Denzel Washington and thought it might be worth watching. As you can see from the picture here this is all about stopping a runaway train. This was actually based on a true story,
- [A Good Day to Die Hard: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-good-day-to-die-hard-a-review/) - I went to see this one at the cinema as part of this years massive run of films but forgot to review it until now. Yes that does actually say a lot about this film already. Unfortunately it was rather forgettable. Let's face it, none of the die hard films have been amazing (except for
- [Star Trek, Into Darkness: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/star-trek-into-darkness-a-review/) - This is one of the many films on my list to see at the cinema this year. It's the second of the new sort of rebooted star trek films and I loved the first so here's what I thought. It started right in the mdidle of some action which is always a good sign for
- [Kindle Fire giveaway](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/kindle-fire-giveaway/) - The Indiethon.com website is doing a kindle fire giveaway this month, which also includes some ebooks from my collection, to the right there. There are many different ways to enter and all are managed by the very lovely program/website/tool/thing called rafflecoptor. It walks you through what you need to do to be entered (including liking
- [Calling vs Career](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/calling-vs-career/) - This has been a pretty hot topic in my life recently and I've had a lot of people giving me advice on what to do in certain situations regarding writing over the last few months. After a while I realised that, whenever I got two opposing sets of recommendations for what to do and how
- [Iron Man 3: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/iron-man-3-a-review/) - I was very excited about this film coming out as I loved the Avengers and mostly thanks to Iron Man, so here's what I thought of this latest Marvel epic. The trailor made out that this was going to be quite a dark film, with no way near as much one liners and lots of
- [The Plan: May 2013](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-may-2013/) - And another month bites the dust! April felt like it flew by for me and March too (I know it's been two months since I did one of these) I got up to all sorts in the last two months, most notably I finished the first draft of Sherdan's Legacy so that has now entered
- [How to Make a Hand-Bound Book: Part 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-make-a-hand-bound-book-part-1/) - I have been making hand-written and hand-bound version of some of my stories lately to both sell and giveaway as prizes. I thought I'd run through how I do it so others can follow suit. The first part is finding the right paper. For the latest one I made I bought parchment paper in A4
- [Character Spotlight: Cathal](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-cathal/) - For this character spotlight I thought I'd focus on my dragon, Cathal. He's one of the two POV's in the short story Wandering to Belong. As usual I will try to keep spoilers to a minimum but if you've not read the story you may wish to before reading this. Because the story mostly focuses
- [The Promise: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-promise-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this novel by the author in return for my honest opinion of it. It's the first book in the Lady Quill Chronicles. Let me start by saying I love the olde worlde sort of setting so I was fairly sure I'd enjoy this book and enjoy it I did.
- [Broken City: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/broken-city-a-review/) - I was given a copy of this book by the author, D. D. Chant, in return for a review. I really enjoyed the setting on this book and the tribe like structure of the world. Post apocalyptic novels fascinated me in the way so many authors can write such a similar theme in so many
- [Writer's block](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writers-block/) - I've been asked quite a few times what I think of writer's block and how often I get it so I thought I'd post about it on my blog. I don't actually believe in writer's block as such. I actually just think one of two things happens. We either get worn out creatively and need
- [Dark days, The Long Road Home: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/dark-days-the-long-road-home-a-review/) - This is the first book out by the author L. M. May and I was gifted a copy in return for my honest review, so here's my thoughts. This was one of those books I thought I'd like when reading the blurb and I was right. It's standard end of the world fiction with a
- [A Story Of How God Changed My Life](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-story-of-how-god-changed-my-life/) - As some of my readers are aware I'm a Christian. I have been since October 26th 2004 at approximately 9:50pm. I go to church almost every Sunday and often both the morning and evening service. Over the last eight and a half years I've seen some pretty amazing things happen. There have been healings, encounters
- [Character Spotlight: Alexander Hayes](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-alexander-hayes/) - Also known as Captain Hayes, this is the male counterpart character in With Proud Humility. As I said with the last one of these I did. If you haven't read the book already it might be worth checking it out at the above link. I will try to keep spoilers at a minimum but the
- [Character Spotlight: Bronwen](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-spotlight-bronwen/) - I thought I'd spice up my sharing blogs a bit. For ages they've been excerpts from my books or other creative endeavours. I've never really written anything especially for these blogs, just showcased something I'd already made. I'd like to try something new in every other sharing blog, so once every 24 days roughly I
- [Regrets](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/regrets/) - I recently read a blog by author Bobbi Holmes about death and she mentioned that it had made her wonder if family of deceased authors read the books they wrote because they realise the author has left something of themselves behind. It made me think, especially about the idea that something of us goes into
- [What Happened in Witches Wood: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/what-happened-in-witches-wood-a-review/) - This book was given to me by the author in return for a review. I totally loved the book before this in the series, A Class Apart, and was thrilled when the author, Stephen Henning said I'd be welcome to have this one as well. It's even better than the first and continues on pretty
- [The Tourist: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-tourist-a-review/) - I finally succumbed and checked out what was meant to be one of the worst Johnny Depp movies of all time. I wasn't totally thrilled when I heard the news Depp and Jolie were going to be working together. They're both pretty amazing in the sorts of films they normally do together and I just
- [Location Spotlight: Southstoke](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/location-spotlight-southstoke/) - In Sherdan's Prophecy I mention that Sherdan and Anya head to a small village off the south of Bath to enjoy a picnic together, this village is Southstoke. During the book I happen to mention they sit down on the ground in front of a stone bench, set into the hillside. The picture above is
- [The Palaver Tree: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-palaver-tree-a-review/) - I grabbed this book a few months ago and offered to review it for the author, so here's what I thought. I'm so glad I picked up the book. Really so glad. Other than the setting of this book I'm not sure the cover and title quite do this book justice. This is one of
- [Wandering to Belong](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/wandering-to-belong/) - Now that Sherdan's Prophecy has all been blogged I'll be returning this slot to sharing something I've been working on in one of the many different creative fields I like messing around in, so here's a sample from my most recent release, Wandering to Belong. - The flickering lanterns and torches of the small village
- [The Invention of Lying: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-invention-of-lying-a-review/) - This was one of those films I wasn't sure about watching when I saw the trailors. I'm just not sure they quite sold what the film really was, but when I noticed it was being shown on TV I thought it would be worth a viewing. This was a funny film, as to be expected
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 39](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-39/) - Sherdan couldn't say how long he had cried over Anya's letter. The whole evening passed in a blur of re-reading the same painful words and trying to get Anne to leave him alone and go home. Now and then, the tears gave way to angry outbursts where he cursed Anya for coming to see him
- [Good, Clean, Murder: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/good-clean-murder-a-review/) - I've read a couple of books by this author and when I saw she was releasing another book I just had to pick this one up and help support her launch. I picked this book up in the morning and didn't put it down again, except to fix some breakfast, until I'd read the whole
- [The Plan: March 13](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-march-13/) - Last Month February actually went pretty much to plan! Yes, I am aware of how rare this is. The life of a creative is never dull but rarely is it planned too. I spent most of the month sitting down writing Sherdan's Legacy, to the point of being very close to finishing. I think I've
- [The Plan: February 13](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-february-13/) - So it seems my plans for this year were derailed slightly already. Last month I didn't get sat down to plan a marketing strategy or anything quite so sensible. Instead I found my self having three new ideas, one of which I started writing immediately and have already finished. Yup that's right, I dropped everything
- [Moving House](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/moving-house/) - Yup, that's right. I'm on the move. Well, hopefully. At this point we've had our chain completed. We've accepted an offer on our flat, made an offer on the house we like and they've also now found somewhere they'd like to move to. So solicitors are all churning through paperwork. Thankfully, we've got an amazingly
- [Learning the Craft of Writing](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/learning-the-craft-of-writing/) - A lot of people start out on the journey of writing a book and never finish and I've talked about the things I often do to help myself finish the things I start, but today I want to talk about the next stage. Often when the very first story is finished it's not that great,
- [Wreck It Ralph: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/wreck-it-ralph-a-review/) - I'm a bit of a computer game geek so was pretty thrilled when a new film was announced about the bad guy in an aracde game no longer wanting to be a bad guy. This was one of those films I made sure I saw in the cinema, although I do want to have a
- [The Moon Dwellers: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-moon-dwellers-a-review/) - I was given a free copy of this Young Adult Sci-Fi ebook by the author David Estes in return for my review. It's taken me a little while to figure out exactly what I think of this book. I got into the storyline very quickly and adore the characters, even though I feel a little
- [State of Play: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/state-of-play-a-review/) - This was one of those films that I only really watched because I was tired, it was late but not too late and I wanted to curl up on the sofa with something to do. I vaguely remember hearing about it when it came out but it was not advertised quite enough to catch my
- [Knowing which ideas to write: How-to](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/knowing-which-ideas-to-write-how-to/) - I always get far more ideas than I will ever have time to write. In the last year alone I've had the ideas for an epic fantasy series (the Winter series I've already begun), the plots for the second and third book in the Sherdan series, two more sci-fi ideas, a modern romance/mystery idea, an
- [Finding Good Books to Read: How-To](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/finding-good-books-to-read-how-to/) - This was a topic requested in my comments a while back. I said I'd do it so here it is. Good books can come from all sorts of places so I thought I'd share some of the ways I find the next books for my to-read list. The first way has to be recommendations. Books
- [They Won't Be Missed: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/they-wont-be-missed-a-review/) - This book was suggested to me by the author when I mentioned I did book reviews on my blog so I downloaded the sample and checked it out. I was less than half way through the sample before I knew I had to get the rest of this book and find out what happened, and
- [The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-a-review/) - This is the third and currently final film being made in this series (even though there are seven books). This time only Lucy and Edmund go to Narnia (along with cousin Eustace) and the elder Pevensie children are in the US with mum and dad, doing something important. This is also the first time we
- [Prince Caspian: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/prince-caspian-a-review/) - This is the second film they made in the Narnia series and features the actor who made his first major film debut in Stardust a few years before. I loved the start of this film, back in the real world and the London Underground system. Susan has started taking an interest in boys, although only
- [The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-a-review/) - I've recently aquired the third film in this set so I thought I'd run through all of them so far over the next few weeks (new releases at cinema may be interspersed, depending on how many I get to go see). This is the first film Hollywood made of the seven book series and the
- [Les Miserables: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/les-miserables-a-review/) - I finally got the chance to go see this film at the cinema and went with two of my girl friends on a girl date. The film started with a very intense scene where Hugh Jackman's character was a slave under the watchful scrutiny of Russel Crowe's character. The animosity between these two could be
- [Nation: A review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nation-a-review/) - This is one of few books recently by Terry Pratchett that's not part of the Discworld series. The usual amazing humour of Pratchett comes out straight away in this novel and it's easy to fall in love with the quirky larger than life characters. The main character Mau, comes back from his manhood right of
- [Charity Abseil: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/charity-abseil-a-distraction/) - My usual distractions from writing usually include games, deep philosophical thoughts and conversations with other people on the internet (usually facebook). This one is a little out of the ordinary. Saturday the 9th of february I'm abseiling about 200 feet down Avon gorge in Bristol for the Trauma Recovery Centre in Bath. I've mentioned these
- [A Class Apart: A review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-class-apart-a-review/) - I was given copy of this eBook free in return for a review. It's the first book by the author Stephen Henning and also the first in the Class Heroes series. When I opened myself up for people to request reviews from me I was a little worried I'd get spammed with all sorts of
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 38](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-38/) - Anya lazed in bed for some time after Sherdan had left for work. His final few words echoed around her head. He still thought she was everything he needed and that he could provide everything required to heal her and make her happy. She knew she could only find that in God. He would be
- [What do you want to know?](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/what-do-you-want-to-know/) - This is normally my how-to slot in my blogging calendar and seeing as it's a new year I thought I'd ask what how-to's you lovely readers might like. So far they've varied from t-shirt designing to all sorts of different writing topics and even a few on deeper topics like changing the world. Is there
- [Fifty/Fifty and other Stories: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/fiftyfifty-and-other-stories-a-review/) - This ebook was gifted to me by the author Matthew McFarland in return for a review. There are several reflective and thought provoking short stories in this collection and I have to admit it threw me at first. When I think of good short stories I think of action packed scenes or spine tingling moments.
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 37](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-37/) - Lifting up his hand, Sherdan stroked the hair off Anya's face. She'd not been asleep long but he was relieved she was. He pondered over the day's events as he gazed at her peaceful face. She'd saved his life, using her ability. He couldn't help but wonder if it did have something to do with
- [Entropia Land Deeds: A Year's Worth of Investment](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/entropia-land-deeds-a-years-worth-of-investment/) - Just over a year has gone by since Land Deeds were introduced to Entropia. I've had one since the beginning and kept track of the returns. I did a post a while back on the early returns so I thought I'd post about the first year's worth of investment. In the first 52 weekly payments
- [Seven Stories High + Dolphins and Bananas: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/seven-stories-high-dolphins-and-bananas-a-review/) - I was asked to review both these collections of short stories by the same author, Alex South so I thought I'd put both there reviews into one blog post. Seven Stories High: There were seven shorts in this collection (hence the name) and I munched through the first collection of short stories without stopping and
- [Storykeeper: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/storykeeper-a-review/) - I was gifted a copy of this eBook in return for a review. This is a historical American Indian novel based on some scrolls that were found and translated from the native language. I studied this area of American history in school and while it was quite a number of years ago now it still
- [New Year and a New Plan](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/new-year-and-a-new-plan/) - Happy New Year everyone! Yes I know it's a little late now. I've been a little busy. I know I haven't done my usual start of the month blog since September. I didn't see much point doing one for November and I plain forgot about December until it was a bit too late. This month
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 34](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-34/) - Sherdan poured himself into his work that evening. Every time he pulled another few bricks out of Anya's walls she retreated from him or got angry. Now she'd started reading the Bible in front of him and the message was clear: she wanted him to back off because she was a well behaved Christian girl
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 36](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-36/) - Anya could hardly breathe as she walked up the flights of stairs to her room. She had finally gone to bed after the amazing evening with Sherdan. He had been the perfect gentleman and not pushed her for anything further, but she had retreated anyway. Had she stayed any longer, she may have offered him
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 33](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-33/) - The nightmares had greatly diminished since Anya had been given her pet, Antonio. Sherdan had surprised her with the gift but it had been the perfect choice. It had almost torn down her guard completely and she'd had to remind herself that Sherdan had tortured her for several days. Several time now he had said
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 35](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-35/) - The evening passed at a rapid pace before Sherdan's eyes. He didn't want to stop being with Anya. He was neglecting all the work he needed to do in favour of talking to her and he didn't care. "When did you become a Christian?" he asked. She paused looking thoughtful. "I had been brought up
- [Taken 2: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/taken-2-a-review/) - More Liam Neeson! And yes that does pretty much sum up this film. Liam Neeson, looking fantastically bad-ass and lots of people trying to get to him because they want revenge. To be fair the plot really lacks but Liam does a good job with what he's been given. His action is top notch and
- [Taken: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/taken-a-review/) - Anti-trafficking is a cause that's very close to my heart. I gave half the rights to Innocent Hearts to a local charity that helps with the aftercare of trafficking victims as well as providing support for any child who's gone through trauma. So you can imagine my excitment at finding out there was a hollywood
- [The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-a-review/) - So I eagerly went to see this film, trying really hard not to let the hype of this being another epic from Peter Jackson automatically make the film a dissapointment (films rarely live up to the hype of a trilogy where we've forgotten all the not so good bits and made the predecessors into the
- [War & Peace: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/war-peace-a-review/) - I started this very epic novel about March/April last year and managed to finish it in December, which resulted in me proudly letting everyone know on facebook and twitter. Here's a few of my thoughts on this 550k (that's 100k words longer than lord of the rings) epic russian novel. It probably took me about
- [Christmas](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/christmas/) - I like Christmas and it's only one week to go or seven sleeps as people keep saying. The big problem I find, however, is I don't get much work done in December. Planning for Christmas actually takes a lot of time each year. There's all the present buying (which I usually quite enjoy), wrapping, putting
- [Skyfall: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/skyfall-a-review/) - This is the third James Bond film with Daniel Craig as the main character and it came out to celebrate 50 years since the first ever bond film. For a series where there's no logical explanation why the Bond character changes appearance every now and then it's doing remarkably well with it's format and I
- [Butterfly Porcupine: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/butterfly-porcupine-a-review/) - I was given this Young adult ebook by Susan Francis to review, so here's what I think. The book started off following Tasha as she got ready for her prom at the end of high school in Trinidad. It talked of them all saying goodbye and laid the groundwork of the book and the plot
- [Conflict: How to Create it](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/conflict-how-to-create-it/) - Yes I know that conflict is not something most people want more of, especially at this time of year, thankfully I'm talking more about writing stories than I am about real life. Conflict keeps books moving and keeps readers interested in what's before them. That person trying to split up the two love-birds or that
- [Skid: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/skid-a-review/) - I was given a free copy of the ebook version of Skid by Doug Solter in return for my review. This is about a teenager called Samantha who has grown up spending a lot of time behind the wheel of a racing car. She's got lots of experience and had an encouraging father. In every
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 31](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-31/) - The smile plastered on Sherdan's face said everything as he waited for Anya to come back. He'd just told Anne and had a small picnic thrown together to put in his car. Mostly wine and nibbles. He'd also informed his security that they were going out. He didn't have to wait too long before Anya
- [NaNoWriMo 2012: Update 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2012-update-2/) - It's the 26th of November so time for update 2 (yes I know this was due two days ago and the really observant of you saw this go live as a blank post on Saturday. I forgot about it until too late to do anything about it on Sunday) So far I’ve managed a total
- [NaNoWriMo 2012: Update 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-2012-update-1/) - I can hardly believe we're 12 days into November already. So far I've managed a total of 30,154 words, comprising of over 13 chapters and 43 A4 pages of text. In the first week of Nano novelling I managed to write 21,742 words, about 2k more than I wrote in the first week last year.
- [Artistic creativity vs logical creativity](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/artistic-creativity-vs-logical-creativity/) - This is one of those subjects I've debated several times in person and one that was struck up by some friends recently on twitter. I chose not to really get involved on twitter as I hate debating on such a limited social network but I am not great at leaving this topic of conversation alone.
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 32](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-32/) - Anya didn't leave her room for breakfast while Sherdan was about the following morning. He went over to the compound with a sad weight on his heart. He'd have to hope she was more open again that evening. Women were so fickle. There was plenty of work to do, however. The shelters at all the
- [Balancing Mercy and Justice](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/balancing-mercy-and-justice/) - This has been brought up a lot recently in my life and it has made me think a lot about whether I am any good at getting this balance right. Unfortunately I really don't think I am. I often find myself saying that justice is important and we should all face the consequences of our
- [How to write helpful reviews](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-write-helpful-reviews/) - Review writing is getting more and more common for the average person with sites like amazon and goodreads for books, imdb for films and lets not forget blogs and social networking but what kind of reviews actually help people? For starters, reviews can actually be quite a subjective thing. We all have very differing opinions
- [The Real Steel: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-real-steel-a-review/) - I totally loved the trailor for this film, I mean fighting robots and Hugh Jackman, who wouldn't? A friend love filmed the blu-ray so we watched it as a group one lazy Sunday afternoon. It was really interesting watching Hugh Jackman play a really not so nice father and ex husband. The trailor didn't imply
- [The Bourne Legacy: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-bourne-legacy-a-review/) - This is the fourth film in the Bourne series although it doesn't actually feature Bourne except for one instance where they show a photo of him taken from the passport in the first film and a couple of mentiones of his name. The film follows on pretty much from where the third left off and
- [Happy Feet 2: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/happy-feet-2-a-review/) - I really wanted to go see this film at the cinema after the amazingness of the first but I didn't get the chance. I watched the blu-ray of this as soon as I could get ahold of a copy. This has pink as the voice of Gloria from the first but otherwise the actors in
- [Ice Age 4: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/ice-age-4-a-review/) - Ice age 4: Continental drift is the next one in the series. Not that there is really that much ice left but science isn't really the strong point of this series anyway. The third one of the set was my favourite so far and unfortunately I didn't think this one was quite as good. Now
- [The Perks of Being a Wallflower: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-a-review/) - I got to see this at the cinema, yay! (I much prefer seeing films at the cinema even if it is far too expensive without Orange Wednesdays) Ignoring the horrible green wall colour in the background here are the amazingly stunning cast of this film. It's based on a book by the same guy who
- [Mockingjay: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/mockingjay-a-review/) - This is the third and final book in the Hunger Games series. I've reviewed the previous two books recently so here's what I think of this one. This book started almost exactly where the previous one left off rather than having a gap like the second did before it started. Katniss is the main focus
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 30](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-30/) - Anya hadn't known what to make of Sherdan that evening. Her heart had skipped a beat when he'd asked to see her artwork and two more when he'd requested a portrait. She'd almost said yes before it occurred to her that, with a possible case of Stockholm syndrome, incorporating him into her artwork would be
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 29](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-29/) - The hostess encouraged people into their seats as Sherdan moved to the front of the train. He would need to change into a drivers uniform and alight with the driver. He didn't want to raise suspicion too soon. The driver was none other than the man who'd picked Sherdan up on his last train journey.
- [Catching Fire: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/catching-fire-a-review/) - This is the second book in the hunger games trilogy It starts a few months after the last one and goes through the after affects of the first and katniss' reaction to everything that has happened. It follows a pretty similar plot formula to the first but thankfully doesn't over describe anything already talked about
- [The Plan: October 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-october-12/) - Last Month It's hard to believe another month has flown by already but it has so here's the bullet list for last month. Typed 16k of the latest WIP The Fire of Winter (Was Lady Winter) Finished off Chains of Freedom for print Spent approx 10 hours working for red feather writing Spent approx 20
- [Creating a Fantasy World](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/creating-a-fantasy-world/) - Ever since reading Lord of the Rings as a child I have always wanted to create my own special fantasy world with my own races and monsters. Recently with my Winter series I've been doing just that. Making a fantasy world involves lot sof different aspects to make it believable and I've got spreadsheets and
- [The Hunger Games: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-hunger-games-a-review/) - I finally caved in to the amount of people telling me I should read this book and borrowed the trilogy from my mum. I already had some expectations from the few things people had told me. Mostly that although kids killed other kids it was about something deeper than that and much more character and
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 28](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-28/) - Sherdan sat in his chair at the command centre. He thought everything was going well, if a little slower than he'd like. He watched the screens at the end of the room as he usually did. It didn't give anyway near as much information as he wanted but for now it was the best they
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 27](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-27/) - Nathan was just the right man to head the first few hours of the day's plans. He had joined the security teams on the ground as soon as he'd finished another night shift at the main house. He was tired but knew Sherdan had entrusted him with an important mission. People would need to be
- [Halloween: the good, the bad and the ugly](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/halloween-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/) - Yes folks, it's halloween today. The one major holiday in the UK I don't really celibrate. Now don't get me wrong, I like an excuse to eat chocolate but this celebration just doesn't sit right with me. The good There are some good things that come from people celebrating Halloween so I thought I would
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 26](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-26/) - Anya lay awake for many hours that night. She wasn't happy and had been having increasingly worse nightmares. She still felt afraid that Sherdan would revert back to being nasty again. He often got angry when she expressed her disapproval and also grew frustrated at they way she kept him at arms reach. Her feelings
- [Eminent Domain: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/eminent-domain-a-review/) - This is the next book in the series by Traci Hilton and follows on from Foreclosed which I reviewed a while back. It follows on pretty much where the previous left off and follows Mitzy in her life as a real estate agent and what happens to the house she had acquired at the end
- [Total Recall: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/total-recall-a-review/) - This is a remake of a 1990's film of the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The original was okay, a bit weird and the effects for when they couldn't breath were funny rather than scary but it was a decent enough plot I watched it happily. It was a typical Arnie action film for most
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 25](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-25/) - Later that afternoon Anya disturbed Sherdan. She had been watching TV since before the broadcast. He put down his laptop and followed her. The Prime Minister was doing a speech outside number ten. "Dr Sherdan Harper is nothing more than a terrorist." He paused to look up from his notes before looking back at the
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 24](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-24/) - "Sherdan, are you there sir?" the radio squawked, breaking through Sherdan's dreamless sleep. At first he couldn't place what had disturbed him. "Sherdan, sir, please respond." He grabbed the radio. "I'm here, what is it?" "We're being attacked sir, you're needed in the command bunker." He was out of bed before the sentence had been
- [The Plan: September 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-september-12/) - Last Month I only worked about half this month with all the holidays and time I had to take off for one thing or another so I won't bother with the standard bullet list of what I got up to last month. Mostly I wrote another 16k ish of my latest novel Lady Winter, although
- [Read all about it: The song that stopped me working.](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/read-all-about-it-the-song-that-stopped-me-working/) - Emeli Sande sang this song at the olympic closing ceremony and until then I'd never heard it but one day when I was about to get into writing I decided to play the song and have a listen. I was looking for a bit of inspiration to write. Unfortunately it actually had the opposite effect.
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 23](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-23/) - Sherdan picked up the phone and tapped in Mark Jones' number. He went through the same hassle of having to get approval from the first voice on the phone before he could get through to the Prime Minister himself. "Dr Harper! Have you phoned to surrender?" "Quite the opposite, to negotiate on the release of
- [Talented: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/talented-a-review/) - I picked this book up on goodreads free in exchange for a review. This is a sci-fi/ fantasy book with a bit of mystery/thriller thrown in for good measure by Sophie Davis. I really liked the main character of this book, Talia. She was a tough chick and perfectly kick-ass. I also thought the plot
- [Tolkien and the world he created](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/tolkien-and-the-world-he-created/) - Now I'm finally writing my own fantasy I'm spending more time looking at the lovely world created by Tolkien. He was a very brilliant man and a genius in his own field of linguistics. Occasionally if you're looking for it you will see his name along side others on particular translations of the Bible. Lord
- [Olympics](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/olympics/) - I know this could be considered a little late but I thought I'd give my opinion on the Olympics this year, considering that my country were the hosts too. First off there was that opening ceremony. This was the part most of our country was worried about. We could have done an awful job but
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 22](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-22/) - Sherdan set his alarm an hour earlier the following morning and asked for an update on the emergency cabinet meeting less than five minutes after opening his eyes. They'd adjourned the meeting very late in the night to continue the following morning. He ate breakfast while getting ready to leave and woke Anya to tell
- [Mass Effect 1: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/mass-effect-1-a-review/) - Yes I know this game has been out a long time but you'll have to forgive me for only reviewing it now. I don't normally play shooting games as I'm not particularly good at them. Give me an actual gun and ask me to shoot a stationary target and I'm not too bed but shooting
- [Rio: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/rio-a-review/) - This was a blu-ray my husband and I picked up on our birthdays. we had requested it as the trailor had caught our attention and thought it looked like a cute and fun watch. It's about the last pair of blue Macaws and the specialist who wishes to breed them together. He approaches the owner
- [The Plan: August 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-august-12/) - Last month This was in interesting month so I'll do some bullet points. Hand wrote approx 8k of shattered Typed approx 27k including 11k of new project, Lady Winter Spent 15 hours working for Red Feather Spent approx 30 hours doing marketing and promotion Read for about 30 hours Sent 42 emails I had the
- [A Clash of Kings: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-clash-of-kings-a-review/) - This is the second book in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin and I've already reviewed the first one here. I didn't know if I was going to get this book due to the expense of the ebooks but the publisher dropped them all in the Uk ever so
- [200th Blog: My top films and books](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/200th-blog-my-top-films-and-books/) - Seeing as I've managed to hit the 200th blog mark I thought I'd have a look back through my blogging history and recommend some of the best films and books that I've seen or read since I began blogging in Feb last year. Films There have been some really amazing films and Tv series out
- [MIB III: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/mib-iii-a-review/) - I hadn't actually been intending to see this film as I'd never heard good things about the second film in the franchise and hadn't bothered to see it but I found myself near a cinema with not much to do and rain I wanted to get out of so this film made it to my
- [Beyond the Deep (GCPU 3): A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/beyond-the-deep-gcpu-3-a-review/) - I've reviewed both the first and second book in this series before and really enjoyed them so I picked up this third one pretty quickly and I wolfed it down in only one sitting. It carries on from where the second one stopped without really missing a beat and finally brought this particular plot arch
- [Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-a-review/) - I didn't get to see this one at the cinema but I saw it his summer on dvd. The trailor was amazing and it had Benedict Cumberbatch in it so I thought I'd really like it. Maybe I built it up too much because I was excited by the trailor and actors as it didn't
- [Foreclosed: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/foreclosed-a-review/) - This is a Christian mystery book about a woman called Mitzy who runs her own estate agents and gets involved in some crazy stuff when a house she wants to sell gets tangled up in Russian history. I've had this book on my tbr for ages and finally got around to it. I'm so glad
- [The Artist: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-artist-a-review/) - I'd never actually seen a black and white film before I saw this one and I have to say I was really rather impressed. As someone who appreciated dialogue the most in films I was a little nervous I'd find the almost two hours of this film absolutely dull and boring. Thankfully I didn't. The
- [The Three Eyed Skull (GCPU 2): A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-three-eyed-skull-gcpu-2-a-review/) - This is the second in a series of novellas about the GCPU (Global Crime Prevention Unit). I reviewed the first one here This was a really nice short read and great light entertainment. It followed on well from the previous book, continuing to build on the characters and bad guys. I didn't see the plot
- [Firefly + Serenity: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/firefly-serenity-a-review/) - I recently burned my way through this series and film. We'll start with what I thought of the series and then what I thought of the film. Firefly: Normally the first episode of a series is the weakest and I struggle to feel like I want to watch the rest but that really wasn't the
- [Reality Deconstructed: A New Release](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/reality-deconstructed-a-new-release/) - I've posted about other releases from my publisher Red Feather Writing before and I'm pleased to say Andrew's latest book Reality Deconstructed has it's book launch very soon. This is another great short story in the fantasy genre. A genre Andrew writes very well in. Here's a short blurb: Ever got the feeling you're wandering
- [Cornwall 2012](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/cornwall-2012/) - This summer I was invited to spend a week in Cornwall to see the J class regatta being held in Falmouth. I made mention that a good selection of the Mountifield family were hoping to get a moment or two on the J class yacht Velsheda. This boat was built in the 1930's and was
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 20](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-20/) - Sherdan stayed with Anya until very late that night. She'd been shaken by everything that had happened and didn't want to sleep. Now that he knew she'd been having nightmares he wanted to make sure she had calmed before he left her. Even once he'd gone to his own room he left the door ajar
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 21](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-21/) - The moment Sherdan had left her, Anya stepped to the other side of the bed and activated her power. Her clothes dropped to the floor out of view of the door so at a glance they wouldn't be noticed. She contemplated going into the control room after him but she realised that now was also
- [How to change the world](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-change-the-world/) - Let's face it, one of the big reasons people create is to make the world a different place. We want our viewpoint on the way the world should work to be listened to and we want to influence nations for the better (at least I definitely do) and while this can seem like a daunting
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 19](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-19/) - Travelling to the theatre impressed Anya. The police were still at every barrier so they had to be driven via Sherdan's emergency tunnel. She'd been awed by the secret entrance set up and likened it to the bat cave. She was also ecstatic over the tickets he'd acquired. They had the best box to themselves.
- [Book launch results](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/book-launch-results/) - As many of you are probably aware, yesterday I celebrated the release of my new book Chains of Freedom. I've posted about it recently but you can check out my book page by clicking on the cover on the right if you want to find out more about it. The launch went better than I
- [Upcoming events](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/upcoming-events/) - There's two events happening that I'd like to draw people's attention too. The first is happening this evening at Roseberry Road arts studio in Bath, just off lower Bristol Road, and is a literary and performance night. There's going to be lots of writerly based activities and readings as well as some easy listening jazz
- [The Plan: July 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-july-12/) - Last Month I've only actually been at work for about 12 working days of this month thanks to the jubilee weekend health issues and my yearly summer holiday so I'm not going to bother with a bullet list for my recent activities. I've managed to get Chains of Freedom completely finished and that should be
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 18](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-18/) - The smile on Anya's face gave away her feelings as she lay on her back in Hitchin's lab. Sherdan ran his hand over her exposed stomach. The sound in her ears was the heart beat of their little baby. Hitchin held the other end of the stethoscope against her stomach. When she'd given Hitchin back
- [Game of Thrones (book): A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/game-of-thrones-book-a-review/) - I recently reviewed the first series which encompasses everything in the first book as well. I really have to say that the book was better. There was a little less of the pointless sex and more of the back story and I understand the whole world a heck of a lot better. The gore was
- [Mixing things up a bit](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/mixing-things-up-a-bit/) - I always find new ideas a bit distracting but I got very very distracted by a blog post here about mixing genre's and general book mash-ups. I noticed in the list of genres for insipartion my old favourite, steampunk, and remembered that a while ago I had told myself I should really see if I
- [Hugo: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/hugo-a-review/) - At first I was a little puzzled by this film. I'd only vaguely heard it existed and knew absolutely nothing about it. The opening shot is amazing and made me think of the new Tin Tin film and I soon sat back to enjoy the mildly bizarre but awesome plot that followed. And awesome it
- [Snow White and the Huntsman: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/snow-white-and-the-huntsman-a-review/) - Fairytale remakes seems to be in fashion in Hollywood at the moment but this one seems to have benefited from the remake. The story wasn't exactly the same but that was a good thing. The film could have risked being completely predictable but it wasn't actually that bad. There were inevitably going to be the
- [How to write good dialogue](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-write-good-dialogue/) - I've already done a blog on this topic and linked to Konrath's blog with his tips. I'd like to discuss it a bit more but since I'm going on holiday in a few days I want to keep it short so one way to help yourself writing good dialogue is to watch and read things
- [How to have a successful book launch](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-have-a-successful-book-launch/) - With ebooks it's harder to have a proper book launch. Amazon doesn't let you put an ebook up for pre-orders unless you're one of the big 6 publishers. The rest of us just have to pick a day and upload it and that becomes our published date. Then you have to wait for the Amazon
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 17](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-17/) - Sherdan thought about Anya's test results while he was being driven to London for his interview. If it wasn't the enzyme that had given her an ability then there was a possibility someone else had done something similar. The only other explanation, was the existence of some higher being or force; a force that wished
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 16](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-16/) - Sherdan had been preoccupied all morning by Anya's remark the night before. She had said her future husband was a hardened criminal. It had been the first time she had referred to a relationship with him in a positive way, if you could call being a criminal a positive thing. Either way, it had made
- [Justice, the European Arrest Warrant, and Assange](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/justice-the-european-arrest-warrant-and-assange/) - What do these three have in common? It would seem, absolutely nothing! In late 2010 it came to light that Sweden wanted to question Julian Assange over a possible case against him for what might be considered rape in swedish laws (as far as I can gather it's consensual sex but not consensual un-protected sex
- [The Plan: June 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-june-12/) - Last Month Been a busy month, as is more common for me so here's the bullet list: Hand wrote approx 5k of Shattered Typed approx 20k (Including emails and blogs) Spent 10 hours working for red feather Spent 5 hours working for Flight Spent approx 20 hours doing marketing and promotion Read for about 50
- [How to keep having fun when your hobby is your job](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-keep-having-fun-when-your-hobby-is-your-job/) - This is actually something I've really struggled with lately. Four years ago after naff days at work and when I wanted to chill and have fun I'd pick up a pen and write, then I quit my job so I could write full time. Now when work gets stressful I turn around and wonder what
- [Bactine: A review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/bactine-a-review/) - Bactine was gifted to me by the author Paul Kater shortly after I interviewed him and I added it to my very long TBR pile, hoping to get around to it at some point. Well I finally did and I'm so glad I skipped it ahead of the majority of the pile. The genre is
- [Elsa's Reality: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/elsas-reality-a-review/) - As I mentioned before on my blog this is the debut ebook from a fellow author with the same publishing company as me, red feather writing. The book is a young adult fantasy with a hint of paranormal and is about a little girl called Elsa and the weird and slightly scary things happening in
- [Game of Thrones (series 1): A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/game-of-thrones-series-1a-review/) - I didn't get to watch this when it was first out as I don't have sky TV but I picked up the blur-ray on an off chance it might be good. It was recommended to me so it wasn't entirely pot luck and I do often like a good fantasy plot, on top of that
- [The Adventures of Tintin: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-adventures-of-tin-tin-a-review/) - I got really annoyed I missed this film at the cinema but thankfully I got to see it recently anyway. Tintin was one of those cartoons I watched and loved as a child and thankfully I really wasn't dissapointed with the film. With the director and writer I expected the film to be quite serious
- [Dark Shadows: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/dark-shadows-a-review/) - As many people are aware this is the latest Burton, Depp, Bonham-Carter and Lee conglomeration. It's based on some old tv series I have to admit I'd not heard of and having only seen the first major trailor fir this film I didn't really know what to expect, other than I thought it would be
- [The Escape Company: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-escape-company-a-review/) - The Escape Company by Steve Fardon is another indie book I picked up on my kindle. The blurb suggests a fun story about two male friends who spring their wives from jail because they view them as being locked up for silly reasons. While slightly immoral and highly illegal I actually really liked the premise
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 15](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-15/) - Every afternoon for the last four days Anya had managed to go invisible. The first time it had shocked her and she had practised every moment she knew for sure she'd be undisturbed. She did not want to be interrupted by him again. Thinking of the night before, she stopped pacing and went to the
- [Super 8: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/super-8-a-review/) - Super 8 was one of those films I saw the trailor for and thought, yeah that might be worth a watch. I didn't go to see it at the cinema but borrowed the dvd from a friend as soon as I could. The trailer implied the film was a cutesy kids action film with a
- [How to survive 6 years of marriage](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-survive-6-years-of-marriage/) - Ok, so this isn't really a serious how-to post today but it is my 6th wedding anniversary. Whoop! I often wonder how on earth I managed to persuade a very clever, charming and, in my opinion, handsome man to ask me to marry him, let alone keep him for this long. (I also don't feel
- [Historical accuracy](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/historical-accuracy/) - Lately I've been doing research for my fourth novel and also with my first historical book out and my second very very close to being out I've been thinking a lot about historical accuracy. There's a lot of history and studying any one section of it well can take an entire lifetime. This can present
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 14](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-14/) - For those joining the read part way through you can catch up on old chapters here Their hands touched as Sherdan handed Anya her hot chocolate. She was curled up in his favourite chair with him, sat on the floor beside her, near the roaring fire in the study. Her cheeks glowed and her
- [Sanctuary, Millenium's children: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sanctuary-milleniums-children-a-review/) - This books by Austin Caroll was awesome, pure awesome, one of the best books I've read in a long time. I totally loved the characters in this book and the way they handled things. Sometimes YA books where the characters are younger than the author don't feel quite right but I really believed the ages
- [The Dark Lake: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-dark-lake-a-review/) - You may remember I interviewed the author of the dark Lake, Anthea Carson, a while back, well her book caught my attention so I added it to my tbr for review. The blurb from amazon talks of a middle aged woman who lives with her parents still because of something that happened twenty years earlier
- [The Avengers: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-avengers-a-review/) - Yes I know the film was actually called the marvel avengers assemble in the UK, but that has the be the lamest film name ever so in my opinion it's really just called the avengers. In short the film was awesome. So awesome that I can hardly find the words. All the leading up to
- [Plotting: How-to](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/plotting-how-to/) - One of the important aspects of writing anything is the plot. It has to engage the readers and make them want to keep turning the pages to ideally not put the book down but at worst make them want to come back to the book later. For me personally I find my plot comes out
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 13](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-13/) - Anya sank into the dining chair. She shook with her shock and emotion. Her mind could barely grasp what she had been told. God had asked her to stay but not told her why. She couldn't quite get her head around being asked to marry a man she didn't love and give him children. Was
- [The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-a-review/) - I saw the film of this story a couple of years ago when it came out at the cinema but I'd not read the book. As part of my journey through more classical literature I picked up an ebook copy and read through it rather quickly. It's not too long and considering it's age a
- [The Plan: May 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-may-12/) - Last Month I had a very busy but fairly relaxed month last month and pretty much did everything I wanted to so here's the bullet list. Wrote approx 12k words by hand Typed approx 25k words (including emails and blogs) Spent approx 40 hours marketing and promoting Worked about 40 hours for red feather Read
- [Elsa's Reality book launch](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/elsas-reality-book-launch/) - My publisher Red Feather Writing has just published the first ebook by the amazing author Andrew Bellingham so I wanted to share a little about it. Here's the cover and nice short blurb. Elsa grew up listening to her father's tales of a witch who nearly destroyed her home town. As strange occurrences start happening
- [People who are just 'good' are going to hell](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/people-who-are-just-good-are-going-to-hell/) - I have noticed recently (there's been an unfortunate amount of deaths of people related to friends lately) that a lot of western people think thus: If a person tries to be good for their whole lives when they die they will go to heaven. This particular thought isn't something I know is often challenged. In
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-12/) - Everything ran smoothly in Sherdan's world for the next couple of days. Anya didn't try to escape and all the plans for his organisation progressed. He put several measures in place just in case the mayor didn't react favourably to their discussion in a few days. Sherdan also did a few more news interviews, mostly
- [How to finish writing a novel](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-finish-writing-a-novel/) - Novels are much longer when writing them than they are reading and as such it can make them very difficult to finish. I know a very large number of people who have started writing a book and still not finished. Some have even started several. For this very reason publishers don't usually accept submissions until
- [Pirates, An Adventure With Scientists: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/pirates-an-adventure-with-scientists-a-review/) - I was fortunate enough to see this film at the cinema and very excited as Aardman are one of my favourite film makers. They get a lot of respect from me too with the length of time it can take them to make each film. The film started fairly well with a few titters from
- [Trade: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/trade-a-review/) - Trade by Tareq Hassan is a book that I picked up as part of an indie reviewers circle. It's cover and blurb had me totaly suckered into checking the book out. I generally love myself a good spy book, especially if there's some action in there as well as investigation sort of stuff. Unfortunately that
- [Source Code: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/source-code-a-review/) - This film was lent to me by a friend. I'm not sure I'd even seen a trailor for it just heard about it from other people talking. As a result I didn't have a clue what to expect, other than something possibly matrix like going by the name. I will say this now, the name
- [Why hate can be good.](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/why-hate-can-be-good/) - A fairly newish blog I've been checking out posed a brilliant set of questions last week that really got me thinking. The title of the blog was Hate something, Change something to match the Honda advert, you can read their blog here. The instinctive reaction for a lot of people is that hate is bad.
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-11/) - Fury raged through Sherdan as he stomped down the stairs. He returned his book to its place and paced his study for the next hour. Anya was so ridiculously stubborn. Couldn't she see that he was significantly more powerful than her God? When Sherdan had finally calmed himself down he went to bed. He wanted
- [Author Interview: Anthea Carson](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-anthea-carson/) - Tell us about your lastest project. My last novel is called "The Dark Lake." It is the story of a woman who is trying to overcome addiction and alcoholism. She is trying to get her life together. After all, who wants to still be living with their parents when they are in their forties? She
- [The Plan: April 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-april-12/) - Last Month I had a reasonably productive month finally. It's felt a little like wading through mud this year so far but things are improving and the sun came out, which always helps. Here's the bullet list: hand wrote just over 6k for Sherdan's prophecy hand wrote approx 11k for For such a time as
- [Trafficked, The diary of a slave girl: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/trafficked-the-diary-of-a-slave-girl-a-review/) - Normally I'd have an Author interview in this slot but they are a lot of work and not always for much reward so I'm giving these a break for now. Instead I'll have reviews for a while as I've been reading and watching so much there's alot to share on that front. Trafficked is
- [The Legacy Inheritance: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-legacy-inheritance-a-review/) - The Legacy Inheritance is a novella by Patrick Donnell. It's modern and set in the US in a standard city. The character is a pretty average joe who finds himself being made redundant and is doing his best to get himself back on track and in another job before the monotony of living alone at
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 10](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-10/) - Anya had read through the prophecy once already but found it made little sense to her. After giving herself a moments rest she looked over it again. When the lion, beaked by an owl, rises from the dead remains of an old nest a leader will come to the faithful. His wisdom will see through
- [Never Let Me Go: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/never-let-me-go-a-review/) - I was lent this film by my fellow blogger Chrysalis who also reviewed the film. I read his review before reading and it intrigued me enough to try watching the film as well. It's a very sad film and one I wouldn't normally consider watching for that reason. I think life is sad enough without
- [Author Interview: Paul Kater](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-paul-kater/) - My interviewee today is Paul Kater Tell us about your latest project. I have one project that is approaching its finish, and a few that are on the way. The one nearing completion is a fantasy children's book. The main character is a young witch who gets into all kinds of strange adventures with a
- [How to keep a blog going for over a year](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-keep-a-blog-going-for-over-a-year/) - I have to admit I'm not sure quite how I managed this but I find myself over a year into my blogging and still going strong. I love the scheduling feature wordpress has and I have grown my readership an alarming amount with keeping consistent and blogging in themes. There does probably need to be
- [Being in an army](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/being-in-an-army/) - I've been watching a lot of Sharpe films lately and I've been very struck with the structure of the army and all the rules they have. I found myself realising that the way the British army works is actually pretty similar to the way God's army works or God's church if you want it in
- [The Phantom Of The Opera - The Book: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-phantom-of-the-opera-the-book-a-review/) - I recently read the phantom of the opera in it's original book format. It wasn't what I expected. From the people I'd spoken to who also read it they said the phantom was painted in a much less favourable light than the opera piece but I actually disagree. I came from the book feeling just
- [Kony 2012](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/kony-2012/) - I know all my avid readers are expecting Sherdan's Prophecy Chapter 10 in this slot on my blogging schedule but I've decided to delibrately interupt to tell you something more important. I'm making you wait because I'd like you all to do something for me. I would like you all to take 30 minutes out
- [Freedom of Speech, Creativity and Wikileaks](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/freedom-of-speech-and-wikileaks/) - I really really think freedom is important. As a lot of people are already well aware I'm quite vocal about my dislike of the trafficking rise lately and the twenty seven million people who are slaves in the world at the moment. Today I'd like to talk about another form of freedom; Freedom of Speech.
- [The Plan: March 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-march-12/) - Last Month I ended up sick for two weeks at the start of last month which drastically cut into my working time but does mean I've got a good bit more to review in both books and films over the next little while as I spent a lot of time on the sofa. Once better
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 8 + 9](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-8-9/) - Chapter 8 When Anya woke up she was surprised to find she had company. It took her a moment to remember what had happened the night before. Sherdan was fast asleep beside her and she didn't want to wake him. She grinned as she thought of what people might say if they saw the two
- [How to get females reading my blog](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-get-females-reading-my-blog/) - Ok so todays how to is more of an observation/plea for help then me actually being serious. Over the last few months I've noticed an increased amount of comments both here and on places like facebook when I link to my blogs and I'm really not complaining. It's nice that you're all reading and saying
- [Puzzle Pirates: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/puzzle-pirates-a-distraction/) - As most readers are probably aware now I have a love for MMO's. Puzzle Pirates was my first and is one that keeps pulling me back into it. This time the draw back has been the merge of several of the oceans. The two subscription oceans (of which I played on one) have been merged
- [Author Interview: K. T King](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-k-t-king/) - Tell us about your latest project I have only released one book so far. The title is Always There. It's a drama about a group of friends and their journey through a series of events that could change their lives forever. What inspires you? My greatest inspiration has been my son. I love to write
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 7](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-7/) - Sherdan slept very well that night. Things had not gone amazingly with Anya but he had all the time he wanted with her. She would remain his prisoner as long as he wanted. He beamed when he thought of all the new applicants. The lady processing them, Janet, had asked for some more help. He
- [The Count Of Monte Cristo: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-count-of-monte-cristo-a-review/) - I've been reading the Count of Monte Cristo for over three months now. I finally finished it in a flurry of excitement. It's really not a book for the fainthearted. It's very long and in a very traditional english style (it was written about 200 years ago). I have to admit I struggled through the
- [Entropia Land deeds: A two month evaluation](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/entropia-land-deeds-a-two-month-evaluation/) - As I mentioned a while back I play an MMO called Entropia and they've recently released a new item which costs players $100 to buy and then returns 25% of the planets entire gross revenue to the 60,000 created. The payments are paid weekly on the monday after the weeks end. I bought one of
- [Author Interview: Ric Hofing](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-ric-hofing/) - My interviewee today is Ric Hofing, Tell us about your latest project My latest project is the second novel in the First Sniper War series. This time Erik and Michael find themselves being used as pawns between powerful German army officers and fanatic Bolsheviks who are willing to do anything to achieve their goal of
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 6](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-6/) - Sherdan bit his lip as he sat in his car. Despite the driver breaking the speed limit it didn't seem fast enough. Horrible images of what might be happening to Anya flashed through his head. He had to stop her being tortured. No matter why she was there he just couldn't let it go on
- [Author Interview: Shaina Cilimberg](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-shaina-cilimberg/) - Today's guest is Shaina Cilimberg Tell us about your latest project. Crowded (Deep River High) is about three teens trying to live for God and the mistakes they've made along the way. There's a rivalry between Josh Summers and Cole Martin. Cole made a mistake that cost his girlfriend, Emily Davis' trust. Josh is the
- [The Plan: February 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-february-12/) - Last Month The first month of the year is over and it started rather well. Not huge amounts of work done but definitely a good vibe to it. Time for me to think about a diet I think now. Hand wrote approx 7k of Sherdan's Prophecy Typed approx 16k (including blogs and emails) Spent about
- [The Informant: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-informant-a-review/) - This is another Matt Damon film I watched recently. I kinda like the actor and figured this one might be worth watching, especially after finding out the makers also made the ocean's films. I really liked those. I was slightly missled by the trailor for this film. The trailor played on all the comedic aspects
- [Author Interview: Katie Mettner](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-katie-mettner/) - Katie Mettner kindly agreed to do my interview today: Tell us about your latest project. Sugar’s Dance is my newly released novel set in the Twin Ports of Lake Superior. It’s a journey of grief, forgiveness and love in a romance suspense genre. The protagonist, Sugar, is at a point in her life where she
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 5](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-5/) - Fear shook Anya as she was escorted away from Sherdan. No part of her had expected him to deny the existence of the prophecy. It briefly flashed through her head that there wasn't a prophecy at all but she dismissed the thought as soon as it occurred to her. Several members of her church had
- [The Kindle Murders: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-kindle-murders-a-review/) - The Kindle Murders is the first Novella in the Global Crime Prevention Unit series by A. D. Vates. As you've probably guessed it's a crime book. Normally I find the Crime genre a little too heavy going for me and rather dark but this book was gorgeously not so. I loved the thrill of the
- [Adjustment Bureau: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/adjustment-bureau-a-review/) - I had no idea of the plot of this film when I started watching. All I knew was that Matt Damon was in it and there was something important about hats. With Matt Damon being in it I have to admit I expected something very bourne like but really didn't find much that the two
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 4](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-4/) - Sherdan had done two of his morning meetings before he thought of his prisoner again. His third meeting was with Hitchin who's first question was if she had talked yet. Sherdan grinned that Hitchin still thought it must have been a male who caused all the trouble the night before. "We've not got her to
- [Being a Writer not an Author](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/being-a-writer-not-an-author/) - I normally do a how-to blog in this slot but I recently read a blog by Dean Wesley Smith and wanted to share it. He talks about whether someone should be a writer or an author and how this can affect success and finances. I really liked the concept and thought it was an interesting
- [Scott Pilgrim: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/scott-pilgrim-a-review/) - I'm actually surprised I hadn't reviewed this film earlier but I recently watched it again so I'll do it now. The first time I watched the film I was mildly amused by it. I'm a gamer chick so 99% of the game references made me chuckle to myself. I love the Universal intro in 8
- [ Dictatorship: The Best Form Of Government](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/dictatorship-the-best-form-of-government/) - I recently had a discussion with a good friend on the best form of Government in theory. There have been many trials at different governments and ruler forms over the many years of all the countries in our world. Democracy, Communism and Monarchy are the most common. There are many variations of this as well.
- [The Plan: January 12](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-january-12/) - Last Month Mostly December was a wind down from Nano in november. I didn't really write that much fresh stuff but did my book launch mid December. Prepared Innocent Hearts for publication. Hand wrote approx 1k words. Typed approx 15k words including emails and blogs. Sent approx 50 emails. Not the most productive of months
- [Happy New Year](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/happy-new-year/) - Hope everyone enjoyed the partying.
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 3](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-3/) - Sherdan paced as he listened to the radio chatter. His men were closing in on the woman but so far she had still not been captured. He had watched her dive out of shot when she had obviously heard the approaching guards but there wasn't a camera in the room she had sought refuge in.
- [Innocent Hearts](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/innocent-hearts/) - As I mentioned yesterday my new ebook is out, Innocent Hearts. It's two short stories of the fantasy genre and two brief blurbs for each story are near the bottom of the blog. The reason I've written this blog is two-fold. Firstly if you are going to buy my ebook anyway, this is a request
- [Happy Christmas](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/happy-christmas/) - Merry Christmas everyone. I know most of you will be too busy to see this but for the few people who might log onto the web I hope you have a good Christmas period and to help boost your Christmas I'm going to give away a copy of my latest ebook Innocent Hearts to one
- [Entropia land deeds](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/entropia-land-deeds/) - I've blogged about Entropia once before. It's one of the MMOG's (massively multiplayer online game) I play. Recently they've added something to one planet in Entropia called Land deeds. There are 60,000 of them. Each one represents a chunk of the planets surface and gives the player 25% of all gross revenue for that planet
- [Author Interview: L. A. Tripp](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-l-a-tripp/) - My latest interviewee is L. A. Tripp Tell us about your latest project. I've got a brand new series I'm super proud of! It's unlike anything I've written before. It's more of a comedic adventure called All Jacked Up. We follow a young man, Jack, that is just starting out on his own. Single, getting
- [Author Interview: Jim Murdoch](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-jim-murdoch/) - Jim Murdoch has kindly agreed to be my first interview of the new year so here it is. Tell us about your latest project. At the moment all my time is being taken up with promotion of an ebook entitled The Whole Truth, an omnibus edition of my first two paperbacks, Living with the Truth
- [Hanna: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/hanna-a-review/) - Hanna is a film I've already seen twice in a very short space of time. I loved the main actress, who's name I can never spell or say, Saoirse Ronan, from City of Ember and Atonement. I wasn't dissapointed with her in this film either. The plot was unique enough that it held my interest
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-2/) - Here's chapter 2 in the book. For previous chapters and other information check out the Sherdan's Prophecy book page. Anya stepped off the train onto the Bristol Temple Meads platform. She followed the few other people who had been on the train with her, down the steps and along the tunnel underneath all the
- [Making It Through Winter](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/making-it-through-winter/) - Winter is one of the most difficult times of year for most people. January is apparently the most depressing month and it's often cold and people are lonely. As a creative person these things are often felt even more keenly. It's hard to write, paint or make anything. If we weren't lonely at Christmas we're
- [The Return: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-return-a-review/) - The Return is the second book by Victoria Hislop and is a fiction book, mostly about spain and dancing. I have to admit I have no idea what genre it's actually classified as. I was rather mystified while reading it. I only read this book because it was lent to me and I thought it
- [How to create something people care about](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-create-something-people-care-about/) - I have had several discussions lately with people talking about Christian artwork and books. Most people who don't particularly follow the Christian faith avoid anything labeled Christian at all costs. We discussed why. Our first reason was that most of Christian artwork tends to depict one of a very few things. On the art side
- [Author Interview: Pam Logan](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-pam-logan/) - Pam Logan has kindly allowed herself to be interviewed for today's post. Tell us about your latest project. "How Do You Say Goodbye?" is a 130,000 word General Fiction Drama. With a death sentence of an inoperable brain tumor, Samantha Collins tries to come to terms with the meaning of life, her belief in God,
- [Sherdan's Prophecy: Chapter 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy-chapter-1/) - As promised here is the first chapter of my third book Sherdan's Prophecy. Enjoy! Sherdan sat down and picked up the report from the desk in front of him. He lounged, half reading and half focused on the surveillance cameras. There wasn't really a need to be watching them. His security guards would be
- [Cars 2: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/cars-2-a-review/) - Pixar films are normally some of my favourite films. They're original, funny and out of the box. Lately, however, they've been doing a lot more sequels than they used to. Almost playing safe a little. Obviously Cars 2 is the sequel to Cars. Cars was amazing. One of the better pixar in my opinion. Cars
- [My opinion on witchcraft](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/my-opinion-on-witchcraft/) - I don't normally write about heavy topics on my blog. I try to keep it light and cheery and fun but occasionally something moves me quite deeply and I feel I have to share it regardless of whether it breaks the norm of my posting cycle. Today I'd like to express my viewpoint on witchcraft
- [The Plan: December 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-december-11/) - Last month I completed NaNoWriMo. Pretty much as planned. I finished a few days early so I did a few minor other things as well towards the end of the month, although I mostly took it easy. This month I intend to get my two short stories out in an ebook. I've decided to get
- [Author Interview: Allison Bruning](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-allison-bruning/) - My featured Author for this slot is Allison Bruning, Tell us about your latest project. Currently I am working on book one of the Heritage series called Elsa. Elsa takes place in 1904 Marion, Ohio. The series is loosely based on the life of my great-great grandmother. Franklin Thaddaus Raymond plans to marry Elsa Beatrice
- [With Proud Humility: From start to finish](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/with-proud-humility-start-to-finish/) - With the first novel of mine finally finished and in print I thought I'd share the timeline of how things went in writing it. This is also my 100th blog and I figured a nice way to mark me actually being relatively successful at blogging. 6th April 2007 A discussion with one of my friends
- [NaNoWriMo: Update 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-update-2/) - So I reach update 2 and find myself with only 4000 words to go of the massive 50,000 word total. The writing since my last update has been relatively uneventful. My original plot has been so forgotten I don't really know what's happening next in my book but that's not really that unusual. Once I've
- [The Phantom Of The Opera: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-phantom-of-the-opera-a-review/) - I love films with music in them, well kinda, I love disney films mostly, I don't actually like most traditional style musicals. They are often a little cheesy for me. I do love music though and a well told story. Therefore I was pretty convinced I would like The Phantom Of The Opera. I have
- [Author Interview: K. S. Brooks](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-k-s-brooks/) - Our intrepid Interviewee is Kat Brooks today. Tell us about your latest project. My two newest books were released in the same week back in August. I definitely didn't plan it that way! One is "Mr. Pish's Woodland Adventure," which follows the adventurous Jack Russell Terrier - Mr. Pish - on an expedition through the
- [NaNoWriMo: Update 1](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-update-1/) - So far NaNoWriMo is going very well for me, I'm around the 30k mark for words and not even half way through the month. I'm also getting a good handle on the actual plot length now, even if I've not stuck that well to my plot notes. Thankfully all the research I did before has
- [Living With A Creative Mind: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/living-with-a-creative-mind-a-review/) - I recently blogged about this book and now I've finally finished reading it. If you have any contact with a creative person at all you ought to read this book. If you are related to a creative, work or live with a creative or are even just friends with a creative this book will make
- [Rockband: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/rockband-a-distraction/) - One of my friends recently introduced me and my husband to the game rockband. We had played it a little before now but only the odd few songs here and there and only one version of the game, where you often run out of songs you know in the first hour of playing. It's fun
- [The Plan: November 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-november-11/) - Last month Here's the bullet list for last month's work. Typed approx 10k words (including emails and blogs) Spent about 15 hours reading Spent about 10 hours working for Flight Spent about 20 hours working for Red Feather Writing Spent about 5 hours promoting book 1 Approved the final print version of book 1 and
- [NaNoWriMo Prep](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/nanowrimo-prep/) - I'm all set for NaNoWriMo and due to start tomorrow. Book 3 is now named, it's called Sherdan's Prophecy. I am signed up on the main NaNoWriMo site and all set to go, you can check out my user page here. I will try and update my progress at least a couple of times during
- [Cowboys And Aliens: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/cowboys-and-aliens-a-review/) - I thought long and hard about seeing this movie, not able to decide if I'd like the combination of western and sci-fi. Then I saw the trailor and realised both Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford were in the film and my mind was made up, yes I'm aware how shallow that is but I really
- [How To Live With A Creative Mind](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/how-to-live-with-the-creative-mind/) - This isn't actually a subject I profess to be that knowledgeable about. I would definitely consider myself to be a creative mind, but in terms of living with it, well I regularly forget to eat, I'm emotional at the best of times and sometimes absolutely nothing will convince me to put my pen down and
- [Author Interview: Helmy Kusuma](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-helmy-kusuma/) - Helmy Kusuma has kindly agreed to do an interview today. Tell us about your latest project. There Is Hope, which is a short sci-fi about post-nucleo-calypse world. I wrote this in the middle of finishing my second novella. A little break once in a while works wonders. So far you have shorts and Novella's published,
- [Background Details: Book 3, part 3](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/background-details-book3-part3/) - I've been plotting book 3 and in the process have found I needed to do some more research. I wasn't going to share it but it ended up actually being quite cool, so I am now. The main point of research I wanted to look into was declaring a patch of land an independant country
- [Unwritten: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/unwritten-a-review/) - I've never reviewed a song before but I recently got asked to listen to Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield and the words hit me like a ton of bricks, so thanks Alex for the prod to listen to it. Here's the video - Unwritten on YouTube Lyrics I am unwritten, Can't read my mind I'm undefined
- [Editing: How-to](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/editing-how-to/) - One of the biggest challenges every writer faces is editing. No writer really likes doing it. It's essentially finding everything that's wrong with the masterpiece you just laboured over. I've blogged before on some of the best ways to edit and you can find that blog here. What I'd like to talk about today is
- [Author Interview: Jennifer Wilck](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-jennifer-wilck/) - Jennifer Wilck is my guest author for today. Tell us about your latest project. My latest project is Skin Deep, which is published by Whiskey Creek Press and coming out in November. It’s a contemporary romance. Here’s a quick blurb: The last thing Valerie needs, after escaping an abusive marriage to an alcoholic and rebuilding
- [Enigma](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/enigma/) - Enigma is one of those words not heard that much but one that most people recognise. Despite being an author I didn't know the meaning of this very lovely little word until someone called me an enigma about 5 weeks ago. I then had to look it up, here's the dictionary definition for those few
- [Author Interview: Greta Burroughs](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-greta-burroughs/) - My next interviewee is Greta Burroughs. Tell us about your latest project. My latest project is a children's chapter book "Patchwork Dog and Calico Cat." There are five stories that should be fun and entertaining for kids in the elementary school age bracket. It will make a nice bedtime story book for parents. What's your
- [Author Interview: Paul M. Schofield](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-paul-schofield/) - My interviewee for today is Paul M. Schofield. Tell us about your latest project. The latest project is finishing the first sequel to TROPHY, my first novel. The story of the New Victorian Empire continues on in TROPHY: RESCUE. Additional new characters have complicated the plot and added new twists and turns to keep the
- [Background Details: Book 3, Part 2](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/background-details-book-3-part-2/) - A few months ago I wrote a blog post detailing some of the background details that were needed and some research points for Book 3. I thought I'd share some of the research and interesting things I found in follow up to the previous blog here. My first point of research was Bristol, I'd like
- [Author Interview: Annarita Guarnieri](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-annarita-guarnieri/) - Annarita Guarnieri has kindly agreed to be interviewed today. Tell us about your latest project? Well, my latest project started here in Italy, last year, and now will soon be published in the US as well, by Inknbeans Press. It is a series of small books about cats, based on my 20 years of life
- [Captain America: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/captain-america-a-review/) - I went to see this film at the cinema in 3d just after it came out. I don't read the Marvel comics so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. I knew Captain America was the first Avenger and that this film was the lead up to the Avengers film next year. I also knew
- [Making a language from scratch](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/making-a-language-from-scratch/) - If you've looked at some of the other pages here on my blog you may have noticed near the bottom of the other page, it talks about me writing my own language. That language is currently called Nafairu and is based loosely on Russian, German and a few other languages here and there for good
- [Author Interview: Kimberly Menozzi](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-kimberly-menozzi/) - Kimberly Menozzi kindly agreed to do my interview for today. Tell us about your latest project. Well, the US edition of my debut novel, Ask Me if I'm Happy was released in June this year, along with the novella prequel, Alternate Rialto. Ask Me if I'm Happy is a love story, set in Bologna, Italy,
- [The Plan: October 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-october-11/) - Last Month I only worked about half of September but the half I did work was extremely productive. Here's the bullet point list. Typed approx 15k (including emails and blogs) Spent about 30 hours reading Spent about 5 hours working for Flight Spent about 10 hours working for Red Feather Writing Spent about 5 hours
- [Karate Kid: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/karate-kid-a-review/) - I held out from seeing the newer version of Karate Kid for quite some time. I loved the old version and often rewatched it when it was shown on tv. The new one, like the old one, is about a young boy who has to move from his home to a new place because of
- [With Proud Humility: Print Book Cover + Giveaway Result](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/with-proud-humility-print-book-cover/) - I've finally got my print version of With Proud Humility ready to print and have ordered my proof. Since people have been waiting so long I thought I would share my very shiny new cover for the book. As people might remember from a few months ago I gathered every item seen in this cover
- [Sherdan's Prophecy](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherdans-prophecy/) - As luck would have it our constant source of news on Anya and Sherdan has managed to find a small part of the prophecy they've been talking about over the last few months. An excerpt of the prophecy is posted below, unfortunately we could not obtain all of it, only some... When the lion with
- [Sense and Sensibility: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sense-and-sensibility-a-review/) - Having now read the book and watched the film from 1995 I am going to review both. The Book As always Jane Austen manages to make many witty insightful remarks about English society and it's one of the romances I find most tense of hers. It really does seem about two thirds of the way
- [Being organised](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/being-organised/) - Organisation is not really the strong point for many creatives and I am no exception. I have a messy desk, I dislike feeling like I have a schedule to stick to, I find to-do lists constrictive and I get bored if there is too much routine in my life. I love the unexpected for many
- [The Plan: September 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-september-11/) - Last month I really didn't get much done last month, unfortunately I got sick right before my holiday so I stopped work sooner but I made progress on a few things. I won't bother with my usual bullet point list because I probably can't remember what I did even if it was worth making a
- [Blogs and Blogging](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/blogs-and-blogging/) - I spend a lot of my time when on the computer reading other peoples blogs. I'm often distracted by a tweet or facebook message from a friend saying a certain blog post should be checked out. Sometimes they are the usual bullet list on how to improve something or other but occasionally there is a
- [Summer Holiday](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/summer-holiday/) - I'm officially on holiday now for the next 3 weeks. Yes I know 3 weeks. I normally only take 2 but I am going to need 3 this year I think. I'll be back on September 12th with more lovely blog updates, until then I hope there is plenty of sunshine and everyone gets to
- [Chains Of Freedom: Excerpt](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/chains-of-freedom-excerpt/) - Here's the opening approx 1k of book 2, Chains Of Freedom, enjoy. Kaihaitu Huatare lay on her back in the long grass, staring up at the star filled sky. It would not be long until dawn and another day but she had not slept yet. She had so much to think about that even
- [Inception: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/inception-a-review/) - I have been in two minds about seeing this film for absolutely ages. I have a lot of dreams and was wary that a film all about manipulating dreams would have a very negative impact on my dreams. I was also quite wary of the fact of the only two films on my very much
- [Background details: Book 3](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/background-details-book-3/) - Sherdan and Anya's world Now that there has been some more character development and some basic ideas of what's going on has been established we can start setting up the world around the main characters. Figure out where they live and why and all the important details like that. We know there is some kind
- [Author Interview: Aman Anand](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-aman-anan/) - My next author is another uk based one and you may well recognise the name as I reviewed one of his books a few months back. Here's his interview. Tell us about your latest project. I am currently working on an ongoing series of short stories called the G.C.P.U. (which stands for Global Crime Prevention
- [Her Daughter's Dream: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/her-daughters-dream-a-review/) - Her Daughter's Dream is the second book in the series by Francine Rivers. This book follows Marta from the first book until her death, Hildemara from the first book until she's in her 90's, Hildemara's daughter Carolyn, Carolyn's daughter May Flower Dawn and then finally, her daughter, Faith. As you can see that's quite a
- [Discoveries](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/discoveries/) - While I am on the net I spend a lot of time researching different things. Sometimes it's book related research, sometimes completely random stuff like who played so and so in the film I just watched. Occasionally when I'm doing this I come across a little gem of information which usually causes me to be
- [The Plan: August 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-august-11/) - Last Month July was one very full on month. I got lots done but also turned 25 and celebrated my 5th wedding anniversary. Junk did launch, though not quite in the manner expected, and I pretty much did everything I wanted to. Pretty much anyway. Here's some of the stuff I did. Modeled our first
- [JnK Clothing](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/jnk-clothing/) - Yesterday I, rather spontaneously, launched the clothing company I've been setting up with Keith Mountifield. Junk has it's very own fanpage here and is already taking orders for our very first two designs. One is my own and you can see a picture of me wearing it to the right. This design called Sword And
- [Fast Five: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/fast-five-a-review/) - I've finally made it all the way to the 5th film in the series. Fast & Furious 5 as it was called in the Uk, Fast Five elsewhere. This one was again a little different to the previous four films. Rather than focusing on the street racing they chose to head in a slightly more
- [Designing t-shirts: What not to do](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/designing-t-shirts-what-not-to-do/) - While setting up the new t-shirt company I did my usual trick and dived into the world of designing without really thinking. As such I made quite a few mistakes early on that cost me quite a bit of time. I thought I'd share a few of those here, mostly because their funny (looking back
- [Character Interview: Sherdan](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-interview-sherdan/) - Here's the second interview. This one's with Sherdan. Why are you in charge? This whole facility was my idea, I'm the one who knows what the exact goal of this place is. Who else would be in charge? What are you going to do with Anya? Nothing harmful. She posses no threat currently and offers
- [Book cover: With Proud Humility + Giveaway](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/book-cover-give-away/) - I'm interrupting the normal blogging schedule to ask people for some help with something. I've recently been exploring many different options to get my first book in print. The good news is that I've decided upon one. The bad news is I therefore need to update my front cover, as the ebook version already done
- [Promoting a self published book](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/promoting-self-published-book/) - Once a book is completely finished with cover, formatting and all the uploading to all the various sites is done, the real hard work begins. Most writers will agree, writing they can do. Selling themselves and making their name into a brand that people trust to write well is entirely another matter, especially in this
- [Her Mother's Hope: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/her-mothers-hope-a-review/) - Her Mother's Hope is the first of two books in a series by Francine Rivers. It follows the journey of Marta from age 12 up until about 55 as well as following her daughter for a good chunk of the story. Marta starts off living in Switzerland with her mother father and younger sister and
- [Learning To Fly: Revamped](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/learning-to-fly-revamped/) - I've been given the honour of putting two of my short stories forward for a collaboration of shorts by me and two other authors. The genre is going to be fantasy so I thought I'd revamp one of my favourites Learning to Fly, I added some stuff, named my characters and here is the next
- [Fast and Furious: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/fast-and-furious-a-review/) - This is the 4th film in the franchise and possibly my favourite. I struggle to decide whether I like this one more or the first but this one probably spends over half the time being my favourite. I think mostly it's because I am relieved they go back to the format of the first, and
- [Music: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/music-a-distraction/) - I often listen to music while I'm working. I really don't like silence so it provides a background noise and I feel more comfortable. Lately, however, I've found myself very distracted by what I am playing. For a long time I used spotify and had a playlist with lots of well known songs on. The
- [Character Interview: Anya](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-interview-anya/) - As promised here's the interview with Anya, thank you everyone that provided questions. Why have your Church sent you here? The group Sherdan has set up here has begun to worry them, especially with rumours that he's following some kind of prophecy about the end of the world. I was sent to find out what
- [The Plan: July 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-july-11/) - Last Month's progress: The month just gone was pretty much as I imagined it. Lot's of business stuff, writing contracts, and talking over business details for different things. I did get the first draft of my other short done as well, however, and made a little more progress with book 2 as well as some
- [The Fast And The Furious, Tokyo Drift: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-fast-and-the-furious-tokyo-drift-a-review/) - This is the third in the Fast and Furious franchise and doesn't feature any of the characters already seen, other than a brief appearance by Dom right at the end. It's also set the latest of all five out so far. In this film we start off in th U.S in a car race between
- [Writing dialogue: How-to](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing-dialogue-how-to/) - I was going to come up with some simple instructions for how to write dialogue well, but I actually think someone else has already summed it up well on their own blog, so I'm actually just going to link to a post Joe Konrath made here. I don't agree with everything he says as I
- [A Moment In Time](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-moment-in-time/) - As I've already blogged about here I offered to share book 3 as it happened. I also said that it would be based on an idea started here. My first task was to name my two characters. I had Jordan from the forming ideas post but as I plucked it out of the air I
- [Giveaways Galore!](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/giveaways-galore/) - Quick update to let you all know about the giveaways running currently for my ebook, With Proud Humility. You can enter to win a copy on my facebook fanpage just by commenting. Nice and simple. For something a little harder but for chances to win other ebooks and prizes as well The Romance Reviews blog
- [Author Interview: Natascha Tallowin](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-natascha-tallowin/) - Todays Author Interview is with Natascha Tallowin. Tell us about your latest project. I've just finished collecting together enough poems and prose pieces to form my first anthology, 'Some of Her Parts', which is available to buy from Amazon.com .co.uk and LuLu.com. It features the majority of the poems that have been published in literary
- [Author Interview: Chris Turner](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview-chris-turner/) - This is a new feature I wish to run on my blog. Every so often I'm going to interview another author and talk to them about one of their books/something they are working on. This first one is going to be a very good friend of mine, Chris Turner Tell us about your latest project.
- [Warning Order: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/warning-order-a-review/) - Warning Order by Jamie Fredric is another book from the Indie authors list my own book is included in and can be found on Amazon.co.uk here. It's a war time historical adventure set about 40 years ago. Warning Order synopsis from Amazon Not one to stay within the boundaries of an NIS warning order, Navy
- [2 Fast, 2 Furious: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/2-fast-2-furious-a-review/) - As I promised to review all 5 fast and furious films. Here's the second. I have to admit this was my least favourite of the five. Although it was still a fairly good film it only had Brian (the cop) from the first one. He looses his job for letting Dom go in the first
- [The Fast and the Furious: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-fast-and-the-furious-a-review/) - I recently watched the 5th Fast and Furious film at the cinema, with my husband Phil. Both of us have been long term fans of the films, and I wanted to try and sum up why I liked them and what I liked about them. Over the next little while I'll review all five of
- [The Meaning of Life, The Universe and Everything!](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-meaning-of-life-the-universe-and-everything/) - 42! That is all. Well no actually it isn't, but this is my 42nd blog and I'm afraid I just couldn't help myself. I did say I'd talk about my book sales during my promotion period so I think now is a good time to do that. Well lets start with sales
- [The Plan: June 11](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-june-11/) - Last month's progress Well they say things don't always go exactly according to plan and this month they definitely didn't. I didn't manage to make anymore tshirt designs, didn't work on the graphic novels or my language and still don't quite have my print version of the first book's cover done. What I did do,
- [Kindle forums: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/kindle-forums-a-distraction/) - Recently I have been doing a lot of promoting and while I was doing so I found myself getting more and more involved in conversations with other authors on the Kindle forums. There are actually two kindle forums. There is the Kindle publishers forum which is only accessable through an authors account and this is
- [The whole writing process laid bare](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-whole-writing-process-laid-bare/) - I've had a regular slot in my blog schedule where I share something I've been doing recently and for the most part this has varied. I have been considering with book 3 that it might be fun to post everything here as I go. Not only would it be a great motivator for me to
- [Pirates Of The Caribbean, On Stranger Tides: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides-a-review/) - As I've already said on my blog recently, I am a big fan of these types of films and books. There is something I've always liked about adventures at sea. I went to see On Stranger Tides the day it came out here in the UK. The first thing I was struck by, as I
- [Word of Mouth](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/word-of-mouth/) - As some of you readers are well aware I've been promoting my book a lot more lately. I've found that so far approximately 50% of my sales can be traced back to a post, comment or status by me somewhere on the internet. While I'm thankful to see my hard work paying off I know
- [Editing Manuscripts](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/editing-manuscripts/) - Once a book, film script or other piece of work is finished it's very rarely in a perfect state for selling. There is always something that needs editing or changing slightly, and those pesky spelling mistakes not picked up by spell checker because they are still a word. There are a lot of indie authors
- [The Fairy Godmother's Guide To Finance For Couples: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-fairy-godmothers-guide-to-finance-for-couples-a-review/) - The Fairy Godmother's Guide To Finance For Couples by Lisa Deckert is a non fiction book I was requested to read as part of a review swap with the author. I don't normally read non fiction but seeing as my husband and I are a fairly newly married couple and I know a lot of
- [Pirates!](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/pirates/) - I've always been mildly fascinated with pirates, I love the adventure and romantic aspect of them. Needless to say I also really liked The Pirates of the Caribbean films. It was only natural really that my first novel should have some in (even if they are the badguys in my book). Last night I, like
- [Camel On An Ashtray: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/camel-on-an-ashtray-a-review/) - Camel On An Ashtray by A.S. Anand is a novella on Amazon Kindle for only $1. I was asked to review this book in exchange for the author reviewing my book. Camel On An Ashtray synopsis from Amazon Sonell descends into a Mayfair nightclub filled with apprehension about his social company and himself. The next
- [Never Saw It Coming: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/never-saw-it-coming/) - Never Saw It Coming by Mike Jordan is a sci-fi action book available on amazon kindle. I was asked to review this book by the author in exchange for them reviewing my book. Never Saw It Coming synopsis from Amazon Everyone knows someone like Tim Finnegan. Just a guy, barely scraping by. Someone with too
- [Author Interview](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/author-interview/) - Late yesterday I had an author interview with me go live on Freelance and Fiction's blog, you can check out my interview plus lots and lots of other author interviews there. Great place if you are looking for new authors to read.
- [Corset design](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/corset-design/) - I've been working hard with my very talented aunt-in-law, Anne Mountifield (she's doing most of the hard work to be fair), on designing a costume for a period piece flight needs and I'm pleased to say we've almost finished one of the most important components; the corset. Corsets are a hard part of historical design
- [Lots of new reviews.](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/lots-of-new-reviews/) - I've been very excited to find I've had three new reviews of my book on Amazon.com in the last week. All three were high reviews and it's been really nice to hear of people enjoying something I have written so much, especially as it can be quite hard going marketing the first book for an
- [Northanger Abbey: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/northanger-abbey-a-review/) - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen is the first book she wrote but the last published. It's about the very young and naive Catherine Morland who has never ventured from her little home town of Fullerton her whole life until a very lovely older couple with no children offer to take her to Bath. I have
- [As Sure As The Dawn: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/as-sure-as-the-dawn-a-review/) - As Sure As The Dawn is the third and final book in the Mark Of The Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. The third book follows one of the more minor characters from the first two parts. Atretes, the German from the Chatti tribe who was taken from his village and forced to be a gladiator,
- [Social Network Sites](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/social-network-sites/) - I've been very distracted the last few weeks with creating and maintaining all the social network sites there are on the web. Now I knew about twitter and facebook. I've been on both of those for years now but I do have a new facebook fanpage here I've also set up author pages on amazon.com
- [The Plan: May 2011](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-may-2011/) - Last month's progress: Last month my aim was to do some t-shirt designs, finish my front cover for the print edition of my book and work on the graphic novels. I mostly made good progress in all three areas but didn't get any of them finished. What I did do, however: Finished polishing and emailed
- [Vampires Of The Sky: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/vampires-of-the-sky-a-review/) - Vampires Of The Sky by Michael L. Preble was a book given to me to review in trade for the author reviewing my book. It's a historical short story with a hint of romance. Vampires Of The Sky synopsis from Amazon It's the summer of 1940. On the eve of the Battle of Britain, an
- [Forming Ideas](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/forming-ideas/) - Often people ask how to form ideas and where inspiration comes from. I thought I'd share where mine comes from and how I form that first spark into a fully fledged plot idea. The spark Most of my ideas are stimulated by something that has happened in my life; a conversation, something I've watched, something
- [Social Network: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/social-network-a-review/) - Social Network is a movie about Facebook and it's founders Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and the Napster co-founder Sean Parker. The film is mostly fictional but it follows the creation of facebook, as well as the two law suits levied at Zuckerberg, from Eduardo for cutting his shares, and the Winklevoss twins for stealing their
- [The Legendiers And The Battle Of Darkness: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-legendiers-and-the-battle-of-darkness-a-review-2/) - The Legendiers And The Battle Of Darkness by Jeremy Johnson is my first book being reviewed from The List of best indie author books being created on Amazon. The legendiers synopsis from Amazon Omri Vale's parents recently died and he believes it was his fault. Now he is an orphan and placed in foster care.
- [Best Fiction Books From Indie Authors: Interview with Patrick ](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/best-fiction-books-indie-authors/) - While I've been browsing my way through the secret hidden forums of the kindle publishers/authors world I've met quite a number of authors and a few have stuck out to me. I'd like to introduce you to Patrick, just one of those authors, who is working to create a list on Amazon.com and .co.uk populated
- [With Proud Humility: Excerpt](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/with-proud-humility-excerpt/) - As the date for this book being available in print is drawing near I thought I'd share an excerpt from Chapter 10 of the book. Marie was left alone for many minutes before she heard the door scrape open and the footsteps of two people walking in. She also thought she heard the sound
- [Indie Authors First Book Project](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/indie-authors-first-book-project/) - Inspired by Joe Konrath's blog a week ago where he pledged $500 to the charity First Book if his book made it to the top 100 of Amazon.com's listing, a group of Authors have all come together to do the same thing. All books involved are being kept track of here and I'm expecting mine
- [Naming Characters](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/naming-characters/) - One of the hardest things about writing a new novel, script or other written piece is finding the right character name. Character names have to sound just right and often people can spend hours agonising over the right sound, ease of spelling and all sorts of other factors. I try and name my characters in
- [An Artist's Call](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/an-artists-call/) - I was listening to the soundtrack for the second Narnia film recently and hit the credit song, The Call by Regina Spektor and found the words inspired me to write some poetry. I thought I'd share what came out of it. An artists call A gentle whisper close to my ear, Lets me know
- [The plan: April 2011](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-april-11/) - Last month's progress: Last month I tried to do a trial run at NaNoWriMo. To write 50k words of my new novel in one month. I didn't quite manage it. I did manage just over 40k words, however, and I'm now well over half way through the next book's first draft. So I do consider
- [The plan: March](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-plan-march11/) - In November every month there is a writers competition called NaNoWriMo. There are pretty much only two rules to this, you can't start writing before the start of the month and you have to have written and uploaded 50,000 words of the same story/novel by the end of the month. Nice and simple, well maybe,
- [Writing progress and distractions](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing-progress-and-distractions/) - I'm just under a week into my challenge now and currently I have written approx 7500 words of the new book. While I am not quite on target at the moment I'm not too worried. I've found with writing books that the first 10,000 words or so take by far the longest. They are the
- [Jessie, by Joshua Kadison: A Distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/jessie-distraction/) - I was trying to work hard the other day when my husband, Phil, mentioned to me that he had been listening to a song called Jessie by Mother Earth. It suddenly made me think of a song my mother used to play when I was younger, also called Jessie, by Joshua Kadison. Here's the youtube
- [A Voice In The Wind: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/a-voice-in-the-wind-a-review/) - A voice in the wind is the first book in the Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. The books are set in the Roman empire in approximately 70AD and the first book mostly follows the life of a Christian girl called Hadassah as her family are killed and most of Jerusalem is destroyed.
- [How to: Characterisation for With Proud Humility](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/howto-character-with-proud-humility/) - My starting place for each fresh idea is always with the main character. To me it is the most important part of having a good book or film. If people don't connect with the character and cannot relate to them, no matter how good the plot is, chances are the reader/viewer won't enjoy the product.
- [Character Bio: Kaihaitu](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/character-bio-kaihaitu/) - In preparing for a novel the first thing I do is write short biographies for the main characters in the book. As I've blogged quite a bit about book 2 and how fast I am writing it I thought I would share the bio that started the whole idea off. Allow me to introduce the
- [An Echo In The Darkness: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/an-echo-in-the-darkness-a-review/) - An Echo In The Darkness is the second book in the Mark Of The Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers. This book continues to explore the characters in the first book, picking up where the previous book left off, almost to the exact second. There are a few more characters introduced but mostly it follows all
- [The Art Of Writing](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-art-of-writing/) - A guest blog by Chrysalis Writing is an art. This is a fairly well accepted statement, but what does it mean for an activity to be an art? Some say art cannot be wrong, it is just good or bad. If a painting is called "dog" but looks like a cat, it is not wrong
- [Done, finally.](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/done-finally/) - Welcome to my new website and blog. Take a look around and check out all the many different things I do. If you are reading this than I have only just finished putting all this together with the help of the very lovely website designer Keith Mountifield. If you like the site and want to
- [Geo-caching: A distraction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/geocaching-a-distraction/) - March seems to be flying by and with breaking the 30k words barrier on my new novel I have hardly done much else. Last Saturday, however, my lovely in-laws came over, forcing me to take a much needed break. Their suggestion of what we could do was Geo-caching. I'd vaguely heard the word being thrown
- [Sherlock: A Review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/sherlock-a-review/) - Until last year I had never watched or read anything to do with Sherlock. The little I knew about him at the time consisted of him being a detective of crime who wore a deer stalker hat and had a doctor for an assistant. I don't particularly like crime books or tv programs. I usually
- [Tangled: A review](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/tangled-a-review/) - I don't normally write reviews on movies, preferring not to over analyse why I do or don't like something, but this being Disney's 50th animated film and their 10th Disney Princess I wished to share my opinions. Warning: Here be spoilers. Now while I could talk about all the tiny things I noticed that would

## Pages

- [Formatting Service](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/formatting-service/) - As I've been doing this publishing lark for several years now, and learnt a lot from formatting my own books in ebook and print form along the way, I now also offer a formatting service to other indie authors looking to put up polished novels and stories for sale. I am happy to match previous
- [The Entropian Elf](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/the-entropian-elf/) - For those that are curious, I'm an author in real life and have recently decided to sell the digital versions of my published novels, novellas and short stories for ped or for sweat at 2 ped per k. All of the publications under my author names Jess Mountifield or Amelia Price that are published by
- [Books](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/) - Written as Jess Mountifield: Historical fiction books: The first creative love of Jess was writing historical fiction novels and has continued to be her most worked-on passion with her first published book being of this genre. Now she has two stand alone novels in this genre. Fantasy
- [Mycroft Holmes Adventures](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/mycroft-holmes-adventures/) - This is a series of novellas in the Mycroft Holmes Adventures. They focus on the elder Holmes brother Mycroft instead of Sherlock and are set in current times. Somehow Mycroft and Sherlock are both still alive and as young as ever. It's written under my Amelia Price pen name.
- [The Invisible Amateur](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/mycroft-holmes-adventures/the-invisible-amateur/) - This is the third novella in the Mycroft Holmes Adventures series Synopsis: Finding out what Mr Delra is up to and how Amelia's Stalker acquired several of the out-of-circulation gold ruble coins is Mycroft's top priority, but someone doesn't want him investigating, and they've made a deal with a life Mycroft can't let them have.
- [The Unexpected Coincidence](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/mycroft-holmes-adventures/the-unexpected-coincidence/) - This is the second novella in the Mycroft Holmes Adventures series Synopsis: Amelia Jones has turned Mycroft's world upside down but he's oddly satisfied. For a woman she's in control of her emotions and eager enough to learn that he finds enjoyment in teaching her, but she's not perfect and Mycroft isn't used to people
- [The Hundred Year Wait](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/mycroft-holmes-adventures/the-hundred-year-wait/) - This is the first novella in the Adventures of Mycroft Holmes series Synopsis: Mycroft’s life is perfect, except for one small coded message he can’t quite crack, but this doesn’t bother him. His brother, Sherlock, has always helped out when tasks require more effort than he’d like. He’d never thought life dull, until he found
- [Tales of Ethanar](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/tales-of-ethanar/) - There are currently five published tales of Ethanar with many more on the way. Although they are set in the same world, they often have their own cast of characters and are sometimes in widely different times. A few characters cross over but rarely feature as the main character in more than one. They have
- [Innocent Hearts](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/tales-of-ethanar/innocent-hearts/) - Synopsis: When Bronwen's parents die she has to leave her home in the wilderness and try to find the elf city her mother told her about, but with little food and no experience in the wild she risks her life just trying. Liza doesn't fit into the Nepharil society, she can't fly, something her father
- [Wandering to Belong](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/tales-of-ethanar/wandering-to-belong/) - Synopsis: Aneira has been wandering the lands since her tribe vanished, eight years ago. One day she hopes to find them and get back to a normal life. In the mean time she has to make the most of any help she's offered along the road, but she isn't prepared for what might happen when
- [Sherdan's Legacy](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/sherdan-series/sherdans-legacy/) - Synopsis Now that Utopia is established Sherdan has a full time job as a diplomatist. Everyone wants to know how his country is protected and whether they can persuade him to part with his secrets, but he has other things on his mind. Has Utopia come at too high a price? When Anya left Utopia
- [Sherdan's Prophecy](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/sherdan-series/sherdans-prophecy/) - Synopsis Sherdan has spent many years planning for the future. Now he's in control and he is expected to forge a fresh new start for the people in his program, people he has shaped and can’t abandon, but Britain's PM has other ideas and Sherdan must face the full might of the UK. On top
- [Sherdan Series](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/sherdan-series/) - The Sherdan series consists of three books so far, There are the beginnings of plans for 3-6 more but the ones already published stand alone nicely. Sherdan's Prophecy Sherdan's Legacy Sherdan's Country
- [Chains of Freedom](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/chains-of-freedom/) - Synopsis: Kaihaitu has been trained for leadership since she was a small child but nothing quite prepared her for the arrival of the British Redcoats. When they build their new fort right by the Maori fishing grounds and refuse to allow access to the Maori people there are very few options for Kai to take.
- [With Proud Humility](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/with-proud-humility/) - Synopsis: Marie's mother died protecting something, but what? Determined to find answers, Marie is prepared to go to any length to locate her mother’s legacy, even to pursue the man responsible for her death. No price is too dear to Marie, who gambles everything on a marriage of convenience to a ship's captain she knows
- [Sherdan's Country](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/sherdan-series/sherdans-country/) - Synopsis With Utopia independent but no longer under his control Sherdan finds himself with no where to go. Wanted dead by the British government and the new leader of Utopia, he must find a way to take back what's rightfully his, but even his normal allies are wary of getting involved in this fight. Can
- [Amelia Price](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/amelia-price/) - Sometimes Jess writes something that doesn't fit with the usual brand of clean romance and adventure stories. While Jess is perfectly fine with this she realises that not all her fans want to be surprised with stories that don't fit that mold. As such she's decided to put alternative stories under a different name (Amelia
- [Other](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/other/) - When Jess is not busy doing all of her other work she will occasionally find herself in the mood to write poetry. Although most of this is very personal and often comes out of her feelings and circumstances at the time she does occasionally find herself inspired by things around her. The most notable piece
- [Promotion Terms and Conditions](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/other/promotion-terms-and-conditions/) - By entering this competition/giveaway/promotional event, it will be deemed that you are accepting the following terms and conditions: This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Network. The winner shall be chosen at the author's (Jess Mountifield) discretion, providing they follow the rules
- [A Fire's Sacrifice](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/tales-of-ethanar/a-fires-sacrifice/) - Synopsis: Life is tougher for humans than Narway realised and now she finds herself amongst them; an elf, and an outsider. Without her father's guiding hand she has to make her own way in society and decide between two paths, but both require a sacrifice. Buy links: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
- [For Such a Time as This](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/books/tales-of-ethanar/for-such-a-time-as-this/) - For Such a Time as This Ishtar the elf has been a slave working in the castle kitchens her whole life, but one day her owner decides he has other plans for her. Before she can protest she finds herself in the King's harem, but will she be able to adapt to the new situation
- [About](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/about/) - Jess was born in the quaint village of Woodbridge in the UK, has spent some of her childhood in the States and now resides in the beautiful Roman city of Bath. She lives with her husband Phil and her very dapsy cat, Pleaides. Jess can often be found either in a cafe, grinning behind a
- [Non Fiction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/non-fiction/) - Though non-fiction is not something Jess is particularly fond of writing she does occasionally leave the fictional worlds in her head to write about something else. While Jess occassionally writes the odd review and/or rant on something currently relevant, the most notable non-fiction is for the Entropia Times quarterly magazine as one of two advice
- [Excerpts](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/excerpts/) - Learning To Fly She stood completely still in the mist, her teacher equally still beside her. She knew there was a cliff in front of her but she could not make out much detail beyond the edge. The feathers on the ends of her wings fluttered gently in the wind as she stood watching, hoping
- [Fan Fiction](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/fan-fiction/) - Jess has written many types of Fan fiction over the years as she enjoys relaxing by playing MMORPG's. Although the name has been finally linked, all her fan fiction so far is written under the pen name Marie Woodell and with a picture of her character of this name. The most notable of her writing
- [Clothes Design](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/clothes-design/) - Jess first dabbled in designing clothes with her wedding dress and has since designed the odd dress or corset for herself though for now her wedding dress remains the only design finished and made. Recently Jess has expanded from her own clothes into T-shirt designs for a potential new company with her Uncle-in-law, Keith. Between
- [Writing](https://jessmountifield.co.uk/writing/) - Jess dabbles in many different areas of writing. Some of which are: Books Fan fiction Non Fiction

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