Well, duh. Though… I watch a lot of movies. I also read a lot of books. I’ve watched a lot of movies inspired by books—and that’s my favourite way of phrasing it, because even a faithful film adaptation will differ from the source material. It’s the director’s vision, and the actors’ interpretation of the script.ContinueContinue reading “The Book Was Better”
Category Archives: Rambles
Thursdays Are for Hiking
Sometimes to write better, you have to not write. I’ve been pushing hard the past couple of weeks trying to meet a deadline for Uncommon Ground (better known as my Aliens in New York project). I need to be done by tomorrow, and I’m maybe 3-4k from the end. Doable, right? Even more doable ifContinueContinue reading “Thursdays Are for Hiking”
Five Years!
WordPress just informed me that my blog is five years old today! In honour of my blog’s fifth birthday, I thought I’d share five of my favourite posts. Ramble: The Weed This is one of my earliest posts, and one I reread on occasion because it reminds me of the fact that sometimes, it’s theContinueContinue reading “Five Years!”
Magical Moments
That is seriously the corniest title for a blog post ever, but I’m sticking with it. I spent the past weekend at the Create Something Magical Conference in Iselin, NJ, organised by Liberty States Fiction Writers. Despite having depleted a good deal of my conference mojo at the Dreamspinner Author Workshop in Florida earlier thisContinueContinue reading “Magical Moments”
Following Your Heart
If I had to pick the underlying theme of my many blog posts about writing, it would be me asking: what am I doing this for? The question isn’t unique to my profession, or even to creatives. From time to time, we all take a look at what we’re doing and ask why. Or weContinueContinue reading “Following Your Heart”
Kelly Jensen 