Jennifer Lynch's Blog - Posts Tagged "reviews"
What to do on a cold day?
Hello Readers
I will try and keep my blog posts short and sweet because then you will enjoy reading them and I will enjoying writing them!
It's always difficult to get motivated when the frost is on the ground and you're looking for that thick jumper that you hid somewhere in a drawer last year, but with boots on and dressed up to go, when the sun peeks out, the day can feel like a miracle. What a very long sentence!
How often do we feel thankful that we are just alive? I think some winter days are like this, the summer feels like a distant dream and yet, if we make the effort, we find that there are just as many good things to find on a winter's day if we embrace it.
Today, I have walked my dog for about half an hour and given a friend a full body massage. I sometimes give therapy to people as I'm trained as a therapist and it is a good thing to swop. As a result of this, my friend gave me a very hot vegetable chilli - this was a complete unexpected bonus and it tasted delicious!
I'm still editing, but I'm getting there. I'm trying not to rush too much as that way, mistakes can slip through and no-one wants to read a book with too many mistakes. What was great today was I noticed that I have a new reviews on Liberty Angel and William's Wishes. If you are interested in the subject of adoption, particularly sixties adoptions, William's Wishes is for you. Being adopted myself, I have first hand experience of the emotions involved. My characters are fictional but in a way, I want to say, if you haven't lived it a little, then don't write about it because to me authentic writing is the writing that really rocks. Of course, we can't have been and done everything, can we? But I still feel it helps to know a bit about what you write.
Now, this is turning into a long blog post!
I'd like to add a little part of William's Wishes where Rececca confronts her emotions about the adoption of Bridgette....
"Rebecca agreed to go to the theatre with Lawrence. She was completely enthralled by the experience and afterwards she couldn’t wait to see him again. As the weeks turned into months, their occasional date changed into something more serious. But never once did she tell Lawrence the story of Bridgette, the baby she had lost. The baby, she now considered dead. She was afraid that if she opened up to him about this, it would drive a wedge between them. Although she loved Lawrence, her past was not in any way relevant to her future, a future that she hoped to spend with Lawrence. She had taken enough risks and been through enough pain. She desperately wanted to hold on to what she had left. As the years went by, it was only really on birthdays that Rebecca thought of Bridgette. This year was particularly hard because she knew that Bridgette was eighteen. She would be an adult. It was totally unbelievable. Bridgette would be able to make her own decisions, have a key to the house. Even leave home if she wanted to. It didn’t seem possible. Most alarming of all, was the fact Bridgette could now trace her. What would that do to her life? Surely it would be too hard? The whole thing was too confusing for her to think about. Her vision of Bridgette was of the small baby she’d held tightly, in those last few hours. Rebecca felt it would be better to keep it that way."
Thank you for reading ... and happy Thursday.
Love Jennifer
I will try and keep my blog posts short and sweet because then you will enjoy reading them and I will enjoying writing them!
It's always difficult to get motivated when the frost is on the ground and you're looking for that thick jumper that you hid somewhere in a drawer last year, but with boots on and dressed up to go, when the sun peeks out, the day can feel like a miracle. What a very long sentence!
How often do we feel thankful that we are just alive? I think some winter days are like this, the summer feels like a distant dream and yet, if we make the effort, we find that there are just as many good things to find on a winter's day if we embrace it.
Today, I have walked my dog for about half an hour and given a friend a full body massage. I sometimes give therapy to people as I'm trained as a therapist and it is a good thing to swop. As a result of this, my friend gave me a very hot vegetable chilli - this was a complete unexpected bonus and it tasted delicious!
I'm still editing, but I'm getting there. I'm trying not to rush too much as that way, mistakes can slip through and no-one wants to read a book with too many mistakes. What was great today was I noticed that I have a new reviews on Liberty Angel and William's Wishes. If you are interested in the subject of adoption, particularly sixties adoptions, William's Wishes is for you. Being adopted myself, I have first hand experience of the emotions involved. My characters are fictional but in a way, I want to say, if you haven't lived it a little, then don't write about it because to me authentic writing is the writing that really rocks. Of course, we can't have been and done everything, can we? But I still feel it helps to know a bit about what you write.
Now, this is turning into a long blog post!
I'd like to add a little part of William's Wishes where Rececca confronts her emotions about the adoption of Bridgette....
"Rebecca agreed to go to the theatre with Lawrence. She was completely enthralled by the experience and afterwards she couldn’t wait to see him again. As the weeks turned into months, their occasional date changed into something more serious. But never once did she tell Lawrence the story of Bridgette, the baby she had lost. The baby, she now considered dead. She was afraid that if she opened up to him about this, it would drive a wedge between them. Although she loved Lawrence, her past was not in any way relevant to her future, a future that she hoped to spend with Lawrence. She had taken enough risks and been through enough pain. She desperately wanted to hold on to what she had left. As the years went by, it was only really on birthdays that Rebecca thought of Bridgette. This year was particularly hard because she knew that Bridgette was eighteen. She would be an adult. It was totally unbelievable. Bridgette would be able to make her own decisions, have a key to the house. Even leave home if she wanted to. It didn’t seem possible. Most alarming of all, was the fact Bridgette could now trace her. What would that do to her life? Surely it would be too hard? The whole thing was too confusing for her to think about. Her vision of Bridgette was of the small baby she’d held tightly, in those last few hours. Rebecca felt it would be better to keep it that way."
Thank you for reading ... and happy Thursday.
Love Jennifer
End of January
Hello Friends
I realise that I haven't written a blog post for several months now. I had a lovely Christmas and New Year with family staying over which culminated with a New Year's Eve Salsa dance at Marks Tey, Nr. Colchester Essex which was a tremendous night, loads of fun.
In the last week in November 2018 I was temping in a school for children with severe learning disabilities, in the office so all of December and the beginning of January have been rather manic until now - where I have time at home and time to think about taking my life forward as an author.
This year definitely needs to be more progressive with writing. I've stopped attending Mind Body & Soul events in favour of working from home giving Soul Coaching, Aura Readings and Angel Card sessions. It seems unproductive to travel all over the place, not knowing if the event is going to draw enough people when there are so many ways of interacting with people, particularly online and by using facebook. I am frequently giving short readings in a large book on facebook called Lightworkers Live Feeds and I am finding this fun. I also plan to host more interactive workshops this way - giving information to others on the Law of Attraction, and writing.
I hope you are all having a lovely January? The weather here today is very cold and damp but it didn't dishearten Barney my dog this morning because he wanted to run. I'm still working from my previous vision board at the moment but I'm certainly creating so new affirmations for the year ahead. It will be fantastic when I can see my books in shops such as Waterstones and WH Smith which I feel is coming.
Being creative is very important for me but so is feedback. I'm considering doing starting a follow up to Never to be Told shortly to give a little more of Gareth's story past and moving into his present. For those who have read Never to be Told, they may well be wondering what his next plan is? Never to be Told is primarily a book about empowerment and Angela's journey of self discovery but in addition it is a suspense and gripping in parts. There are some very real elements to this book with situations which we have all experienced in our lives. If you have time to add a review - that would be great. In the meantime I am downloading more books and reviewing. We have time if we make time, if we want to read we will. Reading is an education and its fun! There are so many ways to be creative with writing from poetry to novels, from scribbles to masterpieces! Enjoy your January and while the weather is cold, keep your hearts warm!
I realise that I haven't written a blog post for several months now. I had a lovely Christmas and New Year with family staying over which culminated with a New Year's Eve Salsa dance at Marks Tey, Nr. Colchester Essex which was a tremendous night, loads of fun.
In the last week in November 2018 I was temping in a school for children with severe learning disabilities, in the office so all of December and the beginning of January have been rather manic until now - where I have time at home and time to think about taking my life forward as an author.
This year definitely needs to be more progressive with writing. I've stopped attending Mind Body & Soul events in favour of working from home giving Soul Coaching, Aura Readings and Angel Card sessions. It seems unproductive to travel all over the place, not knowing if the event is going to draw enough people when there are so many ways of interacting with people, particularly online and by using facebook. I am frequently giving short readings in a large book on facebook called Lightworkers Live Feeds and I am finding this fun. I also plan to host more interactive workshops this way - giving information to others on the Law of Attraction, and writing.
I hope you are all having a lovely January? The weather here today is very cold and damp but it didn't dishearten Barney my dog this morning because he wanted to run. I'm still working from my previous vision board at the moment but I'm certainly creating so new affirmations for the year ahead. It will be fantastic when I can see my books in shops such as Waterstones and WH Smith which I feel is coming.
Being creative is very important for me but so is feedback. I'm considering doing starting a follow up to Never to be Told shortly to give a little more of Gareth's story past and moving into his present. For those who have read Never to be Told, they may well be wondering what his next plan is? Never to be Told is primarily a book about empowerment and Angela's journey of self discovery but in addition it is a suspense and gripping in parts. There are some very real elements to this book with situations which we have all experienced in our lives. If you have time to add a review - that would be great. In the meantime I am downloading more books and reviewing. We have time if we make time, if we want to read we will. Reading is an education and its fun! There are so many ways to be creative with writing from poetry to novels, from scribbles to masterpieces! Enjoy your January and while the weather is cold, keep your hearts warm!
