Saturday, 15 December 2012


This is a sneak preview of ZENITH, my new addition to my books. If you love fantasy then you will love Zenith. 

Seth, why do you want to escape your human life with such urgency? Life is something to cherish and hold on to.”
After fight years, Seth still didn't know names. 
"You don't have any idea what it's like. I was told i always wanted something i couldn't have. It's longed for a smile who would accept me as their own. You helped me when i needed someone the most. You helped me out of the deep sleep others had forced upon me." 

You can get this novel from lulu.com and from amazon.co.uk for kindle. 


Monday, 29 October 2012

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE

We all need a little bit of hope and belief in our lives. I am constantly talking about the search for something, the search of something that makes sense, a search for somewhere I can escape to. This is all hope, obviously. I can't exactly pick up and leave, but writing is my escape.

Jack Heffron quotes that 'hope is a complex emotion. It's tied to longing.' He then goes on to say that hope gives up some kind of jump to do something, it keeps us focused and directed with a hing of energy linked in. Hope gives us the chance to believe in something to make us move on, move up or carry on with something we are doing or how we are feeling. 'Writing is an act of hope' he says as an opening to this book. Meaning that hope gives us the ground level for everything, hope keeps us determined.

When I read his passage about hope, it made me realise that no matter what happens in life, we can never give up on ourselves or anyone else for that matter. When he give up hope, we give up everything we rely on. Writing is my act of hope, and if you feel the same, never give it up.

Thank you for reading

J.A.M

Saturday, 13 October 2012

Just a little tip

Through my own experiences, I have found it hard to get emotion through my novels, it takes me a while to get what I like to think is a great sense of emotion. There are moments in my books were characters are going through Hell, because writers always love a bit of drama, but in all honesty, I never really understood how to make my words more heart felt.

But then it came to me! Yes, it isn't about the dialog, its about the other things going on around the characters. You have to make what they are doing much more prominent. Put in what they are doing, facial expressions. People use characters eyes to get across how they are feeling. This is because people say that eyes are the looking glass into the soul, use it to get across how your characters are feeling.

It's a hard thing to do and it comes with practice, the more you write the easier things will get. 

J.A.M

   

Thursday, 11 October 2012

FINDING YOUR VOICE!

A writers voice is the only thing we have for a claim to fame. It's the only thing we have to make people listen to what we have to say. I never really understood it, but no I know. To get a writer;s voice you have to believe in yourself, but most importantly you have to believe in your writing. If you can't do that, then there isn't any point in it.

To really understand your voice you have to know what you are writing, and your characters, so but understanding then you can create a strong voice. To be able to achieve you need to find where you belong. I'm referring to genre, whether its fantasy, crime, thriller and so on. As long as you enjoy what you're doing then the readers will enjoy reading it just as much.

You also have to imagine you're there, living with what's going on around you whether you decide on first person or third. If you believe you're there then you can get across the real emotions your characters are feeling.

Thank you, and enjoy finding your place

J.A.M

Sunday, 7 October 2012


HOW TO GET OVER WRITERS BLOCK!

Wow, this is a hard topic, mostly because of the many different ways you could. When I get writers block it is because I am either stressed out or because I have too many ideas in my head making me just crash, I suppose.
I have found if you move on to something else, for example if you are writing one novel and you are like me with little bits and pieces all over, then I usually look at something else. Work on that for a little while.
Another way is by walking away completely, read a book or watch TV. Or sometimes your dog gets a lucky break and take it for a walk. I have also used Jack Heffrons book to help me too, he has done it brilliantly, giving you prompts and challenges to get your mind thinking about something else.
I have used them before, they work a treat and it really makes you realise there are so many ways your novel could go to what you first thought.  

Monday, 1 October 2012

HOW TO START YOUR NOVEL

Writing a novel is great fun, we all know that. It's just getting the thing started that seems to people's downfall. The first five pages are the most important pages because they are what will attract the readers. The beginning is the most important because it is the time to set scene and to kick things off. 

I always try and start the book with something slightly intriguing, not giving all your secrets away at the beginning you can build your readers up to it. There are many ways to open up new chapters, speech, description, you could use a prologue. These i have used in my books they are a great way to set the scene, sometimes they are just good to recall anything from the past to catch the readers up. Also, they are good because they aren't pages long so they have to short and sweet getting straight to the point. 

Dialogue might not be the best way to start off with, but sometimes speech is a good idea if you are writing a thriller. I have used dialogue two of my books because it set the emotions. It is a good way to get across how people are feeling if you have to get the novel moving straight away. 

Starting the novel and ending them are the hardest part, they need to have a lot of thought into them because they are the most important bits. What i usually do is plan a few different starts, one could be using dialogue, setting the scene and sometimes it the other could be a prologue. I then read them through and see which is the best. You need to know where the novel is heading, then you will know which is better. 

I learnt, if you believe in yourself then you can make anything work.

Thank you, and good look with starting your new novel. They are stressful but fun at the same time 

J.A.M 
 

Friday, 28 September 2012

Back In Busines!

I am back, I know it has been a long time, but I have been focusing on my writing, Since our last meeting I had two books published, my first was Sworn 2 Secrecy Book 1 Revolutionise and my second was Outnumbered By Emotion.

Well now I have three books. Outnumbered By Emotion has a second book to go with is called Strength Lies Within. This book follows the progress of Robyn and her husband Damon in their desire to be accepted as a pair. Their lives were an emotions ride from the word go. Then they found one another and it got even worse, but they could never be happier. 

Robyn and her Pack of wolves have suffered losses no one could ever understand and they need to be united with a passion they all know and love, through Robyn. They believe she is the only one they can really believe in. Her life is getting harder and harder with every passing moment, can Damon be strong enough to get through it, or will everything fall apart? 
Get Strength Lies Within on Lulu.com as paper back copy, or you can now get Outnumbered By Emotion and Strength Lies Within at Amazon.co.uk on Ebook. Very handy if you are on the move and looking for something to entertain yourself on a long journey. 

Take a look, post a comment or review on either of the websites with your views on all three of the books. Sworn 2 Secrecy Book 2 Desensitise is on its way, so keep yourself updates and subscribe to this page! 

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Hi people, i know i haven't updated in a while and for that i am terribly sorry. But i am now, this is one post you might want to read.

'Life is only as good as you make it.' My grandma told me that when I was younger. I didn't understand at first, I thought I was living life to the full anyway, doing everything I wanted to do. Living with my family, playing games with my friends from junior school.

But, unfortunately, when I was 12 she was taken from the world and there was nothing I could do to stop it. I shut down in way. But just as life begins another has to end, its cruel and unforgiving but that's the way the world works, for people who believe in a God, they will have their own ways of interpreting the ways of life and understanding what there is to be understood.  

'LIFE IS ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU MAKE IT'

To me this means doing things people might not agree with. Living life without any expectations or any plans is a good way to go, but if you are anything like me then you have to have a little bit of structure to life, a little bit of a routine. That's just how we work. 

What I'm trying to say is that you have to make things happen in your own life, you have to do things because you want them to happen. If you want to do something then do it, why should you worry about other people. I am not saying go out and break the law, obviously, but do something with the reason of 'just because'. Live life to the full and do everything that you want to do before you are forced to leave the world. 

Thank you,
J.A.M

Monday, 16 April 2012

OUTNUMBERED BY EMOTION

I know I'm a little late, but i have finally finished my book, outnumbered by emotion, it is read and waiting for people to buy it, so get online on lulu.com and get your copy. 

It has taken me long enough to finish it, i hope everyone likes it. But don't forget to get my Sworn 2 Secrecy, if you haven't already. 

OUTNUMBERED BY EMOTION, this is a fun adventure or twists and turns with life. It is a change to my Sworn 2 Secrecy. Set way back when sword, bows and arrows were relied on to get them were they needed to be. Robyn is a strong woman fighting for what she knows is right, but being a woman in a mans world is hard enough, but to have a family on the other side of the tress is just another obstacle she has to face and get through.   

Sunday, 25 March 2012

Okay i know i haven't been on in a while and people may have forgotten about me but please bare with me. I have started college so that's been a lot of hard work, plus i have been writing my new book. It is almost there i am proof reading it now.

It is called Outnumbered by Emotion and it is a different series to my sworn 2 secrecy. Set way back with swords bows and arrows, obviously fantasy since i live in my own world. Its completely different to sworn 2 secrecy but it is still in the same genre. Had lots of fun writing it so I'm hoping that it will be good to read too.

I will do better at keeping you updated on this one. It should be out any time soon so keep checking this page for more updates.

Sworn 2 Secrecy is still on sale for £7.00 at lulu.com

Thank you,
JAM