This week I've just got an overall update for you all as I am currently away on holiday with the family (including 5 children under 5 years old!) so I don't have the greatest amount of time to write! So, onto the update. The headline is that I have started up a YouTube channel! I... Continue Reading →
I’ve Started a YouTube Channel!
I know I've been somewhat absent for the last week or so, thanks to my sprained wrist. But I'm back today with some exciting news, something I've been working towards for a while now. I've started a YouTube channel! Listed under my own name, Jenna Louise Barrett, and focusing on much the same thing as... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo Update – Day 10 and the end of the road
I never thought I would have to do this, but I am bowing out of Camp NaNoWriMo. Not because I don't have the time or the energy. But because right now typing is really quite painful, this is why. This morning I managed to sprain my wrist rather badly. With the swelling going from my... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo Update – Day 8
Hello fellow campers! We are at the end of our first week of Camp NaNoWriMo and I have royally mucked up! For this month I have been editing my novel, which I wrote last November, and I've been keeping in mind how much I had edited before July 1st. So I could work out an... Continue Reading →
Book Review: A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Kell is plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, he is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila. As Red London prepares for the Element Games - an extravagant international competition of magic - a certain pirate ship draws closer. But another London is coming back... Continue Reading →
My Writing Life: Editing My Book
Today's My Writing Life post is inspired by the last couple days of what I have been doing, creative writing wise. I have been editing my novel and I have made some serious progress for the first time in months. Since December I have been trying to edit and revise my book but I have restarted and... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo Day 3 Update
Camp NaNoWriMo has been up and running for three days now and I am happy to say that not only have I met my target for the first three days, I have surpassed them! At the time of writing I am sitting on 5,478 words in three days, I was only aiming for 3,000. I've... Continue Reading →
June Wrap up and A New Quarter!
June is over, we are well into summer! This also means the quarter is over and a new one begins today so with this post I will be wrapping up June and assessing my quarterly goals. What have I done this month? A fair question (I ask myself), June has seen the beginning of yet... Continue Reading →