Jacksprat Gets Lost in Fiction

Top 5 Ideal Mashups in a Book Most of these will be fantasy combined with something . 1.     This is not two specific books, but specific genres: Historical Fiction and Fantasy.   I love both these genres and the idea of mixing them.   Now, I’m not talking about medieval fantasy, but a fantasy story set in some decade in 20 th century or 18 th or 19 th century history.   Like Magic during the American Revolution. 2.     Western and Fantasy .   I think this would be a fun combination.   Like incorporating fantasy in book set during 18 th or 19 th it would be unusual and a unique and would be fascinating to see how the world would be effected if magic had existed back then. 3.     Magical realism and hard-hitting issues .   I think this is a brilliant way to teach people about important societal issues.   It will make easier to understand it and puts less pressure on someone to consider our socie...

Auto-Buy Science Fiction/Fantasy Authors 1.      Sarah J. Maas.   I love the Faery worlds she creates and her world building is amazing.   She creates great characters too and ones you’re not supposed to like are interesting too.   I don’t remember if Throne of Glass or A Court of Thorns and Roses came first.   I want to read Catwoman as well. 2.     Victoria/V.E. Schwab.   I’ve just started getting into this author, but she’s slowly becoming an Auto-buy author.   I love her writing style.   I hope to get This Savage Song soon.   A Darker Shade of Magic was the first one I read of hers and then Vicious.   I haven’t read her YA yet, but I want too. 3.     Marissa Meyer.   Just like Mrs. Schwab Meyer is still a bit new to me, but she’s also becoming an auto-buy author.   The Lunar Chronicles was the first of her books I fell for, and then I read Heartless.   I put Wires and...

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JObmMV2yyfE 1. Name your ship-- Pick a book title for your fearsome vessel?  Queen of Shadows.  Having trouble reading the book itself, but I think its a cool title. 2. Pick your flag-- Choose a creature or monster to put on your flag?  The sea serpent from Siege and Storm, the second book in The Grisha trilogy.  I admit its not my favorite series, but the different animals that Alina has to find are really cool. 3. The first mate--They're your second in command? Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.  She's smart, loyal, and brave. 4. The Navigator--There the character that guides your ship across the seas? Cress from The Lunar Chronicles.  Living in a satellite most of her life has allowed her to be good at reading the stars. 5. The raiding crew-- Choose two characters to raid ships and do the fighting for you? 1. Lilah Bard from Shades of Magic trilogy 2. Kvothe from The King Killer Chronicles.  Both...

Nothing much, but once I'm committing the bad habit of changing my idea and wanting to do something different.  I have a handful of ideas and I can't settle on one!  I have typed up a few blurbs that are beginnings of scenes, but sadly that's it.  I know its my own fault that I let myself get distracted, and I could fix it.

Sent my Power Point that is my outline and description of my synopsis to my friend Karen, who was the editor at the magazine I was writing book reviews for, to take a look at and help hold me accountable to my writing.

Top 5 Characters I Want to be Best Friends I decided for my Freebie to choose from one of the topic suggestions.   I don’t know if any of these characters would want to be friends with me Lol, but I like them and would love to be friends with them. 1.     Sansa Stark from The Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin.   I admit, at first, I didn’t like Sansa didn’t appreciate how she treated Arya, but as the story goes on I have come feel sorry for her and fall for her character.   She goes through so much hell and survives so much trauma, and she needs a friend she can trust.   She also needs a friend who genuinely wants to be that, a friend, and she’s a sweet person, despite her attitude in the beginning. 2.     I would just love to be part of this friend group: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer.   All these girls are really cool and would be fun to hang out with. 3. ...