J. R. FRONTERA, author

Rebel stories for rebel souls...

Music Monday: An Exploration of What Powers my Stories – "Silver Lining" by HURTS

When it comes to music, writers seem to be in one of two camps.  Either they LOVE having music as a background to their story creation, or ... they HATE it, and must instead have absolute silence in which to concentrate. Personally, I'm in Camp A.  I LOVE having music while I write, and always have.  The louder and more epic, the better.  I reach The Zone far more quickly and stay in it longer if I've got my headphones on and the music blaring.  And since I started my current WIP about a year ... View Post

The Work-in-Progress Blog Hop: The Good Thing

Well!  Nothing like a good ol' fashioned blog hop to force me out of my blogging hermit-hole!I have been tagged by the wonderful Jumping From Cliffs to participate in this thingy here, and this is how it works: The idea is I post the first line of the first three chapters of my current work-in-progress, then nominate four other bloggers to do the same.To follow in the tradition set forth by JFC and a few of the authors who were tagged before him, I am including the first line of my prologue as ... View Post

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for July 2014

Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”! This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing to cultivate new ideas for future projects. In case you missed my previous post on this subject, at the end of every month I compile a list of what I accomplished as far as ... View Post

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for June 2014

Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”! This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing to cultivate new ideas for future projects. In case you missed my previous post on this subject, at the end of every month I compile a list of what I accomplished as far as ... View Post

Camp NaNoWriMo Diaries: Days Sixteen through Thirty-One – Thank Goodness July Has Thirty-One Days!

Dear Diary, Well, it's been seven whole days since the end of Camp. One whole week!  Wow. I haven't written in a while because well, I was busy trying to make my 20,000 word word count before the end of July so I could finally "win" a NaNoWriMo Camp! And ... I DID IT!  I made it!!!! Can you believe it!?!?  It was a close call this year, just like it usually is in November, with me sitting down and literally hand-writing the last 600 words during lunch hour on July 31st!  But the important ... View Post

The GMO Freak Out

This is not what I usually talk about here, or share, but as it is an issue very close to my heart, and as I was very saddened that one of my favorite scientists ever (Neil) completely disregarded the real issues on this topic, and as the Mandi's Green Apple blog is one of my FAVORITES and she put it JUST SO FANTASTICALLY, I had to reblog this post. So, please read, think, and support your local, small, organic farmers! They need all the help they can get! ... View Post

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