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Guest Post: Why Do I Like to Write Horror Stories?

Jill Elizabeth posted this on July 8th, 2011

Today’s guest post offers great insight into why writers write in general, as well as why Paul Dail, today’s gust post author, writes in his particular genre: horror. Thanks so much to Paul for offering us a trip into his head… ***

If you’ll notice, there are really three questions in the title to [...]

Another Jill-Elizabeth List Makes Its Mark on the World!

Jill Elizabeth posted this on July 7th, 2011

Just a quick heads up that I have had another top ten list posted on AllYouNeedIsLists.com. You can check it out here. It is a compilation of ten non-fiction stories that read like fiction. Enjoy!

An Homage to Bookplates or What do You Know, Jill-Elizabeth is Oddly Old-Fashioned

Jill Elizabeth posted this on July 7th, 2011

I have a bizarre love of bookplates. Yes, I know, you are shocked that I, Jill-Elizabeth, love something book-related. And you are shocked that I, Jill-Elizabeth, love something anachronistic. And something that marks books as mine, mine, all mine.

It’s true.

I love bookplates. Ever since I was a little girl and received my first set of collectible books – six green and cream leather-bound Louisa May Alcott books from my godfather, Uncle Paul (hello Uncle Paul!) – with bookplates inside, I have loved bookplates. I love the dignified and sophisticated way that they mark something as a part of my very own library. To me, they signify that I take books seriously, that they are valuable and important possessions worthy of identification as mine.
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I Wanted to Like Them, I Swear I Did!

Jill Elizabeth posted this on July 6th, 2011

It has happened again. I read a synopsis of a book that sounded fascinating, ordered, received and read said book, and… (wait for it) … I hated it. Sigh. This doesn’t happen all the time, mind you, but it has happened often enough to frustrate me (and to scare me to death – what if that is what happens when people read synopses of my books, assuming I ever finish any of them). Eek, she said.

There are a number of reasons that seemingly good books go bad. Probably the biggest one for me is the writing. A great idea is a fabulous thing, and no book can be truly great without one. However, a great idea is not enough to make a truly great book. The translation of that idea – the way the bones of the concept are shaped into the entirety of the story – is also an essential component.
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Guest Post: The Vampire Diaries: Book Vs. TV Show

Jill Elizabeth posted this on July 5th, 2011

Today’s Book Review Tuesday post offers new spin in two directions. First, it is a guest post, courtesy of Erin at Pagan Spirits. And second, it is a comparative book review/television review combo-type deal. We here at Jill-Elizabeth.com are all about value, you see, and we just love the combo-type deal. As long as it’s not super-sized. That’s just ostentatious. Enjoy!

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The Vampire Diaries: Book vs. TV Show

I’m usually good about reading a book before it’s turned into a movie or TV show. I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone before the first movie came out, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets shortly before it came out on film, and the rest of the books long before they made it to the big screen. I was a fan of Sookie Stackhouse and had read all but the latest two of Charlaine Harris’s books about her before tuning in to the True Blood TV series. I read Twilight before it was a movie, then read New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn in a mad reading binge before I’d seen a single preview of the New Moon film.
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