Quarterly Goals – January to March 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It is finally 2019, I can't quite decide if 2018 rushed by or took a millennium. What are your thoughts? 2018 was quite good to me in the grand scheme of things and 2019 looks to be quite exciting/exhausting with Baby M due in April! But this post isn't about that, it's...

Re-Launching This Blog!

So it's been a while since you have heard from me here on Parchment and Quill but fear not, for I have returned to the world of blogging! That might sound a little preachy but I have high hopes for this blog in 2019 as we come to the end of an eventful 2018. The...

BOOK REVIEW: The Angel’s Mark by S.W. Perry

LONDON, 1590. Queen Elizabeth I's control over her kingdom is wavering. Amidst a tumultuous backdrop of Spanish plotters, Catholic heretics and foreign wars threatening the country's fragile stability, the body of a small boy is found in the City of London, with strange marks that no one can explain. When idealistic physician Nicholas Shelby finds...

It’s Almost NaNo Season!

It's almost that time of year again, NaNoWriMo is just around the corner and it's time for the preparation to begin! After several years of failed NaNo's as a panster (someone who doesn't plan before writing) and one year as a successful planner (you can guess that one) I know I need to plan plenty...

BOOK REVIEW: The White Cross by Richard Masefield

'A knight who isn't skilled in arms can count for nothing in this world, remember that. It is your destiny to fight.' With the words of his dead father ringing in his ears, Sir Garon leaves his new wife, Elise, and their green domain of Haddertun for blood and dust and disillusionment in Palestine. Meanwhile...

BOOK REVEAL: The Sequel to Anna Undreaming by Thomas Welsh

Today I have something very exciting to share with you all, a look at the sequel to Anna Undreaming by Thomas Welsh. I reviewed Anna Undreaming several months ago, you can read it here. Now I was meant to share this with you on Monday, but unfortunately life got in the way and it's four days late....

My Writing Life: An Update

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...

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...

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...

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...