I’m so excited to show you all the cover for the first book in The Kinsman Chronicles, called King’s Folly.
*drumroll, please*
CHOIS 2015 in Nampa, Idaho
Last week I attended the CHOIS convention in Nampa, Idaho. This was the sixth year I’ve gone, and I always have a wonderful time. The CHOIS convention used to be held at College Church of the Nazarene, but they outgrew the space, so this year they were in the NNU gymnasium. My friend Angela Strong joined me with her wonderfully funny Fun4Hire middle grade series. Here we are in our booth.
The RoboTales Art Contest is Open!
RoboTales art contest for kids to have their work in a published book.
Cover Reveal: Tinker (RoboTales, book 1)
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for Tinker (RoboTales, book 1). This is the first in an eight-book series that my son and I have been working on for the past three years. It’s so exciting to finally have a book cover! What do you think? The RoboTales books are advanced chapter books/early middle grade.… Continue Reading
Tuesday Tell-All
Writing and Upcoming Releases King’s Folly I’ve been hard at work on the rewrite of King’s Folly. It’s a BIG book, so it’s taking more time that some books might. The rewrite is due back to my publisher on June 10. I should have a cover in late June to show you all. The release… Continue Reading
Teen Author Boot Camp
Last fall at Salt Lake Comic Con, I met author Jennifer Jenkins on the Go Teen Writers panel. She is one of the founders of Teen Author Book Camp. This past weekend I drove out to Utah Valley University and presented a class at the fifth Teen Author Boot Camp. I was so impressed! These… Continue Reading
Touring Disney Studios
It’s been a crazy year so far in the Williamson household. We’ve been going, going, going! Busy, busy, busy. Sometimes I wish we could find a way to slow life down a lot more. But so far that has not happened. In March, however, we went on a family vacation to California. We lived in… Continue Reading
RoboTales Kickstarter Project: Will You Help Us?
I usually write for teens or adults. But since both my kids were in elementary school, I wanted to write a story for them. My son, Luke, and I came up with the idea of writing science fiction fairytales. But it wasn’t until we came up with the title RoboTales, that we really got excited.… Continue Reading
Project Sneak Peek: RoboTales
My son and I have been working on the RoboTales books for two years now. This year, I hope to get them in print! These are advanced chapter/lower middle grade books and will have illustrations in each chapter, so we feel the art is very important to the project. I hunted around until I found an… Continue Reading
The Past, Present, and Future of Jill Williamson
What I Did in 2014 January: •I started writing Onyx Eyes, one chapter a week, on my blog as an experiment. •Outcasts, book two in the Safe Lands trilogy, released. •I continued writing Rebels, book three in the Safe Lands trilogy. •I also published The Senet Box in January, which is a short story for new… Continue Reading
Help Me Choose My New Author Picture
Got some new pictures taken, since I look a bit different from the one of me in the red shirt. I’ve narrowed it down to these four. I will crop whichever one I choose. What do you guys think? [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] [/one_half_last] [one_half] [/one_half] [one_half_last] [/one_half_last] [poll id=”11″] If you have trouble… Continue Reading
99¢ Ebook Sale
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. We went to Vancouver, Washington to be with my inlaws. It was a very nice and relaxing weekend.Zondervan/Blink is running a Cyber Monday ebook sale on many of their YA titles, including the Safe Lands trilogy. All three are 99¢. Sale runs… Continue Reading