Jean Ann Williams | Author

Before I begin, I wanted to let you know I’ll be posting on Saturdays as my Fridays are busy. I hope this is a better time for you to receive the newsletter. I enjoy the woods. I like to big game hunt, although in the 12 years I’ve hunted I’ve bagged one deer. This does […]

In these difficult times, I’ll be posting short Scriptures five days a week. I hope these verses and the prayer uplift you. Scripture: Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of […]

We hunted elk for four days out of the seven. On the last day in the last hour, I took a tumble toward the bottom of the hill. We were walking on a narrow path on the side of an old logger road that had been covered with trees that had fallen onto it. We […]

I’m posting a day early because my husband and I are going elk hunting this weekend. Now when I say elk hunting, this is the elderly folks type of hunting. No steep canyons for us! I found a large area where elk have been bedding down. So we know where to go. There’s a nice […]

And you thought only movies have deleted scenes? Not so. At the end of the edits for “Sincerely Claire” I was including my editor’s suggestions into the story. Until, I stopped dead in my tracks in an early chapter. The story was going along at a perfect pace, the tension upping as the story unfolded. […]

It has been a very long month since I posted here. The last stages of edits, formatting the book, testing the book cover is the correct dimensions is always hard. And it nevers goes off without a few hitches, so the reason I have not posted. Finally though, the paperback version of “Sincerely Claire” released […]

I confess! I still have a whole lot to learn, especially about overuse of names and being an expert on Deep Point of View. Below is one page of my editor’s suggestions. I still have a lot of work ahead on “Sincerely Claire.” Prayer for me to make my deadline would be a blessing! “SINCERELY […]

Before I begin the last part of becoming a storyteller, I have to say there are two main necessities to write a great story. First you have to weave an interesting tale. Second, you have to be willing to edit your work, and have professional editors edit your work when you’ve gotten it as good […]

We’ve had a lot going on since I last wrote, and I’m sorry I didn’t send a newsletter these past few weeks. From everything I’ve read from testimonials of the storytellers, they don’t wake one morning and decide to write. They evolve and can begin at a very early age. Writing unreadable letters with crayons […]

I have vague memories of this third birthday like my excitement of this life-sized doll given to me by my grandparents, Nanny and Papa. So, I remember snatches of feelings from age three onward. One of my very first memories was around this third birthday, when my mother, a mere 18 years old, danced in […]