The Second Brother

       I hope everyone had a good week. Today I'm going to do something new.  For a writing class I'm taking I had to write a short mystery in a week. It had to be in first person. I've never written in first person or a mystery so it was a new experience.       Today I am going to share my mystery.

In two weeks I will have had my blog for one year! To celebrate I will be doing a question and answer thing. You can submit your questions in the form below. Feel free to submit as many as you like. I will stop receiving questions on January 30th. I will post my answers on February 3rd. Technically the 4th will be one year, but I am going to stay on schedule. Loading... Until next Friday, Jonathan

So far my goal for posting on Fridays is going good.  In the future I probably won't be posting this late, but today was super busy. Last year  Rebekah Ashleigh  tagged me for this fun book  tag. It was actually only two weeks ago. ~ Rules. ~ -- Include the above button in your post.  -- Answer the 11 questions.  -- Use as many book covers as you like. (The correct answer to this question would be ALOT. B-))  -- Tag 5-10 people and notify them that they have been tagged.  ~ Questions. ~ // How many books did you read in 2016? (Exact if you know, or approximate if not.)  I read 16 books this year. Although it seems like I read more. // Did you set a reading challenge for yourself and, if so, did you meet it? I did not set a challenge for myself. // What was your most read genre this year? Least read? My most read genre was fantasy. I read 12 fantasy books. Everything else I read were 3 fiction books and a biography.  // Wh...

Wow! 2016 is already over. It seems like it just started yesterday. Today I will be sharing some of my goals for this year. Yes, I do know that the first week of 2017 is almost over. But at least I'm actually posting one. :)  Here are my goals for 2017. Goals: Writing: Finish all of my drafts of Royal Fire. (My novel.) Get it off to my beta readers. Start the publishing process. Try writing long hand with a new novel. ;) Life: Grow closer to God. Read the Bible more often. Learn to rap. (Christian rap.) (This is a fairly easy goal. Once I get the hang of it I'm going to try free styling.) Reading: Try two new series. Finish a series. Broaden my reading horizon. Read more books that I own. Blogging: Post once a week. (Probably on Fridays.) Get better at blogging. That about covers it. What are some of your goals? How is your new year so far? Is wanting to learn to rap weird?

Although some of you may have wished I quit my blog I haven't. I will hopefully be posting on a more regular basis. I was tagged for this by  Rebekah .    1. What book is on your nightstand now? "How to Fight a Dragons Fury" by Cressida Cowell.  (Also I don't have a nightstand.) 2.  What was the last truly great book you read?     The last truly great book I read was "Of Pirates and Werewolves" by Isaiah T. Silkwood. 3. If you could meet any writer - dead or alive - who would it be? And what would you want to know? I would like to meet J.R.R. Tolkien, but that will have to wait till I get to heaven. 4. What books might we be surprised to find on your shelves? "Star Wars 1 2 3" and "5 Minute Marvel Stories". I found these books at a thrift store and I'm saving them for when I have kids. Since I like Star Wars and Marvel.  5. How do you organize your personal library? Just by series. 6. What book have you always...

Wow. July is already over. It has been a busy but productive month. I was able to do a good amount of writing. Here are some of my highlights. Skillet's new album is almost out!!!!! My brother and I went to a movie with some friends. I became hooked to American Ninja Warrior. It is really really good. I'm hooked. For about a week we had weather that we usually have in November. That means it rained a lot and was cold. I have had a job for two months now. We celebrated the 4th of July at a friends house. Books that I read. (I didn't get to read that much.) "C. S. Lewis" (a biography) "Dreamtreaders" by Wayne Thomas Batson I listened to these songs a lot over this past month. Monster by Skillet Desperadoes by Andy Mineo Back from the Dead by Skillet Chainsaw by Family Force 5 (I listened to this song a ton.) Love with your Life by Hollyn That about covers my month of July. How was your month?

I was tagged for the Top 10 Villains tag by Rebekah from Rebekah's Remarks . Thanks for tagging me! This tag was super fun and I hope you enjoy my top ten villains. Here are the rules. 1. Post the button.  2. Thank the blogger who tagged you.  3. List your top ten favorite villains and why you chose them(they can be from movies or books).  4. Tag ten other bloggers.  I'm not going to say anything about these villains because we all know that they're bad. Plus I want to get this posted. 1. Loki from The Avengers 2. Azog from The Hobbit 3. Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean  4. Butch Cavendish from The Lone Ranger  5. Soloman Lane from Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation 6. Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 7. Darth Vader from Star Wars 8. Kylo Ren from The Force Awakens 9. Malik the Malign from Clutch Powers 10. The Witch Excellinor from "How to Train your Dragon" ( the book) ...