J.W. Donley

Author: J.W.

  • Dark Tower Re-Read – Part 1: The Movie

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    Hello people and porpoises of all the world’s proliferated provinces.Today, I have something new for you. I’m going to write a movie review. But not just for any movie.I remember way back in high-school getting the first glimpse of behind the scenes footage of the brand new Lord of the Rings movie. This was a…

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Morning Dew

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    This week’s Photo of the Week is one of the many I took on a hike up Winchester Mountain recently. Lately, on my hikes, I tend to hike up with the wide angle lens and hike down with a macro. This let’s me just focus on taking the pictures and surviving the hike, rather than…

  • October Writing Update

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    Happy Halloween! You may not think it is Halloween, and you are mistaken. This is the month of Halloween. This whole month is for spooky, creepy, and scary things. This is the time of year when everyone watches their favorite horror movies through parted fingers. I love it. Writing Update But this isn’t a post…

  • Hard Lessons

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    Well, I just learned a very hard lesson. All of this time I’ve never bothered to make a backup of my site before installing updates. And, finally, it happened. Something broke during an update. Luckily, I have my site set up to backup automatically once month. So, I didn’t lose everything. But I did lose…

  • Joe’s Photo of the Week – Moonlit Beach

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    Welcome to another Joe’s Photo of the Week! This week I give you:Moonlit BeachThat bright spot in the sky you see; it’s not the sun. That is the full moon shining down from a twilight sky and reflecting back from a little tide pool.I love night photography. So I recently, when my family and I…

  • PNW Photo of the Week – Raptor Ridge Trail

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    From here in Bellingham I have access to a lot of amazing hiking trails. Just over an hour east and there are trails crawling over the North Cascades surrounding Mt. Baker. But there are also trails right here in and around the city of Bellingham.A large system of trails called North Chuckanut Trail System borders…

  • Justin Cronin on Characterization

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    Recently I stumbled across an interview with Justin Cronin, author of horror bestseller The Passage, on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cRQbeMsF0)In it he said this: I have one rule with characters. I have to know what they’re not telling anybody. If I know what they’re not telling anybody, I really know who they are. This is great stuff,…

  • PNW Photo of the Week – Wave Interference

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    Welcome back for another Pacific North West Photo of the Week! Last week I gave you an amazing image of Mt. Saint Helens. And that mountain is huge. I hope that the image conveyed at least a little of the hugeness I experienced when I was there taking the picture.This week I’m giving you something…

  • Shadows Chapter 2 Comes out Tomorrow on Patreon

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    It’s time for me to unleash the next chapter of my current horror novel in progress, Shadows Beneath Us, upon my Patrons. I hope you’re ready and have already signed up to be a Patron. It’s only $2 a month. The Book Shadows Beneath Us is about an heir to a large criminal organization who…

  • PNW Photo of the Week – Mount St Helens

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    Last week I shared an image of the local volcano. Mount Baker stands to the east of Bellingham, and can be seen on clear days between the trees. It is a very large and beautiful mountain.But there is another volcano to the south. One that erupted very recently, well, recent in geologic terms.I am talking…