January 11, 2018

Monthly Author Check-In

Author Check-In: WE’RE BACK, BABY!

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So I hope that everyone had a great end to 2017, and that the start of this new year is treating you well. For me, well, 2017 was something of a mixed bag all around. It had some amazing highs in my personal and professional life, all stemming from the release of The Private Life of Jane Maxwell—which was just recently discussed/reviewed on Tor.com, and can I just take a second to say that I have literally no idea how to process this? I mean, if you had asked me beforehand to put aside all expectations and questions of realistic and practical, and said to pick one website for my book to appear on—like, go ahead and shoot for the stars, girl, it’s just a game—I may well have picked Tor.com.

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November 1, 2017

Monthly Author Check-In

Author Check-In: The Busy Season Edition

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So, the long-and-short of this post is that I am temporarily removing the pressure of having to update my blog at least once a month, for the rest of the year.

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September 30, 2017

Monthly Author Check-In, The Beacon Campaigns, Whispers of the Ice

Monthly Author Check-In: September 2017

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What I’m Writing: Whispers of the Ice (The Beacon Campaigns, Book 4)
What I’m Reading: Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo—and it is just so, so good.
What I’m Loving: Several YouTube channels, which I’ll talk briefly about below.

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September 3, 2017

Jenn Recommends, What I’m Reading

Jenn Recommends: Superhero Books!

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While the most common forms of superhero storytelling have always, of course, been visual (comics, movies, TV), there has been an uptick in superhero novels in the last decade or so, as well. And though it can be tricky to pull off, there are a number of them that I think have done an astounding job. Below are some of the books that fueled and inspired me while I was working on The Private Life of Jane Maxwell.

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August 31, 2017

Monthly Author Check-In

Monthly Author Check-In: August 2017

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What I’m Writing: Whispers of the Ice (Beacon Campaigns 4), AND Who’s Afraid of Amy Sinclair? (Hopefuls 2)
What I’m Reading: Any Other Love by Elizabeth Barone
What I’m Loving: Lucy Bellwood’s 100 Demon Dialogues PLUS: Sarah’s Scribbles! A two-fer this month, because everyone needs a little honesty and a lot of humor.

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