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Mar.22.2012
After years of rejection, the countless query letters and agent searches, this unpublished author took a chance and a chunk of hard-earned cash and self-published.
I haven't sat down and counted how many agents and publishing houses rejected this novel, and frankly I don't want to know the exact...
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Jun.23.2010
I've had a lifelong love affair with books. From Dr. Seuss to Stephen King, books have been my release from the real world. Every author of fiction has given a gift to their readers, an entire universe that one can delve into and escape the stress of reality. Leave behind the paperwork at the...
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May.26.2010
It's been unseasonably warm for the month of May in Massachusetts. With no air conditioning and no breeze from the windows, I find it impossible to think clearly in the heat. Editing my novel or making final touches to new stories is far too daunting right now.
However, this heat is perfect for...
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May.11.2010
My nightmares, and my dreams have been an inspiration for many of my stories. I'm sure many other authors out there would say the same.
Some of my nightmares have woken me up in the middle of the night, drenched in sweat and gasping for breath, and it takes quite a while to fall back asleep. I...
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Apr.17.2010
As a child, the first book I read that truly grabbed my heart was Blubber by Judy Blume. I identified with Linda, aka "Blubber," because I was the kid in class everyone decided to ridicule. I wasn't overweight, or the teacher's pet; I was the kid who wasn't athletic, which was a big thing...
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Mar.22.2010
Most living artists don't really make a living through their art. Great authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson and Henry David Thoreau are just a few of the ones we know about. It seems that to get published, especially in the past, an author had to have some connections in the publishing...
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About Jenna
A New England native, my passion for words developed soon after I learned how to read. I attended a small liberal arts college in the Berkshire Mountains where I studied Creative Writing, and first developed ideas for my novel Deluded Blood. An urban fantasy...
Jenna’s Favorite Books
The Stand, The Outsiders, The Bluest Eye, The Haunting of Hill House
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