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VICTORY! Quiet on the Set Is Now for Sale!

28 March 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Phew! What a nightmarish week it’s been! Instead of complaining first, I’ll start you off with a joke: what do you call a place where it’s blizzarding and snowing sideways one week, and sunny and 70 degrees the next? COLORADO! Holee shit – I drove home in the stupid blizzard last week (after a lovely […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: chick lit, colorado, contemporary, editing, fiction, format, goodreads, new adult, publishing, quiet on the set, reviews

Good News and Bad News

14 March 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Good news: I’m about a day or two away from ordering the first proof copy of Quiet on the Set! Bad news: I’m pushing the release date back to March 28th. It has been a busy couple of weeks! I’ve been scrambling trying to finish my editing on the book and I finally feel really […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: contemporary, editing, format, new adult, publishing, quiet on the set, tips

And the Winner Is… New Title and Cover Reveal!

28 February 2013 by Jessica 2 Comments

Wow, it seems like it’s taken me ages to get this far! But, I’ve settled on three key components for the upcoming release of my book! Just a quick update: so far, I still have every intention of releasing the book on the 19th of March, BUT, it won’t be official until I list my […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: characters, chick lit, contemporary, film, genre, movies, new adult, publishing, quiet on the set, setting

Dates: The Waiting Game

2 February 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

No, I’m not talking about relationships. I’m talking about scheduling: setting dates and goals for yourself to get things done within a reasonable time frame. I just looked at my original time frame on where I wanted to be with my edit-in-progress, and according to that, the book should have been coming out next week! […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: chick lit, contemporary, drafts, editing, new adult, publishing, scheduling

Pacing: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

17 January 2013 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Pacing: it’s one of the most challenging things in a story. On the one hand, you have to keep the story moving along to keep the reader interested. At the same time, you have to slow things down periodically to give the reader a chance to absorb what they’ve read, and maybe summarize things a […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: contemporary, drafts, editing, new adult

Week 4 NaNoWrimo Update and More: It’s Going to Be a Long Winter

5 December 2012 by Jessica Leave a Comment

If you know your movies, you know that one’s from American Outlaws, starring a few of my favs, Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Gabriel Macht (USA’s Suits), and Scott Caan (CBS’s Hawaii Five-0). The quote itself, however, is actually Timothy Dalton’s in the film. In any case, I am busy, busy, busy, though that’s pretty much […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: characters, comedy, editing, nanowrimo, plot, sci fi, science fiction, space opera

Week 3 NaNoWriMo Update: Writing Yourself Into a Corner

26 November 2012 by Jessica Leave a Comment

So this is late. Again. But I think I have the holiday as an excuse this time. This week’s Nano-ing went a little better–I was at least meeting my word count goals better than the week before. The answers: 1) I had to trim my fingernails for my hands to keep up my usual WPM; […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: characters, comedy, nanowrimo, plot, sci fi, science fiction, space opera, writers block

Week 2 NaNoWriMo Update: And the Bottom Drops Out

17 November 2012 by Jessica Leave a Comment

This post is a little late, considering week 2 started a couple days ago. Needless to say, I’ve fallen way behind this week on just about everything, including sleep. I just started a new part-time job on Tuesday, and trying to keep up with Nano, my internship, my blogs, and my freelance work with only […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: comedy, nanowrimo, plot, sci fi, science fiction, space opera, writers block

Week 1 NaNoWriMo Update: Progress!

5 November 2012 by Jessica Leave a Comment

The first week is over, but, I am kicking some serious novel-writing butt so far! I was so afraid that I wasn’t going to be able to find time this year with everything else I had going on, that I think I overcompensated. It did help that Thursday night’s TV line-up was limited to just […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: characters, comedy, nanowrimo, plot, sci fi, science fiction, setting, space opera, tips

The Inside Scoop on Upcoming Release: Unscripted (Tentative)

22 October 2012 by Jessica Leave a Comment

Here is the first look at the next book on the publishing list: Unscripted. This is a story I wrote a couple of years ago. It’s a new adult contemporary romance, with a strong, smart, talented female lead. Rylie Cates is an aspiring screenwriter living in Maine. The story begins with a phone call telling […]

Filed Under: books Tagged With: characters, contemporary, genre, new adult, plot, publishing, romance

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