Jennie Bennett, Romance Author

Today, the uber cool *I'm not worthy* David Powers King is hosting a bloghop for his 800 followers! Congrats David! It's been great to see your numbers grow! Because of his coolness he's giving away a blog makeover to three lucky winners!The only requirement is 200 words on how we want our blog brought to life. I decided that words alone wouldn't cut it, visuals would also be required. So instead I came up with a recipe for my perfect blog - First mix one tablespoon of the journey - with three cups of writing. Add 1/2 cup of adventure - and a pinch of Magic. Mix it all together and bake with this kind of feel. What do you think? Is it a recipe for success? I've got my fingers crossed!

I know, I've been a posting maniac this week, but there are so many fun things happening that I couldn't help myself. Thank you for bearing with me, and I promise today's post is worth it :) Do you have books on your Christmas list? I always do! So, today I thought I'd help you get a free book and lots of other great goodies from David Farland, the author of Nightingale and over 50 other books! If you follow my reviews, you'll know how much I love this book!! David is giving away an AUTOGRAPHED hardcover of Nightingale, the enhanced ebook, and 5 lucky winners will each receive an awesome T-shirt featuring Bron, the main character from Nightingale . A total of 7 prizes will be awarded. Enter by December 17th at midnight! Just enter using the rafflecopter below. Enjoy!   a Rafflecopter giveaway Purchase Nightingale in time for Christmas!

For all my talk of how I wouldn't be able to read in November I sure read a lot. I only need two more books to have met my goal of 52 books this year. I think it's safe to say I'm going to make it. Goodreads The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. I had to finish this series. Sanderson has a way of upping the stakes and understanding people like you wouldn't believe. The great thing about this series is that even though it's technically science fiction, it feels real. There are huge books, I wouldn't have been able to do it with NaNo if my mom hadn't lent me her audio version. If you have a chance to listen, rather than read this series, do it! Goodreads All I want by Jolene Perry, Kaylee Baldwin, and Rachael Anderson. Can I just start by saying Jolene is a rock star? Well she is. This anthology is the perfect read to get you're Christmas romance fix it. Three excellent stories, all well developed and well executed. It only took me a cou...

Today I'm honored to assist the wonderful Kelly Lynn with the cover reveal for her book FRACTION OF STONE. Take it away Kelly! Wow. I can't believe the day is here! Time for the FRACTION OF STONE cover reveal. Before we get into that, I just want to say  thank you  to everyone who has helped me get this far. All the fine people who are helping with this cover reveal, my CPs/Betas, family and friends. And of course, thank you to Sapphire Star Publishing for helping make my dream a reality. (And also letting me have a  huge  say in how this cover looks.) I am so, so excited and feel so blessed. To thank you all, there is a drawing for 2 ARCs of FRACTION OF STONE which you can enter to win at the bottom of this post! You can enter until December 14th at which point the winners will be chosen. Okay, now that, that has been said. Here we go! Fraction of Stone   by Kelley Lynn Release Date: March 21st, 2013 by  Sapphire Star Publ...

Hosted by David Powers King , Morgan Shammy , Mark Koopmans , and Stephen Tremp . I think the title speaks for itself. Here's the rules: On Dec 10-12, answer these four questions as creatively as you'd like: ·          In +/- 20 words, what does Alex look like?   ·         In +/- 20 words, who could play Alex in a documentary (living or dead)? ·          In +/- 20 words, who does Alex remind you of? ·          In +/- 100 words, (excluding the title) write flash fiction using all these prompts: Cavanaugh, N inja, IWSG,  Cosbolt,  Guitar.    - Be a Follower - Join the Linky List - Post your 200 word contribution (on Monday, December 10, if you would) - Have fun! So, what does Alex look like? From the one picture I've seen of him, I'd say Nick Carter in the 90's with hi...

Welcome to the first Wednesday of the month and another round of the Insecure Writer's Support Group! This month (as the title suggests) I want to talk about rewriting. I'm doing just that with my novel EXISTENCE, in an attempt to tighten it up and make the plot have a better focus. The only problem is now I'm afraid it's going to be way too short and I'm not sure how to add more to it. I want it to be the best book it can be, therefore, I don't want to pad it with unnecessary fluff, but it needs something ... more. Has anyone ever had to do this? What suggestions do you have when it comes to rewriting?  

Sometimes emotion needs to be vented and for me, there's no better way to do that than by writing. So here I am putting it all out to the universe in hopes that someone will learn something from the tragedies that have taken place around me these last few days. Two days ago my cousin, who was 30 weeks pregnant, very abruptly lost her baby. Last night, a dear friend to the family lost his life without warning. I just saw my cousin a couple of weeks ago and everything was fine, baby was healthy and she was so happy and excited. It was her first child. I also saw the family friend around the same time, he was in his mid-forties and looked as healthy, if not healthier, than any person at his age should look. When my mom called me last night to tell me the news, suddenly the most important thing in my life was that my husband, lying next to me, knew how much I loved him. I think sometimes I lose sight of that. I get caught up in my to-do's and I worry over things that just don...

Today is time for a little fun hosted by Emily R. King and Tammy Theriault . They've hired David Spade to ask us some off-the-wall questions that us writers would never have thought of. Thanks David for channeling your 90's SNL side especially for this blogfest. Without further ado, here are the questions. 1. How many speeding tickets have you gotten? One. The speed limit had just changed from 75 to 65 and the cop was sitting right at the border. It cost me $85 bucks. Now I always slow down at that speed change, but it irks me every time. 2. Can you pitch a tent? (I'm goi ng to answer this question without the insinuations. David you have such a dirty mind!) Believe it or not my dad is Mr. Outdoors man, figuratively. He founded what is fondly known as the Moab MUni fest. If you live in Utah you already know that Moab is the go to place for mountain bikers. But what about unicyclers? Yes, you heard me right, my dad started an event to have people mountai...