Jennie Bennett, Romance Author

I'm over at David Powers King's blog today, getting knighted. Hop over to check it out! Now for the post: Today I have the honor of introducing M. L. Chesley's book Adversarius! Here's the blurb - Two kingdoms, two goals. The king of Relavia is determined to wipe out his warring neighbors in Paridzule, a worthy adversary for over five hundred years. News of an arranged marriage between his son and the daughter of his lifelong enemy has fueled the temper of Relavia's tyrannical king. What he doesn't realize is the true measure of his son's honor and how far he is willing to go to gain peace. Excerpt 1: Captain Sorcha Lilanthroe pushed her spyglass back in upon itself and leaned on the railing of the quarterdeck. She chewed the inside of her cheek, trying to make a decision. “Fromas,” she finally beckoned her bosun and brother-in-law to her. She passed him the spyglass and lifted her chin in the direction she had been studying. “What doe...

So, I have a guilty pleasure. I'm a little embarrassed about it, but at the same time I feel the need to share. (I'm considering it my repentance for indulging in something so silly.) This guilty pleasure has been eating into my reading time, but I don't mind. Why? If you're anything like me, you love the romance in YA novels for it's pure innocence. That anticipation of the first kiss. The sweetness of trying to figure out what love is, and the struggle through those awkward teenage years. Imagine if there were television shows that could rival such novels? Okay, so there have been a few YA novels made into television shows, but I feel like all of those shows lose the innocence of those teen years and replace it with sex and drugs. I'm not saying there isn't a part of teenagedom where that stuff exists. I'm just saying I don't particularity enjoy watching or reading about it. Which brings me back to my guilty pleasure. Koren televisio...

I've never once done a movie review on this blog, I don't even see movies that much, but this one had to be reviewed. First of all, it was a great honor to be able to go the Sundance Film Festival. I heard a few people talking about how this was the first film sold out, and the wait line was crazy long. The response has been so good that the night I went, the film was sold to Sony Pictures for a cool $4 Million. It won't be too much longer until it's released Nation Wide! I was expecting this movie to be hilarious, but seriously, you're laughing from the opening scene. No one has to say anything, all you see is the beginning screen shot and the tone is set for the rest of the film. This says it all Guys: Take your Jane Austen loving wives to this film. Not only will your wives love you for thinking of it, but you'll enjoy the pure hilarity that is contained therein. Jennifer Coolidge stole the show with her witty one liners, many of which were o...

This year, I've seen an abundance of people saying they aren't going to set New Years resolutions becasue they never keep them anyway. Every single time I heard that, my heart twisted a little. To me resolutions and goals - whether or not I keep them - are important becasue at least I'm planning a path for my life. I'm not saying that others aren't planning their paths, but there's something about writing down your goals. I couldn't pin point it until I saw this infographic. Take a look and decide for yourself. Source Are goals/resolutions important to you?

Last week was my husband's birthday. I really wanted to do a few nice things for him, but we don't need more 'stuff'', you know? After all, Christmas was just a couple of weeks ago. So, instead, I decided to update some pictures around our house with the portraits we took last September. I gave it my husband and her loved it. But I still wanted to do more. We only get birthday's once a year and he deserved something nice. We've had this small bookcase that we've been meaning to put together for a while to better organize the stuff in our coat closet. My husband is a huge fan of organized (he's cleaner than me, seriously) So I thought it would be awesome if I did it myself and surprised him when he got home. There's instructions so it's no big deal, right? All I needed was a screwdriver and a hammer and I felt pretty confident in my skills with those. Even though I had never done it before, I had the tools a believed I would succeed. ...

Last week I passed the 300 follower mark! It's so awesome, that I decided to through a party. What's a party without any favors? So I'm going to give away three huge book prizes that anyone would love. First up is a signed, yes signed , copy of Shadow and Bone. One of the best books I read last year. Second is a paperback of Divergent and a hardback of Insurgent. Two for one deal here.   Last, but not least by any means, is an ARC of Fraction of Stone. This book isn't even out until March, that's how awesome I am! You also win a signature from my four year old on the front blank page. Awesome, right? All you have to do is fill out the rafflecopter below and comment with which prize you would like. You can ask for any one of the three if you wish as well. Love you guys! a Rafflecopter giveaway *Ends Friday. U. S. Residents only, sorry! 

Last year I made a goal to read a book a week - 52 books in total. It was a long, but enjoyable, road and I'm proud to say that I accomplished that goal, +1. Although  didn't read much in December with Holiday craziness I got a couple of excellent books in. Goodreads Seaweed by Elle Strauss. I really love Elle's clockwise serious so I thought I'd love this book too. Let me first say the writing was fun and cute, but I just cannot do mermaid stories. I have a hard suspending my disbelief enough to think that two legs can become a tail. But if you have no problem with that, and you like mermaids, you'll love this book. Goodreads The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper. This was another salvage read from the SLC library (for the story see this post) and another one that I am so glad I saved. Guys, I totally think Ghost Whisper's are fakes, but this book had me believing! Amazing writing, strong characters, and a little (just a simdg...

Today you can find me over at N. E. David's blog. We had a little chat about my NaNoWriMo novel. You can even read the first chapter! I'd love to see you all there :)

Not only is it the first Wednesday of the month, but it's the first Wednesday of the new year! That, of course, means it's time for another post from the Insecure Writer's support group . This month I want to talk goals. (I bet you weren't expecting that!) Last year I made a few goals and I set myself some deadlines. I didn't reach a single one of those milestones, but I'm still glad I set those goals. Even if I fell short, I still had those objectives in mind, and they pushed me to do more with my writing than I ever have in years past. I'm always insecure about what I can really accomplish, so I'm going to lay out my goals for IWSG in hopes that I can gain strength from this support group to actually attain my dreams of publication. 1. Finish writing my current unnamed YA romance novel. 2. Polish Stealing the Stars , My NaNo novel. 3. Give my first oral pitch at a writers conference. 4. Polish said YA romance novel. 5. Self-Publish a...