Jennifer Ray

where is your story - Jennifer Ray Books — How do you decide on your story’s location? How do you make it work for your story? Are you worldbuilding? I know this varies with your genre, but location can play a major role in your story. The details are important. The landmarks, locations of shops, the traffic, and all the other little subtleties make […]

Where in the World is Your Story?

31 Aug, 2015 in Inspiration / Writing / Writing Tips tagged Bewitching Desires / Jennifer Ray / Writing / Writing Tips by Jennifer Ray

Featured-Choosing — I love learning about different authors’ inspiration, routines, favorite genres, favorite authors, years at the craft, and anything else I can drag out of them. You never know what you might learn from them to apply to your own writing. Today I have one of the lovely Writing Wenches, author Jennifer Senhaji, visiting. Thank […]

Interview with Author Jennifer Senhaji

27 Jul, 2015 in Author Interview / Inspiration / Interview / Writing tagged Author Interview / Jennifer Senhaji / Writing by Jennifer Ray

Pink roses and old books and letters — Today is one of my writing group’s, Writing Wenches, release day. Kay Blake’s latest release is Lost and Found. I’m excited for Kay, and hope you get a chance to read her novella. Check out the blurb and a little about Kay: Genre: Contemporary Romance/Interracial Romance Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Kay-Blake-ebook/dp/B010N2124M/ Blurb: Zoe Reynolds’ life is […]

Lost and Found Release Day

24 Jul, 2015 in Cover Reveal / Guest Post tagged Author Interview / Cover Reveal / Kay Blake by Jennifer Ray

file000884974361 — It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been swamped with summer activities and trying to finish editing my Halloween short story coming out in October. What I haven’t been doing, though, is working on my novel. I keep coming up with excuses to put it aside and do other projects, other activities, and […]

What I Learned from a Six-Year-Old About Writing

13 Jul, 2015 in Inspiration / Writing tagged Writing / Writing Inspiration by Jennifer Ray

photo-1457369804613-52c61a468e7d — Thank you for taking the time to read my query and first 250 words of my manuscript. Title: The Fay Genre: NA Contemporary Fantasy Query: Dear Agent, College senior, Gabriella Martin, has one last history research project before her meticulously planned out future can begin. In a few months she’ll graduate, get an amazing job […]

The Writer’s Voice Contest

21 May, 2015 in Contest / Query tagged Contest / Query / The Writer's Voice Contest by Jennifer Ray

Pisces Cover — Today, I have the lovely Rachel Medhurst talking about her new series. She is one of the original Writing Wenches, and the only Wench from the UK! I asked Rachel a few questions and got a few juicy details about her new series, the Zodiac Twin Flame Novels. Pisces is the first in the series. […]

Interview with Rachel Medhurst

30 Mar, 2015 in Author Interview / Interview tagged Author Interview / Rachel Medhurst by Jennifer Ray

LightBeyondDarkness_Cover — Today I am pleased to share the cover of Tami Lund’s third book in the Lightbearer Series, Light Beyond the Darkness. First, let’s take a look at the synopsis: Light Beyond the Darkness In the third installment of the Lightbearer series, lightbearer Carley Santiago and shifter Reid Hennigan are running from their pasts. Hiding in […]

Light Beyond the Darkness Cover Reveal

17 Mar, 2015 in Cover Reveal / Fun tagged Cover Reveal / Tami Lund by Jennifer Ray

photo-1452698200792-0d1e0c1b429a — I’ve been feeling a little down lately, so I went to Dr. Google and typed in my symptoms. Crappy writing, unfinished editing, rewriting scenes 20,000,000 times, binge coffee drinking, making voodoo dolls of other writers that have completed their tasks (that can’t be just me), and not focusing on my WIPs. The diagnosis? I have […]

Why Not Me’s

9 Mar, 2015 in Inspiration / Writing tagged Inspiration / Writing by Jennifer Ray

photo-1444394668777-6fa6de8b8356 — I had the honor to guest post over at, friend and wench, Tami Lund’s blog. It’s Matrimonial March on Tami’s blog. Being an recovering baker, I wrote a short story on one of the horrors of delivering a wedding cake. Please check out my cringe-worthy tale here. Enjoy ~ Jen

Guest Post – Matrimonial March

2 Mar, 2015 in Fun / Guest Post / Writing tagged Fun / Guest Post / Tami Lund by Jennifer Ray

clock — With my oldest child off from school today, I’m reminded how hard it is to fit in time to write, edit, build author platforms, and any other of the numerous things authors must do. It’s not that I forgot this because I still have a one-year-old at home, but it’s just a little harder with […]

Finding time…

16 Feb, 2015 in Mom Writer / Writing tagged Mom Writer / Writing by Jennifer Ray