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flirting-with-fame-9781501126833_lg — Happy Leap Day! I’m so excited today because it’s release day for Writing Wench and friend, Samantha Joyce! Trust me, you will NOT want to miss this one. Without further ado: Flirting with Fame Elise Jameson is the secret author behind the bestselling, cult hit Viking Moon series. But when a […]

Release Day for Flirting with Fame

29 Feb, 2016 in #MondayBlogs / New Release / Writing tagged #MondayBlogs / Flirting with Fame / Release Day / Samantha Joyce / Writing by Jennifer Ray

Let it go - Jennifer Ray Books — I’ve been struggling with my current work-in-progress for much longer than I’ll admit. Although I loved my story for a majority of that time, I have come to the realization that I don’t anymore. It frustrates me. It taunts me. It’s missing something that I can’t figure out. I have fallen out of love. But […]

Let it Go

12 Oct, 2015 in Writing / Writing Tips tagged #AmWriting / Writing / Writing Tips by Jennifer Ray

Pink roses and old books and letters — I’m excited to share the anthology I’m a part of, Bewitching Desires: The Savannah Coven Anthology. Today is release day, and I can’t be more excited to watch my little book baby be launched into the world. Check out all of the stories and their excerpts, and hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as the […]

Bewitching Desires Release Day

1 Oct, 2015 in Fun / Giveaway / New Release / Romance / Writing tagged Bewitching Desires / Jennifer Ray / Romance / Writing by Jennifer Ray

writing-Jennifer Ray Books — Writing groups are great. Critique partners are essential. Beta readers help point out errors before publication. Editors make your prose beautiful. Reviewers help get your book attention. But do you know what they all have in common? You, the writer. The writing community is extremely important to a writer, but you must always remember, when […]

Writer, Party of One

7 Sep, 2015 in Critique / Writing / Writing Community / Writing Tips tagged Critiquing / Jennifer Ray / Writing / Writing Community / Writing Tips by 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

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-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

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

photo-1455390582262-044cdead277a — Procrastination. We all do it, and I haven’t met a writer who doesn’t at some point. We always have an excuse not to write, whether it’s a good or bad excuse. (They all seem like good excuses at the time!) So what are ten of the most overused bad excuses not to write? 1. I […]

#Top10 Tuesday – Ten “Bad” Excuses Not to Write

13 Jan, 2015 in Fun / Writing tagged Fun / Procrastination / Writing by Jennifer Ray