It’s Not an April Fool’s Joke: Sumo Makes its English Class Debut
I know, I know, it sounds like an April Fool’s Day joke, but I’m being totally serious here. Although Big in Japan has made the rounds through quite a few book groups now, but this week it’s making the jump to the big time: High school English classes! Yep, it’s true. Last Tuesday a high […]
Interview: The Brothers Washburn
I had a chance to interview Andy and Berk Washburn, the brain trust behind PITCH GREEN, the newest release from Jolly Fish Press. I reviewed PITCH GREEN here. If you like a good, spine-tingling read, these guys have a story for YOU! First off, do you go camping? If so, which of you tells […]
Review: Pitch Green
PITCH GREEN by The Brothers Washburn debuts today from Jolly Fish Press. It’s a YA Horror novel *(NOT my usual genre)* which is what is going to make this review highly unexpected–especially for me. I’ll be interviewing The Brothers and posting the interview here on Monday, but I’m excited about this book and want to give any weekend readers […]
Meet Adrienne Monson, Newly Minted Author!
Today I’m interviewing Adrienne Monson, author of the just-out-this-weekend newest-vampire-novel-on-the-shelves DISSENSION. She’s a cool chick with the most gorgeously stunning auburn hair you’ll ever see, and I appreciate her taking time to answer all my questions. First off, the most important question: do you snack when you write? If so, on what? (Don’t say blood.) How’d […]
Reading to Keep Out the Cold
I know, I know. I live in Arizona. I have NO right to complain about the cold. I spend 3/4 of the year wishing it were colder, to be honest. But this morning, when it was about 20 degrees and we still have no heat in our house, I thought, dang. It’s cold. We worshipped […]
The Law of Compensation (free audiobooks included)
I dropped my kids off at school Monday morning after a long Christmas break with a lot of family together time. (Whether togetherness always counts when 5 or more of us are absorbed in some screen or other is up for debate.) But it was a fun break, and seeing it end got me all […]
I Know, I Know, Never Read the Reviews (Books are Friends, Not Food)
So, I know it’s emotional suicide to read too many reviews of our work. That’s fine. I generally don’t read them unless someone I know emails me and tells me about them–and that’s only when they’re good. I have nice friends, not mean friends. “Hey, Jen. There’s a sucky review of your book on Goodreads. […]
Get Your Hawaii On!
My friend Lehua Parker has her cool Niuhi Shark Saga (installment #1) book called “One Boy No Water” on Kindle for $2.99 today and tomorrow. Grab it before the sale is over! Here’s a link to my interview with Auntie Lehua, and another link to my review, and by the way, she has a really, […]
By Grapthar’s Hammer: What a Bargain
Soooooo, folks. My book is on sale cheap-o cheap-o for just the rest of this week on Kindle! Just 99-cents. And for less than the cost of a cup of coffee (or a 72-ounce Diet Coke), you can hold a sumo wrestler in the palm of your hands. Think of it. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Big-in-Japan-ebook/dp/B008PH7U6C/ref=tmm_kin_title_0 […]
The Genkan
My husband has been reading my novel BIG IN JAPAN this week. Bless his heart! What a good man I married. And I have to admit that every hero in every book I write is just a different incarnation of my good, good man. So, what’s been interesting as a bystander to his reading is […]
