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First Jenna, Could You Please Tell Us A Little Bit About Yourself

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Hi everyone! I’m a domestic engineer, romance novelist, cookbook author, freelance writer, recipe developer, and freebie fanatic. I hide out in the Pacific Northwest with my high school sweetheart and our two blueberry eyed baby boys, who all have me wrapped around their little fingers.

A song. I’d been writing romance novels forever, but never got around to finishing one. After a medical scare in 2004, I realized I wanted to be a published romance novelist, but no one publishes unfinished novels. To get a draft finished I signed up for National Novel Writers Month, and drafted the story in November of 2004. Some of the elements came from discussions with my local writing group – the kiss, the stalker, the hairless dog…and the penguins!

I’ve always written, but I never pushed for publication in fiction until Just One Spark. Draft to publication was just a year and a half. But there are eleven other novels in pieces on my hard drive that clamor for recognition.

I read a lot of category, and always have, so I think my story arcs follow that pattern. But non-fiction influences me as well. For my December release, Cooking Up A Storm, I was inspired by cookbooks. I read cookbooks like people read novels.

I have a Regency percolating…but fun contemporary will always be my favorite. I’ve considered a relationship novel…but every time I try I swing it back to romance.

As a SAHM, writing is what I do in my spare time. The boys and I love to walk to the park, hike, and go to the beach. I also develop recipes for magazines. My recipes have been featured in Cooking Light, Sunset, and I won Better Homes & Gardens Prize Tested Recipe contest in 2006.

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