Category Archives: On Writing

Six Sentence Sunday–As Long As You’re Mine

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

Welcome back to Six Sentence Sunday.  My thanks again to those who visit me every week and those who are visiting for the first time.  I do appreciate comments so please, let me know what you think of my six.  … Continue reading →

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Update on Coping With Authorship #3: Social Media As Promotion

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

Thought I would give you a little update on my efforts at promotion using 21st century technology.  I have been very busy since Wednesday, not only writing The Present, but out there promoting my works.  And I am very proud … Continue reading →

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“Now that I’m Published…” Coping with Authorship Part 3: Social Media as Promotion

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

My first caveat for this post is Don’t do as I do, do as I say! Because I do not have either a Facebook account or a Twitter account.  I don’t have an author page at either Amazon or Goodreads.  … Continue reading →

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Reviewed by Jenna: Goldie’s Excellent Bedroom Adventure–“Goldie and the Three Doms”

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

Goldie’s Excellent Bedroom Adventure I just finished reading Goldie and the Three Doms by Patricia Green and I’m still grinning. This Fractured Fairy Tale, a very modern and somewhat naughty retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, is an erotic romp … Continue reading →

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Six Sentence Sunday–As Long As You’re Mine

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

Welcome back to Six Sentence Sunday.  My thanks again to those who visit me every week.  I do appreciate your comments so please, let me know what you think of my six.  This week we find out more about the … Continue reading →

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Come to Your Senses: The Art of Using the Sense of Smell in Romantic Writing

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

Romance writers should always use all five senses into their writing.  This strategy will put our readers into the virtual bodies of our heroes and heroines by showing how those characters are feeling.  Most romance readers want to vicariously experience … Continue reading →

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Reviewed by Jenna: “Here’s Looking at You” with “A Look of Love”

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

Have you ever seen in another’s eyes the look that says, without words, you are the center of someone’s universe? That is the look Noelle expects to find, in Darlene Panzera’s sweet romantic short story A Look of Love. When … Continue reading →

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“Now that I’m Published…” Coping with Authorship Part 2: How to Handle Obligation

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

It’s been official for almost a month. Thanks to New Dawning International Bookfair and Books to Go Now! and their fantastic staffs, I am a published author.  For years I worked for the day I could say I was an author.  But as … Continue reading →

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Almost Heaven: Writer’s Retreat

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

As I’ve mentioned recently, I attended a writer’s retreat two weekends ago hosted by my local RWA chapter.  This is my first year with the chapter and my first retreat with them, my first writer’s retreat ever, in fact.  So … Continue reading →

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First Review: Heart of Deception

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Jenna Jaxon

Good things come unexpectedly sometimes.  Really good things almost never come, expected or unexpected.  Except last week it did, though I wasn’t aware of it until yesterday. Dawn Luedecke, a reviewer for the Atlantic City Examiner, an online newspaper, has … Continue reading →

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