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Back From the Future Blog Hop

March 1, 2013 Jennifer Lane

I love my pub sister Nicki Elson. She’s joining Suz and M Pax to host this fun blog hop!

We’re heading to the year 2023, back from the future style:

You’re up before dawn on a Saturday when the doorbell rings. You haven’t brewed your coffee so you wonder if you imagined the sound. Plonking the half-filled carafe in the sink, you go to the front door and cautiously swing it open. No one there. As you cast your eyes to the ground, you see a parcel addressed to you … from you.

You scoop it up and haul it inside, sensing something legitimate despite the extreme oddness of the situation. Carefully, you pry it open. Inside is a shoebox — sent from ten years in the future — and it’s filled with items you have sent yourself.

What’s in it?

What’s in my time capsule, from the year 2023?

1) A swimsuit from the future. You think Speedo’s material is “fast-skin” now? Just wait!

2) A photo of the man I marry at age 50 (once I’m ready to settle down). If he has eyes similar to Wentworth Miller’s, I wouldn’t complain!

3) A treatment that cures obesity, to improve health and decrease bullying:

4) A copy of my New Adult romance novel (which I’ve yet to write) that really connects with readers:

What’s in YOUR time capsule? Check out what these bloggers have to say:

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Crazy Stupid Love New Adult Giveaway

January 6, 2013 Jennifer Lane

To piggyback on my first post of 2013 lauding the New Adult genre, I’m joining the Crazy Stupid Love New Adult Giveaway!

Thank you to Talk Supe for hosting this fun hop.

Stop back February 21st – 28th when I will give away a gift card to purchase a New Adult book, and discuss MY favorite NA books. (And the list is quickly building!) I’m about to start Point of Retreat, the sequel to Slammed, and I can’t wait.

If all goes well, I’ll be writing my own NA story by then.

I’m also participating in giveaway hops before that, including the Bad Boy Rehab Hop, Young Adult Giveaway Hop, and Follower Love Giveaway Hop. See my sidebar for details.

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Insecure Writers’ Support Group: New Year, New Adult

January 2, 2013 Jennifer Lane

Happy New Year to all insecure writers out there! Thank you to Alex Cavanaugh for bringing us together to vent, cajole, disclose, and lift up.

I write this post at midnight after just reaching 100,000 words on my WIP On Best Behavior. YAY! Of course I’m not finished yet but I’m only a couple of chapters away — home stretch, baby. And I feel extra giddy because it’s the third book of a trilogy. My first series!

Here’s my one complaint for today: Why does it take so loooooonnnggg to write? WAAH.

When you’re wrapping up one novel, do you already start mentally writing your next one? I have an idea for a New Adult romance percolating, and I can’t wait to get started…after I finish and edit On Best Behavior, and after a little break.

What’s the New Adult genre, you ask? If you’re unfamiliar with NA, it’s about characters ages 18-25. Read more HERE.

I love this time of life, particularly the university years. College and the beginning of graduate school was such a time of growth for me, and this potential for character change inspires me.

I’ve read some fantastic NA books, including Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia, Slammed by Colleen Hoover, Easy by Tammara Webber (review HERE), and Where She Went by Gayle Forman (review HERE).

What do you think about New Adult? Love it? Hate it?

I think New Adult may be the hot genre of 2013. Do you agree? If not, which genre do you predict to be hottest?