Jennifer Lane Books Blog

Danke to awesome author Nicki Elson for bestowing the Liebster Award upon me. LIEBSTER is a German word meaning sweetheart or beloved person. Nicki is indeed a LIebster! This award is given to bloggers by bloggers and gives glimpses into our lives. We give 11 fun facts about ourselves, answer 11 questions, pass the award on to 11 bloggers and then ask 11 new questions. Okay, sadly I have to decrease the number from 11 to 5. I’ve had a really long day at work and I still need to do some cleaning for book club tomorrow night. 5 Fun Facts about Me: 1. I speak a secret language called “ive”. We spoke it on my college swim team. Here are those same two sentences in ive: Ivi spiveak iva sivicrivet livanguivage civalled ivive. Wive spivoke ivit ivon mivy civollivege swivim tiveam. 2. I’d like to get a dog, but I don’t know if I’m ready for the responsibility. 3. My friend Eric and I judge those who don’t understand swimming etiquette at our pool. We’re ha

How have you felt since the Boston Marathon terrorist attack? I've felt horror, disgust, rage, and sadness. Right now I feel numb. And this is from miles away. I can't imagine how I would feel if I'd been on ground zero, witnessing the carnage. But I can imagine what it's like to face trauma such as rape, abuse, accidents, and crime. I hear it from my psychotherapy clients all too often. Survivors of trauma like bombings or abuse may develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , a clinical syndrome I detail HERE   in my Psycho Author  series. Quite a few of my characters have struggled to heal from PTSD. What's a simple tool to help anyone who's endured a traumatic event? BREATHE. When we get scared, our breathing changes, becoming quicker and shallower, or stopping for a moment. Such changes only serve to increase our panic and tension. Simply paying attention to our breath can help calm us when we're feeling stressed. But deep breathing , aka d

Why do authors complain about writing summaries of their novels for the book jacket? Because it's TOUGH. Waaaah! A good blurb captures the voice of the novel. It entices the reader without giving too much away. We're starting to edit my fourth novel On Best Behavior (The Con duct Series #3), and we need the book blurb for a press release. Here was my first effort at writing the blurb: On Best Behavior is the third and final book in The Con duct Series—romantic suspense with a psychological twist. Following a pardon by the Governor of Illinois, ex-cons Sophie Taylor and Grant Madsen are free to pursue their love. But planning a wedding is never easy, especially when the Russian Mafia want you dead. Grant fights the forces that have hurt his loved ones by working undercover for the FBI to infiltrate the Russian Mafia in Chicago. Sophie dives into swimming with Grant’s nephew Ben, and into a career as a psychology professor. This time it’s Ben’s turn to hea

Do you love New Adult books ? Join us in Savannah, Georgia for a NA book convention December 6-8! We're gearing up for a weekend of fun with the NEW ADULT SLEEPOVER WEEKEND. I'm a featured author and can't wait to meet readers and writers in this exciting genre. For those sitting on the fence about attending and securing their spot early… we have a tipping point! If you register by June 15th we will enter you in a special drawing to win one of 5 special VIP baskets for you and your roommates to enjoy! So what’s in the VIP baskets? Just like they do at awards ceremonies, VIP’s get perks! For NASW the winners of these baskets will be treated to entering their room where they will find a huge basket of goodies, including waters, a bottle of bubbly, snacks, chocolate, goodies from area merchants in Savannah(anything from merchandise to gift cards), Some great bath stuff and of course, candles! Everything you need to make an evening of reading that much more spe