So… Who am I?

Well, ’tis a question to obsess over, I’m sure. So, to quench your thirst, here are a few facts about me:

  • When I was a kid, we got a cat, but we couldn’t decide what to name him. I wanted to call him Blacky (because he wasn’t black at all, screw logic), but my sister wanted to call him Jack (yes, dumb name for a cat. We can all agree). So we called him Black Jack, and he was awesome. Lived for 19 years. He was a fluffy warrior, and he lives on in Valhalla.
  • I briefly turned into a hamster a few years ago, when I got my wisdom teeth pulled. It was terrific. Hamsters are greatly underrated fluff balls.
  • I truly and firmly believe that faeries are real. I’ve you’ve ever set foot in Scotland (objectively the most magical place in the world, no contest. Or perhaps Ireland could contest. Perhaps.), then you’ll know that they are too. I’ll never believe otherwise. Unicorns too. Yup, unicorns are real too. Why would they be Scotland’s official animal otherwise? (Scotland rocks. And not just because it’s got a lot of them. Of rocks, I mean, not unicorns. Well, maybe those too).

There you are! You know the most important things about me!

If you want to know even more about me (but honestly, who would, I’ve said all the best stuff already), you can read my story down below.

 

My Story

So… I’m pretty sure that my story is nowhere as fascinating as yours, but… This is my page, sooooo… I promise to at least make an effort to make it digestible. You’re welcome.

A few years back, I burned out really bad. I went down in flames, and not the pretty ones of glory. No, it was bad. (Really, reaalllllyyy bad… Like, I crashed and burned. Like Scrat crashing to Earth after falling from Outerspace. But unlike that lucky little doofus, I didn’t even have an acorn to ease my pain.).

Anyway, long story short, I decided to make the most of my newfound time – courtesy of my ex-employer who very kindly told me they didn’t need me to come in anymore – and write the novel I’d been dreaming to write for… Well, pretty much forever.

So I sat down at my computer and started writing. It went really well …for a while. Then I just kind of got stuck and gave up.

Then I got another idea, started on that one, and… It finished in the same place as its predecessor.

I kept starting, but could never seem to just pull through (partly due to my very desirable nature, which allows me to be constantly distracted and rarely actually follow through on something that I had set my mind to. Because my mind is already on something else, and no longer where I had set it. Like a toddler.)

But then I finally found a way forward. I finally found a method that worked for me.

I finally got my first draft written.

I even got my second draft written (you have to understand what a ginormous achievement this is for me – it’s kind of like I managed to climb Everest in a single day. In flip-flops. While the entire surface was covered in ice. And Donkey Kong was throwing barrels at me the whole time. It’s huge because I don’t like the cold.)

Anyway, I was discussing this with some writer friends (yes, I happen to have friends. I know, we’re both surprised.) who said they had the same trouble, and they encouraged me to share my journey to inspire others who are going through the same thing (you realize what this means, right? If you’re unhappy with my site, it’s them you need to get mad at. Not me.)

So I took their advice (got to be a first for everything…), and I started this site.

And then I started helping other writers. Like, actually helping them, because they got the crazy urge to come to me for advice!

But that’s not actually the crazy part. The crazy part is that it actually helped them! (Yes, I realize that I’ve used the word “crazy” 3 times in as many sentences…)

Jen (me), writer, soon-to-be-published-author (I’m optimistic). I’m also known as:

  • Could-you-put-that-book-down-now
  • Will-you-get-off-that-computer
  • I’ve-already-asked-you-to-set-that-book-down
  • Why-are-your-fingers-always-covered-in-ink
  • Babe-I’m-leaving-you-if-you-don’t-set-that-damn-book-down

So this has become my mission. My Life. My passion.

I now commit myself full-time to helping other writers become authors by giving them the best tips and strategies to finish their first novel.

I have helped dozens of writers overcome writers-block, figure out their plot holes, get over their imposter syndromes, and actually finish their first book!

I helped them stay committed, and keep moving toward their goal and their dream of becoming a published author!!

What about this site?

But what exactly is this site? What experience do I have? Am I really one to be listened to? (on the last one: no. No I am not)

First of all, to be absolutely clear, no, I have not published a book (yet). I am not a New York best-selling author (yet).

But I am an avid reader who’s read as many as six hundred gazillion million billion three thousand squigglion seven hundred and eighty-three books (this number is updated daily). I read non-fiction and fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, crime, historical, suspense, even romance if I’ve got nothing else. Basically, if it’s written, I’ll read it.

So I do flatter myself to think that I’ve got a pretty decent grasp of what makes for a good story, good prose, good characters, good setting.

I’ve also taken multiple courses and read dozens of books on the matter to perfect my already almost boundless knowledge on the subject (turns out, it was bound after all), and those courses and books were given/written by best-selling, award-winning authors, who do know what they’re talking about.

So this site is basically where I keep the best information I’ve found around, what has best helped me and my clients get their books written, my own thoughts on writing, and more.

But most importantly, I want to share the different methods I’ve used and put together to finally get my novel written, with the sincere hope that it might help at least one of you lost souls out there.

And if for some odd reason you want to read more content from me, then by all means, take this dagger and sign this contract in your blood, I mean, hehe, just sign up down below. Like on any other normal site. Heh.

Only 1% succeed not because they are luckier than the 99%, but because they keep going when the 99% quit.

-this is you and I, dude, don’t give up-

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Nothing is impossible. The word itself says:

I’m possible

– Audrey hepburn

 

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