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jenniferechols

A Marathon of Luuurve

Oct 28, 2005 12:22

I'm trying desperately to finish my current YA romance (Blue Crush) so I can start writing a new adult romance (Playing Dirty), but it's hard to find the time. I have a 4-year-old and a editing job, and my husband has started working 12-hour nights 6 nights a week. Plus, I'm running 5 miles a day, training for the 10-K Vulcan Run on November 5 ( Read more... )

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victoria_dahl October 28 2005, 17:52:46 UTC

Let me just say that this new YA is awesomely good and I wish she would stop running and finish it. I need to read more, Jenn. Have I mentioned that? Haven't I been sending you chapters? Where is the luuurve?

victoria_dahl October 28 2005, 17:58:56 UTC

And, yes, being a professional writer is a marathon. And let me just say that the farthest I've ever run in the past five years is a quarter mile. People, I had to WORK UP TO THIS! My dh and I refer to my "jogs" as interval training. Walk a mile, run 1/8th of a mile, walk a mile, run to the next driveway. It's truly a mircacle that I had enough stamina and willpower to finish a whole book. Or five whole books. Gawd, I'm an idiot.

Speaking of idiots. . . People like you, Jenn. . . marathoners. Well, I admire you and feel utter disgust and alienation at the same time. And what kind of person keeps running when she's not losing weight? *snort*

jenniferechols October 28 2005, 18:08:54 UTC

"And what kind of person keeps running when she's not losing weight?"

I have this sort of thought, and then I have a talk with someone like the guy I met at the track this morning who is 72 and runs marathons. Ma-ra-thons, the real deal. He has run 89 of them and wants to get to 100 before he's "called upstairs." I'm like, I think you have a while.

victoria_dahl October 28 2005, 18:11:32 UTC

Look! I'm trying to undermine you! We've reached a new level of friendship!

Update jenniferechols October 28 2005, 23:34:39 UTC

I lost a pound.

My knees hurt.

Love the Blog anonymous October 29 2005, 01:20:56 UTC

Hi Jenn,

Love the blog and the marathon analogy. Very accurate. Gosh, all that exercise...makes me feel a little guilty that I haven't been able to find any time to get my butt down to the basement and back on my treadmill. I have a cold right now, though, so that's my excuse. :-)

I want more of that new YA novel, too! You've left me hanging!

Which reminds me...I have to get working on my next project. Break time is over.

Cathy
(not really "anonymous", just not a LiveJournal user.)

ps: I'll add a link to your blog on my Bravenet blog, not that anyone ever visits mine...can't remember the last time I wrote anything of interest in it. hahahahaha....but every little bit helps, right?

Love the CP jenniferechols October 29 2005, 01:44:54 UTC

Oooh, tell us about the next project! I love it when break time is over. ;)

Re: Love the CP anonymous October 29 2005, 15:52:34 UTC

Well, you know what they say about not talking about your project publicly until the first draft is completed (might jinx it or something or make you sound like a talker more than a writer)...I tend to believe in that. :-) Maybe I'm just a little superstitious ( ... )

Re: Love the CP jenniferechols November 1 2005, 01:26:55 UTC

a high school senior falls for her best friend's juvenile delinquent brother and is at risk of losing the only real family she's ever known if their affair is discovered

I really enjoyed the set-up for this. Did you submit it to a contest like you'd planned?

Then I have my YA paranormal project, which I like to think "high concept"-wise as "The Lovely Bones" meets "The Sixth Sense,"

Yeah, this sounds awesome!

I just finished reading the ARC for Allison Brennan's "The Prey"

Her new website gives me the shivers! http://www.allisonbrennan.com. No one deserves success more than she does--she has been so helpful to so many people a little lower than her on the ladder to publication.

I still think SAINTS & SINNERS is salvageableOf course! I forgot to tell you that Kelley St. John was telling me AGAIN how great it was (for some reason I thought before that she was talking about WISHING YOU WERE HERE). I think as you read and work on different projects, you will have an ( ... )