Ask the Author: Jenna Kernan
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Jenna Kernan
I've got that book plotted and started. So it is very possible that there will be a Nadine Finch #3 because I really would like Arlo to get out of prison and start some chaos!
Jenna Kernan
I'm working on the next Nadine Finch book now. There isn't a publication date yet. For the rest of this year and part of 2022, I'm creating two stand-alone domestic thrillers that will be published in May and October. The May release is called The Adoption.
Jenna Kernan
I am an admitted Potterhead and also a fan of Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games series. But Katiness's world is too frightening, so I'll pick Hogwarts and hope that the sorting hat puts me in Ravenclaw.
Jenna Kernan
Practice writing every day.
Read broadly
Read the sort of books you would like to write
Visit bookstores and read as many back cover blurbs as you can
Join a local writers group
Attend a writers conference
Organize a writers' retreat
Read broadly
Read the sort of books you would like to write
Visit bookstores and read as many back cover blurbs as you can
Join a local writers group
Attend a writers conference
Organize a writers' retreat
Jenna Kernan
Working from home is up there. Also meeting readers is a big plus!
Jenna Kernan
Inspiration is lovely and I do appreciate when I am in a groove. But inspiration is less important that routine. I'll bet most folks with 9 to 5 hours do not rely on inspiration to get to work.
Jenna Kernan
I am currently and perpetually working on the next story!
Jenna Kernan
I once found a pot roast (uncooked) in my backyard. Perhaps that could be an opening for a mystery, but it would be stronger if it were a human hand.
Jenna Kernan
I had writer's block right after 9/11. I didn't know why anyone would care about stories at a time like that? I live 25 miles from NYC and so know some families who lost loved ones. I could see the smoke of the towers from the commuter train tracks near my home. At that time, I just allowed myself to grieve and mourn with the rest of America. In time, I saw that the sales of romance novels rose exponentially. It seems that folks in the USA needed an escape into a story that assured that the good guys won and that the hero and heroine earned a happily ever after. This was very affirming to my work and helped me so much as I got back to work.
Jenna Kernan
I got the idea for the setting for The Hunted Girls while boating on the St Johns River in Central Florida. That houseboat, cruising along in very remote places, and in and out of state parks, seemed an ideal place to keep a person captive. The Ocala Forest is very close by. A friend helped inspire this story by saying this about this huge, wild state forest, "You know, a lot of people go missing in that forest." Those two things, the trip and the comment contributed a great deal to my latest suspense thriller in the Agent Nadine Finch series. I hope you'll pick up a copy of The Hunted Girls, 2021.
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Feb 23, 2022 07:57AM · flag