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Jen Crane

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Jen Crane has published six novels, including Sunscorched, winner of the Rosemary Award for excellence in young adult fiction, and Rare Form, an Amazon #1 Bestseller.

Raised on a working cattle ranch, Jen grew up around open skies and untamed beauty. Storytelling came naturally. She writes with equal parts heart and grit, blending the wildness of nature with the wonder of the unknown.

Jen has a master’s degree and spent years in government and nonprofit work before deciding life was far too real for nonfiction. Now she creates immersive worlds and unforgettable characters where anything is possible.

She lives in the South with her family and too many pets.

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Jen Crane I’m working on something a little different right now. If all goes as planned, *fingers crossed* the next book I release will be Tupelo & Magnolia: A …moreI’m working on something a little different right now. If all goes as planned, *fingers crossed* the next book I release will be Tupelo & Magnolia: A Story of Wanderlust and Love. I am so excited about Tupe & Maggie, which is a Southern Gothic twist on An Affair to Remember. While the Descended of Dragons series is fantasy romance, I think readers of all genres will love this story. I certainly do. (less)
Jen Crane My advice for aspiring writers is to read everything you can get your hands on. Learn the genre(s) you love, learn the business, learn about marketing…moreMy advice for aspiring writers is to read everything you can get your hands on. Learn the genre(s) you love, learn the business, learn about marketing.

The most important piece of advice, though, may be that aspiring writers should just go for it! Go ahead; take that first step. The first chapter of my books always suck. Absolute crap. But, writing is also about revision (OMG is it!), and what's important is that a writer...writes.

To aspiring writers I say put words on a screen and begin your story. If you have to take out the first chapter (or three) later, so be it. That rough beginning is a means to an end, and it's necessary--at least for me. But if a writer never starts....they'll certainly never finish.

And when an aspiring writer isn't writing, they should be joining a local writers group, reading up about the publishing industry, and about self-promotion. Takes a WHOLE lotta that.(less)
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“I could not recall the last time I had been so flagrantly insulted.

Don't make enemies, I told myself.
Swallow your pride.
Hold your tongue.

But the fact was, I had real difficulty with those particular virtues.”
Jen Crane, Rare Form

“I had reason to be wary of Rowan Gresham.

Crazy doesn't always look crazy.

Sometimes it looks like the most handsome and refined gentleman ever encountered in one's short life.”
Jen Crane, Rare Form

“At his words not my body, but my soul bucked, decimating barriers that until then had been untouched.”
Jen Crane, Rare Form

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“I could not recall the last time I had been so flagrantly insulted.

Don't make enemies, I told myself.
Swallow your pride.
Hold your tongue.

But the fact was, I had real difficulty with those particular virtues.”
Jen Crane, Rare Form

“At his words not my body, but my soul bucked, decimating barriers that until then had been untouched.”
Jen Crane, Rare Form

“Isn’t it amazing the effect on one’s perspective that can be made by a glass of wine and a moment’s peace?” he asked.
I rather thought that it was amazing the effect one glass of wine and one grumpy old dude could have on my libido, but no way was I telling him that.”
Jen Crane, Rare Form

“I had reason to be wary of Rowan Gresham.

Crazy doesn't always look crazy.

Sometimes it looks like the most handsome and refined gentleman ever encountered in one's short life.”
Jen Crane, Rare Form

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