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Jennifer Templeman

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in Wilmington, NC

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Mystery, Fiction, Romance

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June 2011

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Jennifer Templeman has dedicated her career to working in non-profit management. When not analyzing the minute details of a financial statement or writing a strategy document, she resides in the Boston area, and shares her life with her husband, three sons, English springer spaniel, and a brave cat rescued from a shelter. To date she has published two novels: A Killer Cup of Joe and Finely Ground.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jennifer Templeman I love this question, and even wrote a blog about it that was published on Goodreads ( https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...). Is it cheating to gi…moreI love this question, and even wrote a blog about it that was published on Goodreads ( https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...). Is it cheating to give this as my answer?
In my "other" job as a COO for a national non-profit, I would say it's just the wise stewardship of available resources, but I'm not sure that kind of jargon counts when discussing writer's block.
In reality, I'm trying to avoid saying, I eat copious amounts of chocolate or ice cream (better yet, chocolate ice cream) until my muse comes back to help me get through the block. (less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Jennifer Templeman My advice is simple: read and write.

Read everything you can get your hands on from novels and biographies, to newspaper articles and blog posts. Read…moreMy advice is simple: read and write.

Read everything you can get your hands on from novels and biographies, to newspaper articles and blog posts. Reading is a way to observe how other authors have been successful - to pick up tools that work, and to avoid pitfalls that won't be as well received.

Then there is no way around practicing the craft you want to develop. Not everything you write needs to be a story, but there are lessons to be learned in authoring an editorial, a review of another person's work, a persuasive e-mail, and of course, a full length novel. There is no way to get better without using the skills you are trying to build, so write freely and learn to enjoy the exercise of using words to capture moments, ideas and feelings, and then find a forum to share them with others. (less)

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Average rating: 4.49 · 69 ratings · 15 reviews · 3 distinct works

	A Killer Cup Of Joe 4.43 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finely Ground: Book Two in the Killer Cup of Joe Series 4.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Hindsight

“Hindsight is twenty-twenty.” I’ve heard that saying for years and just assumed it was true because it’s easy to agree that after the dust has settled it’s often simpler to announce what the best course of action should have been. However, I’ve had a few recent instances where I no longer believe the cliché can be universally applied.

A recent example involves my youngest son David. He’s six now, a Read more of this blog post »

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