Jencey's Writer's Corner

Photo credit North Jersey Media Group--The Record Prozac, a Yorkshire terrier therapy dog, who narrates a portion of THE THING IS by Kathleen Gerard , shares some of his "doggie" insights about living with a romantically challenged romance writer. What the heck does a five-pound dog with a brain the size of a peach pit really know about life, love and romance? Well, don't kid yourself. With my doleful eyes and moist little nose... and the glee-filled wag of my stubby, docked tail...why, I'm cuteness and love personified. Most everyone I meet (outside of the postman) falls madly under my spell! Of course, Meredith Mancuso--the romantically challenged, canine-averse romance writer I'm forced to live with in, THE THING IS --doesn't perceive me in this way. I don't think I've ever met anyone more determined to stick to a 'life-without-romance' plan—on the page or off—than poor, lonely Meredith. But dogs, we're smart, adaptable cre...

Congratulations to Connie Fischer!  She has won the Mary Kay Andrews  Prize pack.  Please email me for prize fulfillment at jenceyg@gmail.com

Thank you to William Morrow for a copy of Homeland Carrie’s Run  by Andrew Kaplan, in exchange for an honest review.  How many of you are fans of Homeland?   Are you interested in seeing what Carrie is up to next?  Sit down and get comfortable as we discuss Homeland. Synopsis: “Beirut, 2006. CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison barely escapes an ambush while attempting a clandestine meeting with a new contact, code-name Nightingale. Suspicious that security has been compromised, she challenges the station chief in a heated confrontation that gets her booted back to Langley. Expert in recognizing and anticipating behavioral patterns—a skill enhanced by her bipolar disorder she keeps secret to protect her career—Carrie is increasingly certain that a terrorist plot has been set in motion. She risks a shocking act of insubordination that helps her uncover secret evidence connecting Nightingale with Abu Nazir, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Determin...

My name is Andrew Joyce and I write books for a living. Jencey has been kind enough to allow me a little space on her blog to promote my new novel RESOLUTION: Huck Finn’s Greatest Adventure . I think it’s a good book, but what do I know? Anyway, I’m kinda shy about tooting my own horn. So I think I’ll turn things over to my dog, Danny, Danny the Dog. Usually when he writes about me it’s to tell the world what an idiot I am (his take on me, not mine). But today he’s feeling a little sentimental. So without further ado, here’s Danny. Andrew interrupted my very busy life to help him out here. For a person that works with words for a living, he has very little to say in real life. He wants me to tout his book for him, but I don’t think I will. Instead, I think I’ll tell you about how we met. I found him thirteen years ago down in Miami. Nowadays we live on a boat in Fort Lauderdale, but I’m originally from Miami. Andrew, as far as I know, has always lived in Fort Lauderdale. I w...

Gone Girl opens on the day of Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary, the very day wife Amy goes missing. The story begins with a light and breezy journal entry from Amy’s diary, in which she talks about “meeting a boy.” What follows is Nick’s first person narrative, a darker, more realistic look at the couple. The reader soon learns that Nick and Amy have both lost their jobs and were forced to head back to Nick’s hometown in Missouri to take care of his sick mother. Amy, who grew up in a wealthy home, is openly bitter about the move and hates leaving the glamour of New York behind. She is unable to forgive Nick for their misfortune and carries that regret and resentment to their new home. It is then when Nick begins to cheat on Amy with a much younger girl. Amy’s journal entries soon start to show a different side of Nick: one that is increasingly abusive and frightening. In a plot twist in the second part of Gone Girl , however, the reader discovers that Amy knew t...

I have the opportunity to offer a goody’s bag to celebrate the paperback releases of BeachTown and Spring Fever in mass market.  We are also excited about the upcoming book by Mary Kay Andrews The   Weekenders .  So what’s in the goodys bag? Here’s a list of what will be in the fabulous goody bag: •  Copy of BEACH TOWN in trade paperback •  Copy of SPRING FEVER in mass market paperback •  Two different Mary Kay Andrews bookmarks •  A recipe card featuring two recipes from MKA’s kitchen •  BEACH TOWN sunglasses •  BEACH TOWN lip balm with SPF 15 Please visit the rafflecopter below. a Rafflecopter giveaway

 I cannot say enough good things about this book.  I won it from Chick Lit Central and a few years ago.   Thank you Melissa Amster!  This is one of the greatest stories to read this summer.  It is definitely worth your time! Synopsis: Julie and Janice Jacobs are going home to deal with the death of their Aunt Rose.  The will is read and Janice gets the house and everything in it.  Julie gets a key with a plane ticket to go to Italy.  Her mission is to find out what her mother wanted her to know about the past and a possible treasure.   Julie Jacobs becomes Giulietta Tolemeis which is her given name.  Part of her search is to search for Romeo and all the people that are connected to the story.  Julie picks up a box that includes a story about the real Romeo and Juliet.  What was there story?  How can the current Romeo and Juliet break the curse placed on the houses of Tolemeis and Salimbeni?  Will t...