Tag: writing

JENeric Life Update

Posted October 24, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 0 Comments

Titled thusly because I get a weird thrill out of making horrible puns with my own name. Apparent is still moving along… albeit, slower than I want, but progress is progress. My class with literary agent Mandy Hubbard nears its end and I’m sad to see it come to a close, but relieved to know that taking the class was a great decision. Thanks to Mandy and my classmates, I definitely feel like my opening pages are stronger. I’ve got more writer friends, that will help keep me accountable as I work toward my goals, AND I’ve got a query that I am very nearly happy with… but more on that later. I also created an organized binder for Apparent with spaces for my query, draft, notes research, etc. I like having these things in hard copy form and it makes me […]

A dream is a wish your heart makes & you slave for

Posted September 26, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 3 Comments

Greetings, dudebros. It has been many a moon since I’ve updated this blog. I’ve been pretty caught up in posts for Almost Grown-up, making videos for A Bevy of Dauntless, and real life things. As far as the real life thing goes… I took a course for substitute teaching. Despite having a college degree and a decent resume, I don’t seem to have much luck on the job-hunting front with the economy in its current state. It’s my hope that they’ll open up the substitute employment pool and I can make halfway decent money that way. Currently working on assembling all of the application materials. One of my friends is preparing for a move to New York City for her dream job. Another of my friends recently moved to Virgina with her boyfriend. All of them are seeing their dreams […]

Camp NaNoWriMo Self Pep Talk

Posted July 31, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 0 Comments

I was nervous about Camp NaNoWriMo. SO I made this to take my mind off of it. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t work. Also, I “time travel.” Also, I have a crappy camcorder and editing skills. Cheers!

State of Jen and looking back to a year ago

Posted July 16, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 1 Comment

Apparent is DONE! Kinda. It needs tons of revisions and I abandoned the ending when I realized that what I thought up didn’t work in the slightest. But now revisions start and I’m trying to work out the plot (to which I laugh at myself and think “PLOT?! What plot?!”). So plot-whispering. Outlining. Rewriting. And outlining Half Passed. I’m still not fully employed and I’ve been thinking a lot about my life a year ago today. I had a full-time job where, granted, I didn’t make a ton of money, but the people were nice and… Yeah. I mostly left so that I could be with my family while saving money that I’d otherwise spend on rent, groceries, and utilities. That plan has been less than successful since a year later, I’ve had 2 unpaid internships and no actual job. […]

Positive reinforcement FTW

Posted July 11, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 0 Comments

So, Apparent is not done. But that is next on my list today. 3 scenes left… I think that’s the count anyway. This past weekend, I reunited with a few friends in Orlando for some fun, but laid-back times. On Friday, a bunch of them stayed at my family’s timeshare with me and we played games, reminisced and chatted. These days, most people that I talk to (albeit online) are niched firmly in the same world I am. Our days revolve around books, writing, and blogging. But my “real life” friends have interests that vary far and wide from those topics. Nevertheless, they’re always so encouraging. They ask me about my Work in Progress, how the process works after I finish a draft. They tell me that despite not being at all involved in the book world, they love to see me […]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOL! (s)

Posted July 2, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 1 Comment

Yes, I was trying to reference soccer with the blog post title. Did that come through? Because I’m such a huge sports fan as I huddle in my writing and reading cave, OBVIOUSLY. So, I went to New York… and then I came back home to sunny South Florida. Also known as BLISTERINGLY HOT South Florida. Summer is truly upon us, but Dorothy had it right, there is really no place like home. Something about seeing the book world come together for Book Expo America was amazingly inspiring. And coming home to my wonderful, but a bit hum-drum life was sad. But the conference really lit a fire under my butt. I want to start living my dream. To that end… some GOALS: -I’m going to finish the first draft of my Work in Progress (tentatively titled Apparent) this week. I […]

I put the pro in procrastinate

Posted May 1, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Uncategorized / 0 Comments

I’m using this post to stall for time. Which is to say that I’m delaying the things that I know I should be doing instead. Thing #1- Going to the gym to work on week 3 of Couch to 5K. Which feels just short of impossible… but yeah. I’m going. I swear. As soon as my phone has enough of a charge to last for 30 minutes of music because doing that without it also feels just short of impossible Thing #2- Writing. Because I’ve been blocked on my work in progress for probably around a month and I’m just trying to squeeze the words out right now. I was going with the NaNoWriMo method of 1,667 words a day, but have been less than successful. Also I’m writing a fantasy novel and I just finished reading BITTERBLUE which was awesome […]

Jen on Jen action… by which I mean I talk about myself.

Posted April 29, 2012 by Jennifer Ellision in blog / 1 Comment

So. Some things about me/this space/why it’s here. 1) I already have a blog, but starting one that isn’t almost entirely devoted to Young Adult book reviews like Almost Grown-up is seemed like a fun idea. I’m following the example of fellow writer/book blogger Lindsey of Lindsey with an E and Storm of Words. 2) I have no idea how often I’m going to post on here or what I’m going to post about, really. 3) My life is consumed by books. In EVERY form. I’m working on my own novel now, having written two terrible ones before for NaNoWriMo. I’m part of a book club. I mentioned the book blog thing already… And I’m also an intern with a literary development company and an intern for a literary agent. 4) …But I’m basically unemployed right now. 5) I’m hoping […]