It’s Release Day for Priscilla, the third book i n the Apron Strings series. I am happy to have created this series and am excited to be a part of this with other independent author friends. Most people enjoy books that have a cooking theme, so I set that as the theme for our inspirational fiction series. I wanted to give it a different spin, so I schemed up the idea of one cookbook traveling the span of 100 years through the hands of the different characters throughout the decades.  I invited authors that I knew, and some that were new to me to join the group, and our series was born. W ..read more

It’s COVER REVEAL day for my next book, Priscilla, and I am thrilled to share this 1940s, twenty-something farm girl with you. ABOUT THE BOOK: “Written in an easy-going, intimate language, this is a romantic and tender story that will immersive the reader in the atmosphere of the time, for a fully-rounded read that is gentle in its outlook, but quietly profound about what it means to be a wife and mother in the modern age.” Self-Publishing Review Apron Strings Series  ONE COOKBOOK CONNECTS THEM ALL… Book three in a string of heartfelt inspirational stories, featuring different women thro ..read more

The summer has slipped by, and I have barely blogged. I’ve let a few things slide as my fatigue levels and some of my physical problems are getting worse. However, I want to make more of an effort again. I miss blogging, sharing my thoughts with you and some excerpts from my books. Today, I’d like to share an excerpt from On Bur Oak Ridge, the third book in my Sheltering Trees series. I am celebrating one year in print this month. It doesn’t seem like it’s been a year! It seems a lot longer than that. I thought I’d share an excerpt from the book in the perspective of one of the main character ..read more

I can’t believe it’s been two years already since I’ve published the second book in my Sheltering Trees series, Under the Weeping Willow. Of all of the books I have written, this one was the most alive while I was writing it. The setting, being right around our country block from our place, and the things the main characters deal with are close to home and my heart. It also has the most alive cover. The picture was taken by my brother-in-law at a farm nearby, where I imagined the story to be set, and the model is my niece. It was fun to see my vision for the book cover come together before my ..read more

It’s release day for The Regal Pink! I am excited to share Diana, Daniel, Rosalind, and Roderick’s stories with you in this work of fantasy fiction. Even though this novel is in the fantasy/fairy tale genre, I wanted it to have some realistic historical elements pertaining to the medieval setting and characters. I suppose this also drives it into another genre—magical realism.  Some things I studied up on for the book, pertaining to the mid 1400s: CLOTHING STYLES: Long, loose tunics were the basic style for women. Men wore shorter tunics with doublets (a long type of vest)  ove ..read more

All this week I am posting in my Facebook group, Journeying With Jenny about my upcoming book, The Regal Pink, which releases on Friday. Please join me to read excerpts from the book, get some behind-the-scenes info, and enter into several giveaways. Today I am sharing some history about what a “pink” is. WHAT IS A PINK? A pink refers to a flower in the dianthus (latin for divine flower) family called the clove-pink, which is the ancestor of the modern carnation. Once upon a time, these simple but jagged-edged, bright, five-petaled flowers were simply called pinks. They were used, of course ..read more

Today is one of those mornings that I just want to go back to bed. I have a number of things I need to get done for the upcoming release of The Regal Pink, but I can’t seem to gather up the gumption to do them. I thought about posting today and wondered what in the world I could write about and settled on sharing some of my coping mechanisms for the lack of motivation. 1. Allow yourself to rest. Sometimes we just don’t have the gumption because we need to rest. I find that if I can give myself a little space, then I can build up the energy to do something. 2. Make a to do list. I have never b ..read more

Life has been very challenging of late—lots of tears, pain, emotions, fears, prayers, rantings, and little or no answers. Because of dealing with all this, I have had no inspiration and energy for writing or author business, much less promoting my upcoming book, The Regal Pink. Today, in the wee hours of the morning, I dug into a study by Joni and Friends entitled The Gospel in Hard Times. It is just what I need right now. Though it is meant to be done with a group, I am doing it individually. There are videos to watch online too. The one I watched this morning was very inspirational. Listeni ..read more

For sometime, I’ve been thinking, I want to write a poem again, needed to write one. Poetry has always helped me truly express what is inside, more than anything else. So today I tapped this out on my iPad, and I can say I feel much relief over having gotten it out. Maybe you can relate to something in it. THE END OF ME The sky is gray, With no sun piercing through An eider down, Now dropping white, As if tiny feathers from heaven ********** The clock ticks My ears ring from age and medication The highway drones in the distance  All else is quiet Except my mind ********** My thoughts swi ..read more

FULL COVER REVEAL COMING FEBRUARY 10th! I thought I’d share an excerpt from my upcoming fairy tale novel, The Regal Pink, which I am releasing just before Mother’s Day on May 12th. Though the story contains romance for the young and the young at heart, it is also very much about a mother and a son, so I thought a Mother’s Day release would be meaningful. Daniel In the 20th reigning year of King Roderick III Evermoor 1451 She tried to kill me in my dreams. The vision of it rested as real in Daniel’s mind as the clock on the mantle, which he heard striking midnight. As the clock chimed for the ..read more