There are always side characters who need their own story. The minute Cam arrived on Nick’s doorstep in Sundays with Oliver, I knew he’d get a book. Brian from the This Time Forever series was always going to get a book. And Robin (Let’s Connect) had to have a book, otherwise he’d have been sadContinueContinue reading “In the City Without End, level is everything”
Category Archives: Writing
Midlife Crisis
It’s taken me a while to get around to this one—but I’m glad it did because the events of the past twelve months have subtly reshaped my thoughts on this, another favorite trope: the midlife crisis. If you’re at all familiar with my books, you’ll know that I love writing about middle age—about characters whoContinueContinue reading “Midlife Crisis”
Joy
It’s March, and I haven’t yet shared my word of the year. Or plans I have related to writing. Or a summary of what I wrote and published last year. I haven’t even blogged. What does this lack of content have to do with the title of this post? Let’s talk about that. Joy isContinueContinue reading “Joy”
The Land of Lost Chapters
There is a place in the heart of every writer where fragments of the stories not yet finished reside. I call mine the land of lost chapters. Some exist in the physical world—paragraphs or pages in one of the many notebooks dotted about my house. Others live in the nested folders of my OneDrive, separatedContinueContinue reading “The Land of Lost Chapters”
Stuck Together
Next up on the trope hit list: Forced Proximity. Although I love this trope—and its cousins, fake relationship and marriage of convenience—I don’t really like the name. Stuck Together sounds better, whether the situation is forced or not, and I do love writing couples who are stuck together—just ask Marc and Henry! The Counting seriesContinueContinue reading “Stuck Together”
Kelly Jensen 