Jen Talty

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Nook lovers here's a free book for you!

Nook lovers here’s a free book for you!

Slowly but surly I’m adding more and more books to the Barnes and Noble website. I’m super excited to share my books with all the Nook readers out there. I know many of you have been waiting patiently for that. This is why I want to give you an opportunity to get some for FREE. So, if you purchase THE LIGHTHOUSE and use this code (BNPLIGHTHOUSE) at check out it will be FREE! You can download the…

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Have we got a story for you!

Have we got a story for you!

I’m super excited to be heading off to NJ to do some in person book signings for my latest release, Rivers Edge! I’ll be joining my friends Stacey Wilk and K.M. Fawcett. Together we created a little town called Candlewood Falls. We wrote three separate books, all with different characters and storylines, but the super fun part was we borrowed each others characters to create our own little soap…

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What is the book of your heart? #amwriting #writegoal #writerlife #nanowrimo

What is the book of your heart? #amwriting #writegoal #writerlife #nanowrimo

What exactly is the book of your heart?

I’ve heard this term from the second I walked into RWA (Romance Writer’s of America). My first thought was: that’s the book I’m writing right now!

My second thought: It’s the book I’m going to write after this one is done.

My third thought: It was the first book I wrote.

My thought today? It’s ever book I write.

My very first book I ever wrote (IN TWO WEEKS

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Kindle Worlds and Crazy Writing Schedule...Good or Bad?

Kindle Worlds and Crazy Writing Schedule…Good or Bad?

I’m a big believer in having a plan. I’m that person who sets the Thanksgiving table weeks in advance. I start talking to my husband about what to serve weeks in advance, two witch I get a shaking head as he walks away saying: “Talk to me the day before…”

In 2017 I worked on finishing the NY STATE TROOPER SERIES. While writing the 5th book, I got into a conversation about Kindle Worlds with Casey…

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When things don't go as planned...

When things don’t go as planned…

I don’t know about you all, but I don’t do well when my plans change, especially when I’m not the one changing. And it’s the little things, like when we planned to go to the beach and it rained, so we then decide to go to the movies. It takes a few deep breaths and a slight attitude adjustment to get me to oh, okay, let’s go to the movies. I’m a very scheduled person. Every night before I go to…

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How We Write: World Building...witches, werewolves, oh my!

How We Write: World Building…witches, werewolves, oh my!

World building almost always gives me a headache, but it’s so much fun to watch it unfold.

I recently started the WITCHES AND WEREWOLVES series in Milly Taiden’s SASSY EVER AFTER Kindle World. My first novella, LADY SASS, kicks off the series.

In this world, I create a Royal Witch Coven. The series will follow the four sisters, who are all artists in some way, follow their dreams and in the…

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A trip to Iceland and a Burning Kiss!

This week I traveled to Iceland with my daughter. What an epic trip! We saw all sorts of beautiful waterfalls and relaxed in hot springs, but the one thing she wanted to see was the Northern Lights, which aren’t always easy to find, even if they are out.

Lucky for us on night #2, while driving back from the Golden Circle we got a glimpse! At first, it was just a whitish stream across the sky.…

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A steamy Shifter series filled with thrills & passion, sure to keep you reading into the wee hours of the night! http://thndr.me/71uBSX http://thndr.me/71uBSX

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A burnt-out warewolf cop… An innocent human teacher… One night of passion… She never expects to find love... thndr.me/9gZHfX http://thndr.me/9gZHfX

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When tiger shifters Shane and Noah met, it was love at first sight, the only thing missing is their third mate. thndr.me/IrrUPG http://thndr.me/IrrUPG

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The Blind Date by Jen Talty

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This is a great novella coming out tomorrow! Thanks!

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Welcome an Edgar and ITW Thriller Award Nominated Author Laura Benedict!

I can’t believe its been over ten years since I first met Laura Benedict in the hotel lobby at the 2007 Thrillerfest Conference. I was in line to register and Laura was standing in front of me. Now, I might be an introvert, but no one has ever called me shy. We had a nice little chat and next thing I know, we’re having dinner in the hotel restaurant. Since that night, Laura and have been good…

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How We Write: Writing Fast

I have an insane publishing schedule for 2018. If I were to sit down and think of the books I have coming out (some already written) and how many I have to write, I’d pull all my hair out and anyone who knows me, knows I’m obsessed with my hair.

When people look at what I published last year and what is scheduled for this year, they all ask: How do you write so fast?

The next question is: And…

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To Resolution or Not to Resolution? That is the question!

I’ve always said the New Years is like a new day, so what’s the big deal? Obviously, I’m not into News Years Resolutions. To be frank, other than spending time with family, I’m not much into the holiday season, which is a birthday party on crack. Really, its one party after the other. I spent from the 22nd of December to the 30th in a perpetual state of “Party like its 1999”.

Ha! I knew a guy…

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A sensless post of pondering and musing about what if's

A sensless post of pondering and musing about what if’s

We all look back over our lives and sometimes wonder what if?  I honestly try not to do this because one change in my past could take me to a place much worse than any place I’ve seen. Even the tiniest of change of something that might seem so inconsequential has the potential to change not only your surroundings, but the person you are and all the life lessons that brought you to this one place.…

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Where do you find Happily-Ever-After?

Since I write romance, the HEA or Happily-Ever-After ending is a given. Or should I say, its the expectation or payoff of for the reader. Those who love romances don’t pick up one and think, gee, I hope the couple ends up Splitsville at the end of the book. NO. They want to believe that the hero and heroine will be together, happily, FOREVER.

Sounds more like a fantasy, right? I mean, how many…

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Trip down memory lane, fast forwarding to today!

I have no idea what I mean by that blog title other than I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about certain parts of my childhood, which wasn’t a cake walk. Like many children, I am the product of divorce. I was only ten when my parents split and it was a difficult time for everyone, to say the least. I remember when I had my first child and thinking that I could either keep a foot in the…

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