Author Archives: Jenny Martin

About Jenny Martin

Librarian, Writer, Beatlemaniac

Erm, I don’t really have anything exciting to share about myself this week. But, I do have some SPECTACULAR NEWS to share about one of  my friends/superheroes/mentors, A. Lee Martinez. Alex’s bestseller, Gil’s All Fright Diner, is going HOLLYWOOD. Dreamworks has attached director Barry … Continue reading

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I’ve added footnotes to this sterling query letter. Enjoy. (1)Dear Agent: (2) Are you terrified of death? (3) Imagine a world where sparkling, flesh eating zombies roam freely across the countryside. (4) By reading my novel, you will experience the … Continue reading

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Now, I know you’re not going to believe this, but…sometimes I’m a know-it-all pompous buttocks. Yeah, it’s a stretch to imagine that. Really. Sometimes, in the face of ridiculous ignorance, I run into a telephone booth, rip off my International … Continue reading

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Oh, yes. I am well acquainted with the heartbreak of rejection.  I mean the writing kind, folks. (Not the kind of rejection I got in fourth grade when I slipped a box of Russell Stover chocolates into my dreamboat crush’s … Continue reading

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Saturday night, folks from my writers’ group came over for a RockBand/Guitar Hero night. Writers’ Rocksgiving. I never knew we had so many headbangers and fist pumpers in our scribbler’s gang. And of course…Scarlet Whisper made an appearance with her … Continue reading

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This past weekend, I picked up Another Faust, a YA novel by siblings Daniel and Dina Nayeri. I’m inhaling it late at night. I should be folding laundry instead, but this contemporary retelling of the classic deal with the devil … Continue reading

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I hear marijuana is a “gateway” drug. After a few “harmless” puffs, you soon experiment with prescription uppers. Then, you move one to harder street drugs. Before you know it, it’s nine a.m. on a Tuesday and you’re smoking crack … Continue reading

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