USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Hart

With the chaos that is Christmas at my house safely behind me, it's time to move on to the upcoming new year. 2012, can you believe it? I'm starting to understand how my grandmother felt looking down the barrel of another new year, incredulous, grateful and full of hope. Normally at this time of year I make a resolution in regards to my writing. This year I'm aiming for something different. As any reader is well aware, the landscape of publishing is changing at an alarming rate. Ebooks are taking over, ereaders are everywhere and I have to say the trend has been a boon for my career. I got a best seller out of the book no one wanted Who Needs A Hero? and have received reviews to the tune of "Jennifer L. Hart, where have you been hiding all these years?" and other such ego inflating words of praise. Yes, ebooks are taking over and I actually need to take time off from thinking about my career and just write. So to honor the ebook here's my resolution. In 2012,...

Jennifer L. Hart for Writers Gone Wild. So, you know we creative types, we're sprightly creatures full of dreams and whimsy. And sometimes, just sometimes, the practical stuff gets missed. I have been recently made aware of a rather big whoopsie daisy type gaffe in my bestselling book (seriously, that will NEVER get old ;-) Who Needs A Hero? *****************SPOILERS AHEAD. SERIOUSLY, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!!!!!!******************************************************* The set up: Maggie, the nanny heroine, is all alone on her birthday. Neil, our hero/ mental train wreck, is off being super SEAL, the children are asleep and she's throwing a very festive pity party, table for one. Enter Leo, the neighbor who cooks like an angel and cusses like a sailor and has brought Maggie a special birthday present. A vibrator, A.K.A a battery operated boyfriend. Or B.O.B for short. So there is my sweet little former bible thumping heroine is, trying to come up with a polite way to declin...

Have you heard? Who Needs A Hero ? is a bestseller on ARe in both romantic comedy AND statuesque. Victory for awesome books and girls who love Navy SEALs as much as cheesecake! Now, on with our six! The ring had been cleansed in the ocean, a materialistic baptism which wiped the remaining vestiges of sentiment from my mind. I saw it now not as a reminder of The Jackass, but as the means to a fresh start. The gorgeous merman had known this, and had given me a new chance. “Thank you,” I whispered at number 517. I touched the door, but jumped when I heard footsteps inside. I ran and only Merv Griffin knew how fast.

This just in, Who Needs A Hero? is a bestselling book! All Romance ebooks has listed hero as a bestseller in the romantic comedy category! Three cheers for Maggie and Neil. Click on the cover to see the listing on the ARe site and be sure to note the little silver star! You can bet your sweet Aunt Fanny that I'm scurrying all over the Internet to change my status to "Bestselling author" today. Would appreciate it if you gave me a shout that I missed one! I love my readers!

He flashed me a whiter than Vanna White smile, which only succeeded in making me feel like dweeby Pat Sajak. I guess that meant God was Merv Griffin and He was laughing His ass off. The handsome stranger held his hand out to me and for some bizarre reason, I took it. He pulled me to my feet and then turned to walk away. I stared at his backside, wondering if I had hit my head at some point, sure this couldn’t be real because Merv Griffin only knows—actual people weren’t so glorious. Now Available for Kindle and Nook and PDF download from All Romance ebooks .

I could not be more proud of Who Needs A Hero? or of myself for making it happen. The book looks glorious, both in print and ebook versions and it is the story I wanted to tell, not neutered to fit some conventionally accepted mold. It's my best seller on both Kindle and Nook within two weeks of its release. The decision to self-publish is never an easy one for me. I obsess over details and even though I have some fantastic beta readers and the best critique partner ever to live, but the final product is all on my shoulders. That's a lot of weight. Could I find a small or e-press that would be willing to take on my story? Yes, but probably not without significant edits. Sometimes editing is just what a book needs, cleaning up ideas to paint a better picture and slashing useless drivel that makes the story drag like a government job. And sometimes it hurts the product, and the writer, in the process. This book is my baby, my love letter to my all-time favorite couple. If there ...

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Feels like forever since my last Six Sentence Sunday post! Good to be back and squee with me because my all time favorite couple is gearing up for a new release! Available Tuesday, 7/12/2011 A sneak peak into Maggie's head. Watch out for the brambles, crime scene tape and shards of broken glass! He’s married, for the love of Pete! “Maggie,” Neil whispered. I couldn’t say anything, wanting so much to leap at him and tell him everything, spill all my crazy secrets in his lap, even though it wasn’t fair to Neil, he hadn’t signed on to be my object of lust/therapist. God alone knew which I needed more desperately. “Blink if you’re all right.” Snap out of it before you start to drool, moron! Be sure to stop back on Tuesday for ebook buy links, fun snippets and more hagtasticness. I know, I'm just making up words at this point. And click on the banner for more Six Sentence Sunday goodness!

You have no idea how gratifying this is. My goodreads giveaway for Who Needs A Hero? went live yesterday evening. So far eighty people have signed up for a chance to win a hard copy of his book! I just ordered my proof copy to review and I plan on taking it to New York with me to check for errors and any last minute typos. If it looks good, I'll pass it along to the Reading Reviewer, Mary Grimlich. It's going to be a very busy week for me, my first ever RWA national conference. I'm looking forward to seeing the Sanibel Divas who are attending and meeting up with members of the sci-fi romance brigade. I've already packed my Star Trek: The Next Generation communicator pin to wear to The Gathering and after some clever packing, have plenty of room in my suitcase for books! And I promise, as soon as I get back I'll be back to work, preparing for the Who Needs A Hero? release and maybe even writing on Laundry Hag 3: All Washed Up . One thing at a time thoug...

From my July ebook release, Who Needs A Hero? “Hi, you’ve reached the Phillips residence….” The same automated message I had heard that morning, so I decided not to monkey with it. Amber would get to it when she felt like it. I had bigger problems. “Joshua?” I called again over the machine, wondering where the kid had gone. I’d been in charge for five minutes and the house looked like hell, the baby remained diaper-less, the toddler was UA, and my dress had been soaked in pee. The fryer at McDonalds was looking better and better.