3 Questions, 2 Crit Partners, 1 Book

As if I don't torture my poor critique partners enough as it is, I called on our very own Killer Chick, Jennifer Colgan, and my friend, Cynthia Valero, to answer three quick questions about CONFESSIONS OF A SLIGHTLY NEUROTIC HITWOMAN. (Which releases 1/24...have you pre-ordered your copy yet??)

Tomorrow don't miss the interview I did at Modokker Book Picks! (don't let the Blogger warning scare you off, lol)

My deepest thanks to my good friends for their amazing insight, continued support and for playing along.

1) We've been working together for years now and Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman is a departure for me. Tell the truth, did you suspect I'd lost my marbles when you first started reading it?

JENNIFER:  After I met you, it didn’t take me long to realize your marbles were long gone, so, no…no, I didn’t think you’d lost them when I started reading Confessions. I actually kind of thought this was the real you coming out in your writing.

CYNTHIA:  Uh, no. You have the darkest sense of humor that I know, which really translates into ... you say what most people think but don't say. I could not wait to see those meaty slices of Jen truth in the forthcoming pages. I knew I'd snort and snicker and that proved very true, so many, many times.

2) Who's your favorite character in the book?

JENNIFER:  God, of course. Who can resist a talking a lizard?

CYNTHIA:  I love Maggie. She's an every-woman trying to find her way until she cracks her head and is thrust into a new life that brings out her best--and worst. If we are counting non-humans in a separate category, then I'd have to say God. I love God. Not everyone can radiate such disdain through a glass tank.

3) If you had to describe me in three words or less, which would you use? (and no, you don't have to be nice)

JENNIFER:  I could just say: Marbles all gone. Or maybe: Delightfully devious imagination.

CYNTHIA:  Considerate, clever, and that word for "willing to wield her flaming sword of indignation upon any public display of bad behavior." Oh, that is the word: Jen is the BEST.


Get to know these fabulous ladies better:

JENNIFER COLGAN

Having narrowly missed being crushed by an avalanche of Star Trek novels as a teenager, Jennifer Colgan vowed to one day cause the book shelves of avid readers all over the world to collapse under their own weight.

Now multi-published under her own name and as her alter ego, Bernadette Gardner, Jennifer has arrived in the digital age and instead hopes to be responsible for overloading the memory cards of e-book readers everywhere with her paranormal, futuristic and science-fiction romances.

To learn more about Jennifer visit her website at www.jennifercolgan.com, Bernadette’s website at www.bernadettegardner.com, or their Two Voices blog.

CYNTHIA VALERO

Cynthia Valero is currently finishing the first book in a young-adult fantasy series (for which she thanks JB for her thousand reads). In the meantime, she posts her writing practice to inspire others in their creativity at http://tenminuteuniverse.blogspot.com/.

And in case you don't know me, you can learn more at www.jblynn.com

Do you have wonderful friends and/or critique partners? Do you love to torture them? For example, I'm currently fighting the urge to send a friend a package of Twizzlers...she HATES the smell, but whenever I see a pack I'm transported back to the memory of going to the movies with her (ages ago) to see RESTORATION. (If you haven't seen it, DON'T....there's a good reason it never even makes it to TV.)