Our last author in the Inside the Writer’s Studio marathon is the split personality of Jennifer Colgan and Bernadette Gardner. Her new book The Soul Jar is out with with New Concepts Publishing.
1. What is your favorite word?
Antidisestablishmentarianism. I try to work it into conversations wherever I go.
2. What is your least favorite word?
Can’t.
3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Creatively, just about everything. I have ideas for stories running through my head all the time, sparked by songs, movies, things I see or overhear. Spiritually, I’m turned on by knowledge and questioning knowledge. I like to be around open-minded people who don’t see the world in black and white. Emotionally, I’m turned on by love stories, tales of heroism and bravery that occasionally make me proud to be human.
4. What turns you off?
The increasing trend of negativity I see, materialism, people who define themselves by what they own, not what they can do.
5. What is your favorite curse word?
Frell. [I know it’s not a real one – it’s from Farscape.] It means F*ck, but you can say it in mixed company.
6. If you could live in any time period other than this one, who would you sleep with in that time and why?
LOL. You said these questions would be painless. If I had to pick, I think I’d choose Medieval times and I’d sleep with the Lord of the nearest castle of course. He’d be the one with all the gold and the best food.
7. If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three books would you like to have with you?
Preferably three I haven’t read yet. I’d get bored pretty fast. If I had to choose though, I’d go with: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Building a Raft; Fifty Ways to Serve Coconut; and The Big Book of Signal Fires.
8. What is the ugliest rejection you have ever gotten from a publisher/editor/agent?
Honestly, I’ve been very lucky to have gotten rejections ranging from the standard, Thanks, but it’s not for us, to the encouraging, It’s too short, expand it and resubmit. I’ve never gotten anything so bad I needed to bury it in the back yard, though I’m sure my day will come.
9. What sound or noise do you love?
I love to hear my kids laugh.
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“I’m glad you’re back. You’re in charge while I’m on vacation. See ya.” LOL.
Book Pimpage Info:
Jennifer Colgan
The Soul Jar
New Concepts Publishing
June 2006
Spicy Paranormal Romance
Buy Link: http://www.newconceptspublishing.com/thesouljar.htm
11. Describe the premise of your book in three sentences or less.
Trapped in an alabaster prison for three thousand years, the souls of two ancient lovers await their freedom. Reunited after a bitter betrayal, modern fortune hunters Bree Sennett and “Chance” MacKenzie will risk their lives and their love for the fabled Soul Jar and its long-hidden secrets.
12. Your website or blog.
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