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Jenny Rising
Jenny Crusie has been really kind to me at various points in my career when I needed encouragement and advice. There have been some phone calls which were memorable for me because I got off the phone feeling better and with an idea of How to Proceed. On the few occasions I've spent any time with her, she has made me laugh. It was Jenny who encouraged me to smuggle my dog Tuck into a restaurant on Whidby Island, so he could sleep on my lap while a whole table of authors drank too much and told stories out of school.
And I love her stories. I truly admire the knack she has for building female characters of a certain kind, and her flare for dialogue. And all the rest of it. She and I are nothing alike in the way we approach storytelling; I couldn't be her, and don't try.
So Jenny's had a roughish time the last year or so. She tells the story of Hitting the Wall and then finding a German Shepherd to help her get over it on her blog, here. Jenny is collaborating with another writer -- an ex Green Beret (Bob Mayer) who loves violence as much as she loves shoes -- and I can't wait to read the result. It's coming out next May, and it's called Don't Look Down. If you go over to her blog you'll find links to more information about the book, and also an inspiring story for those of us who are coping with the inevitable trials of women in their fifties.
There is also a huge and chatty Yahoo group to discuss Jenny's books and everything else under the sun, here. I don't belong to this group so what goes on is a matter of curiosity for me, but on the other hand, it would feel like intruding, so I don't knock on the door. But you could.
August 24, 2005 02:10 PM
Comments
Holy jeez! That's one hell of a header you've got there! I kind of liked the simplified version (though I seem to be in the minority on that one). But this new one is certainly entertaining, I'll give you that!
Posted by: Teresa at August 24, 2005 10:05 PM
It's funny - you and Jenny are my two favorite female authors. And you two have completely different styles. I'm so glad she started her blog!
Sara
Posted by: sarandipity at August 25, 2005 01:03 PM
What goes on in the Yahoo group is a lot of silliness. You should definitely join. ;)
Posted by: Stephanie at August 26, 2005 03:47 PM