Getting It Right the Second Time Around
by Jennifer Frank
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GENRE: New Adult
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BLURB:
Alison is a 28 year old living in Boston who
is more-or-less happy in her somewhat boring life. She is challenged by the terms of her eccentric
aunt’s will to fix a big mistake she made as a college senior - turning down
law school for love. While having
everything from her job to her apartment disrupted, she has to decide if she’s
willing to re-do things the right way around this time, or if she’s courageous
enough to find her own path. Having been
burned by love before, she is hesitant in allowing another guy - even one as
hot as Ryan - shape her future.
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Excerpt One:
My daydream was the happily ever after to my once upon a
time. As a twenty-two-year-old college senior, I’d seen my future clear and
bright ahead of me. Dating a smart, gorgeous guy I thought was meant just for
me, I was rejoicing that I’d been accepted to law school. I could clearly
visualize our happy home filled with beautiful children wearing perfectly
coordinated clothes while I saved women and children victimized by poverty,
circumstances, and, all too often, those they loved and counted on.
At age twenty-eight, I was single, working at a fulfilling
(read: low-paying) job, without a hope of the future I once planned. In the
previous six years, I had made peace with what was. It wasn’t what I planned
and hoped for, but my life was pretty good. Truth be told, I wouldn’t have
expended a lot of effort to change much about my life. Unfortunately, life was
changing for me one way or the other, thanks to Aunt Elinor.
Aunt Elinor could be described in a number of ways,
depending on your
perspective. I’d heard everything from persnickety to
opinionated to obstreperous. The last one sent me running to my dictionary. Obstreperous /əbˈstrepərəs/ noisy and
stubbornly defiant. That was as reasonable a portrayal as any other.
While my grandmother, Margaret, did the dutiful thing for a
young woman of her generation—got married, had five kids, stayed home to raise
them, and then stayed home to care for her husband in retirement—Elinor shunned
her parents’ expectations and vowed “to live my own life without some
know-it-all man telling me what to serve for dinner and how he wants his
underwear ironed.”
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Physician by
day, writer by night. Jennifer’s love of
writing grew out of the many meaningful moments shared with patients – some
joyful, often emotional, always special.
Her initial essays, appearing in medical journals and literary
magazines, explore the ups and downs of a medical life. As an avid reader, Jennifer adores a great
story, eventually deciding to create her own.
The characters are her favorite part of any story she writes. When not stamping out disease, coaxing
patients to eat their veggies, or composing the next scene, she enjoys spending
time with her four children and stay-at-home husband.
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Interview with Jennifer Frank
As
a kid did you write or make up stories?
I only made up stories to keep from
getting in trouble. I don’t remember being much of a storyteller when I was a
kid, but the writing bug hit hard when I got older.
Where does most of your Character inspiration come from?
People I’ve met or people I’d like
to meet. I do incorporate a lot of my own life experiences into the plot and
into the characters.
Do some qualities of your characters come from real people?
Absolutely. Aunt Elinor in Getting
It Right the Second Time Around is loosely based on my own grandmother. She was
a straight-shooting, tell-it-like-it-is woman who was ahead of her time. While
she was a wife and mother for most of her life, she was trained as an English
teacher and had exceptional penmanship for her entire life.
What was the inspiration for your book?
I enjoy chick lit so developed a
plot around a young woman who is struggling at a fork in the road of her life’s
path. Many of the details in the book and emotions come from my own time as a
young woman in Boston trying to navigate my future.
What is your favorite spot to write?
At our local library. The second
floor windows look out over the river and waterfront which I find very
soothing. When there is nothing around to distract me, I am able to get more
absorbed in the story I am composing.
What advice would you give budding writers?
The greatest joy you will have is
when someone reads your writing and loves it. So, don’t be afraid to share
yourself by sharing your writing.
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
Jennifer
Frank will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner via
rafflecopter during the tour, and a $15 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn host.
Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteDo you write on a typewriter, computer, dictate or longhand?
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating idea. I loved the concept and the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteI liked the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I enjoyed reading the interview, I find it interesting that you like to write in a library. But it does make sense considering the peacefulness of a library :). I personally love the library and would stay there all day if I didn't have any bills of course ;)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the interview and excerpt, sounds like a great read, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the entire post. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you and your book. Great interview!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great book.
ReplyDeleteWas there anything about this book, which surprised you?
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