Hello Friends, Family, and Fans;
JenEric Coffee and JenEric Authors will be at Readers Harvest this Saturday in Brockville.
When: October 4th, 10am to 4pm
Where: 100 Magedoma Blvd Brockville, ON, Canada
What: Free Entry for the Public, First 20 Adults get a Swag Bag!
Hope to see you there!
Éric
Hello Readers,
We have a Release Party tomorrow!
Enter our contest to win a copy of any book in our catalogue in the format of your choice!
Both Winging It and The Copper Tarnish are set in the same universe but they are twelve years apart. One is set in Westmeath in Eastern Ontario and the other in Ansonville in Northern Ontario.
Despite all that, what four characters appear in both books?
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Good Luck!
A wedding and a summer camp that Tommy and Carter are never going to forget.
Tommy discovers magic exists, his boyfriend is a rock giant, and his sister is marrying one of the leaders of a supernatural community called Aetherborn.
Carter learns to navigate an in-person relationship, introducing Tommy to the magical world, and being involved in his Ariki’s wedding.
Both boys need to build their confidence in each other, themselves, and their relationship. The Door Tech summer camp seems to be the perfect way to do that, until they get magically transported to the not-so-fictional world of Everdome. In this realm of Domed continents floating in space, winged beasts, and new cultures, the boys will have to overcome challenges beyond anything they’ve seen before.
The only way they, and their relationship, can survive is if they start Winging It!
Until last summer, I was the most popular girl in school. Then I was accused of killing my boyfriend when he disappeared. Luckily, he didn’t die, but he wasn’t the same when he came back. Murder accusations are nothing compared to the rumours that I kissed said boyfriend’s sister. That rumour proved to be the real killer for my popularity.
Now everyone hates me except the gorgeous new girl who seems determined to ruin any chances of being popular by hanging out with me. There’s also a cute soldier hanging around my mom’s diner and freaky sounds in the woods.
Autumn definitely won’t be dull. All I need to do is graduate…and stay alive.
Hello Readers,
Éric turns 42 today and Jen turned 40 this year, so we decided to celebrate our birthday with a book release party. There will be food, coffee, and cake; along with our whole catalogue of twelve (what?) books.
July 19th (1pm-3pm)
9 Rossland Avenue Ottawa, ON
FREE (But you’re welcome to buy some books and get them signed)
Sign up on Eventbrite or Facebook.
Join us for a FREE event celebrating the launch of Winging It and The Copper Tarnish!
Presented by Renaissance Press and River City Siren Press.
We’re thrilled to invite you to our launch event happening at 9 Rossland Ave on July 19th from 1:00-3:00pm (EST). Come enjoy an author discussion moderated by FADHILI SAMBA. Readings, refreshments, and a giveaway to follow.
Enter the giveaway!
Enter to win a $250 gift certificate to Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club, courtesy of Dylan Black. Valid for a table for 10.
- Each book purchased at the event grants two entries into the draw.
- Each book signed at the event grants one entry into the draw.
- Only books authored by Jen and/or Éric are valid for entry.
We hope to see you there!
Jen and Éric
Hello Readers,
Éric is turning 42 next week and Jen turned 40 so we decided to celebrate our birthday with a book release party. There will be food, coffee, and cake; along with our whole catalogue of twelve (what?) books.
July 19th (1pm-3pm)
9 Rossland Avenue Ottawa, ON
FREE (But you’re welcome to buy some books and get them signed)
Sign up on Eventbrite or Facebook.
Join us for a FREE event celebrating the launch of Winging It and The Copper Tarnish!
Presented by Renaissance Press and River City Siren Press.
We’re thrilled to invite you to our launch event happening at 9 Rossland Ave on July 19th from 1:00-3:00pm (EST). Come enjoy an author discussion moderated by FADHILI SAMBA. Readings, refreshments, and a giveaway to follow.
Enter the giveaway!
Enter to win a $250 gift certificate to Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club, courtesy of Dylan Black. Valid for a table for 10.
- Each book purchased at the event grants two entries into the draw.
- Each book signed at the event grants one entry into the draw.
- Only books authored by Jen and/or Éric are valid for entry.
We hope to see you there!
Jen and Éric
Hello,
Jen has been doing to amazing things with book promo. She’s decided to share this gift with the rest of the world.
You can see the glorious examples on this post.
Here’s the ad:
I highly recommend her services. She’s awesome and resourceful.
Éric
Step 1: Panic!
Step 2: Write 3 sentences that cover the main 3 beats of the story; beginning, middle, end.
Step 2a: (Because I forgot about this one and don’t want to renumber) Write out the character info for the main characters and secondary characters. The main characters should include descriptions of themselves as well as their motivations, weaknesses, strengths, nicknames, etc. Anything I can think of to make them who they are. Secondary characters only need descriptions at this point.
Step 3: Write out everything I can think of in jot note form for each beat.
Step 4: Ignore all of that and start a new document.
Step 5: Break the novel into the 3 parts. Decide how many chapters I want in each, and how many words will be in each chapter. (I usually say 3k as an approximate, 8 chapters in each part.)
Step 6: Copy all the jot notes into their appropriate chapter.
Step 7: Make sure everything flows properly. Fill in any missing information. Add red herrings and foreshadowing at appropriate points.
Optional
Step 8: Count the high action scenes (fight, sex, whatever) and make sure they’re spread out decently.
Not listed: Ask Éric for help at every step above so he can reassure me that I do, in fact, know what I’m doing.
I had fun looking for pictures that made me think of the book Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers.
And I thought, why not share it with you?
Kennedy Fairfield just graduated in the class of 2002, and is now trying to find her purpose in life, or at least a job in her field. When she saves Jason Johnson, the leader of a secret Community of supernatural people called Aetherborn, from an attempted assassination, they embark on a whirlwind epic romance and adventure.
For Kennedy and Jason to discover why people are disappearing in time to save her friends, they’ll have to face teleporting assassins, grumpy wizards, gossiping hags, mafia robots, and secret military groups, all in the city of Westmeath, Ontario, which has more secrets than residents.
The first book of four in The Gates of Westmeath series.
Pre-order Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers now!
I had fun looking for pictures that made me think of the main male protagonist of Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers, Jason Johnson.
And I thought, why not share it with you?
Age: 25
Date of Birth: November 8, 1976
Appearance: Shaggy dark hair, hazel eyes, tall, golden brown skin
Job: Owner and operator of a pizza restaurant The Hawaiian. Head of the Oldtown Council. Aka the Westmeath Phantom, a vigilante with the power to manipulate and control shadows
Parents: Hammond and Monique Johnson, deceased.
Sibling: Younger sister Zoe is married to Gabrielle and they have one daughter Brooke (15 months old)
Pre-order Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers now!
I had fun looking for pictures that made me think of the main female protagonist of Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers, Kennedy Fairfield.
And I thought, why not share it with you?
Age: 22
Date of Birth: July 11, 1980
Appearance: Long blonde hair, green eyes, tall, white
Job: Currently working in sales at Discreet Frills, a boutique lingerie store. Looking for work in her field of Agricultural Science
Parents: Lilah and Gerard Fairfield live on a farm in Parry Sound, Ontario
Siblings: Older brother Phillip, married and has one son (15 months old). Twin older sisters Eliza and MacKenzie. Younger brother Tommy
Pre-order Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers now!
Assassins! Accidental Matchmakers has some pretty great music in it, so I made a spotify playlist of all the songs, in the order they appear within the book.
Do you think you can figure out what happens during each song?
One of the first things we did when writing this book was build a 2002 playlist.
I had already started writing my first chapter, and Kennedy had entered a bakery. I thought, shouldn’t there be music playing? What music would have been popular in September 2002?
Cue a post on Facebook asking about our friends’ favourite artists from twenty years ago. (Twenty? What?)
We bought a bunch of CDs to supplement what we already owned, and built an epic playlist to listen to while we wrote to add atmosphere. An entire scene in chapter 5 wouldn’t have been there without this playlist.
