Dee-lighted!

The House at the Bottom of the Hill is currently 99c as part of Amazon Australia's Mother's Day sale, and it's in the bestseller list too.

Delighted! This was book #2 for me as a published author, and writing it wasn't easy. Before I sent it to my publisher (Escape Publishing and Harlequin Australia MIRA) I had to sit back and think about it after valued feedback from author friends. 

Think it worked out okay, especially once my editors got their hands on it. One of the most shocking discoveries I made as a novice writer was that authors have input from editors. I'd foolishly thought that the end result was the end result from the author, and had marvelled at how talented they were. "How can they do this, all by themselves? And what chance do I have?" 

Creating an end result is the result of the imagination and hard work of the writer, and it's a learning process too, but there are many hands along the way, helping and ensuring that the finished book is the best it can be. The author will have final say (within reason) and the book that hits the shelves will be hers/his in essence, in tone and in style. But really, no artist gets where they are without input from talented and experienced mentors and teachers, unless they're Mozart...

Jennie x

Buy The House at the Bottom of the Hill from Amazon Australia (99c)
Escape Publishing
Harlequin (Australia) MIRA