GCC presents Jennifer Echols

Do I look smug? If so that's because I've just finished Spirit Bound last night and it was full of awesomeness - well unless you're Rose and then it's just full of getting herself into a majorly big pickle. Unfortunately now I'm going to have to wait until December for the whole series to be tied up. Still, it's worth it!!!!!

Anyway, now that I've stopped my gloating it's time for another GCC tour, this time it's with Jennifer Echols and her new book Endless Summer. Jennifer has taken over the reigns of running the GCC tour group and who is therefore one of my fav people since I love our tour group and I'm immensely proud to be part of it!!!!!

Jennifer has written numerous YA books (which you can check out at her website) and her 2009 release, Going Too Far, is a finalist in the 2010 RITA, the National Reader's Choice Award, and the Book Buyer's Best (which sort of makes her the Taylor Swift of writing, doncha think!) Her latest book is actually two books in one - it's a re-release of The Boys Next Door and its sequel Endless Summer all in one handy volume!

Two irresistible boys. One unforgettable summer.

Lori can't wait for her summer at the lake. She loves wakeboarding and hanging with her friends--including the two hotties next door. With the Vader brothers, she's always been just one of the guys. Now that she's turning sixteen, she wants to be seen as one of the girls, especially in the eyes of Sean, the older brother. But that's not going to happen--not if the younger brother, Adam, can help it.

Lori plans to make Sean jealous by spending time with Adam. Adam has plans of his own for Lori. As the air heats up, so does this love triangle. Will Lori's romantic summer melt into one hot mess?

What was the inspiration behind this book?

I grew up on a beautiful lake in Alabama, and this is a love story that never happened to me but should have imho.
Are you a panster or a plotter and do you find your writing process changes from book to book?

I am somewhere in between, which drives me crazy. On the one hand, I like to plot things out so I know where I’m going. Otherwise I would feel lost. On the other hand, my first pass at a plot always sucks. I don’t REALLY know where I’m going until I get there. That makes it hard for me to sell on proposal. But that also makes the writing process a puzzle and a discovery, which is lots of fun.

I'm a quote queen and there's nothing I like more than reading other people's words of wisdom. Do you have a favorite quote that motivates you or sums up the way the you write?

I don’t know the original source of this quote, but I’ve heard it over and over, and I live by it: “Write the book you want to read.” Oh, I love this quote - I'm adding it to the collection!

What's your favorite television series right now? Okay, I know this isn't a writerly question but I'm a very nosy person who has a very large television habit to feed!!!!

As a YA writer I think I am supposed to be watching Gossip Girl (is that still on?) or Glee. Instead, I watch Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and How It’s Made. I grew up watching whatever my older brother wanted to watch (B. J. and the Bear, anyone?), and now that I have an 8-year-old son, I’m still content to watch shows about stuff exploding. If you read Endless Summer, you will see that the main character, Lori, did not fall far from the tree.
Everyone has a talent. Mine is being able to discover chocolate no matter where it is hidden in the house. What about you? What is your secret talent (apart of course from being a fabulous writer!!!!!)

I am the resident critter-catcher in my house. The menfolk get upset about lizards and spiders that find their way indoors, so I have to be the one who calmly catches them and puts them back outside. You develop this talent growing up near a lake! I do spiders but i draw the line at grasshoppers, mice and birds! Retweet this button on every post blogger