Life’s work and other little things

Oddly enough, I had planned on updating everyday for the summer, and sadly, that hasn’t happened. I am totally lapsing in everything except school right now.

For those who don’t know, I’m attending the University of Phoenix Online and getting my AA in Paraprofessional Education. From there I will be working on a Bachelor’s in Education (English) and then a Masters in Education (History). I haven’t decided if I want to go on from there to get a PhD in History or not.

In the writing world, nothing has really happened. I’m trying to work on getting my Nocturni series up and running, but Lucian isn’t having it. He isn’t talking to me like I thought he would. Maybe it’s a sign that his story isn’t the first one I should tell. Which then leaves me with the idea. What if I were to tie the McCowan Sisters (each series has a separate blog, by the way) and have one of them be the lifemate (more on that later) to one of my Nocturni? Wouldn’t that be interesting? But, for some reason, that sounds cliche. And I don’t want to rewrite a cliche.

On the Finding Avalon aspect of things, I haven’t really looked at it yet. Aurelia is just sitting quietly, awaiting her turn in the spot light. She voices her opinion sometimes; her main concern is that she has no hero to fall in love with yet.

The McCowan sisters, they’re all silent. I haven’t really worked with them yet. Just got the idea down on paper for the basis of the five book series.

So, all in all, school and work have taken up most of my time lately.

Someone remind me to update at least once a week?

Life, or something like it

So, lately, I’ve been a little on edge. I still live at home with my mother, not a big deal, right? Wrong! She has been dating this guy that I cannot stand.

Needless to say, I’m trying to move to Texas, and apartment hunting right now is so disheartening, that I’m starting to wonder if I’ll ever get out of this place. I am so frustrated that I can’t see straight. And my mom isn’t being all that supportive.

I’m frustrated, upset, and I’m thinking that I’m just going to take the night off. I know that moving out is hard, but I didn’t think that it would be this hard. Which sucks. I don’t want it to be easy, but at the same time, I don’t want it to take so much out of me that I’m lost in the sea of unsuccessful move outs who end up moving back home because they can’t afford to live one their own. It almost takes two incomes to live now these days. That’s working two jobs for one person, if they go that way. Or two people living together.

But I’ve decided that, tonight, I’m taking the night off, and I am going to relax and have a romantic evening. Or just relax and watch Ghost Hunters.

Keep an eye on this blog, it will contain information about my move to El Paso, and what not, as well as just general musings about everthing and what not.

First Line Submission

I think that I have come to the conclusion that I can make memorable characters, but I can’t write something memorable with them.

Asm evidenced, I am writing something to submit to the First Line. Roy McCoy could be an interesting character that just wants to get into the pants of this woman, Teresa Ingot, who is actually supermodel Tess Stevens.

As a friend pointed out, what I had was fine, I could skip ahead and get on with it. First Line will take up to 3000 words. Which is good. That means I can make the short story more…something. I’m not gonna tute my own horn. I’m not the best author. In fact, sometimes I wonder if I should be an author at all.

But then, I remember that I love to write and I go through the whole process over again.

Did you hear about the hunger crisis?

Hi,

The world hunger crisis is all over the news this week. In just three years, the price of staple foods like wheat, corn and rice has almost doubled. If we don’t do something soon, hundreds of thousands of people face starvation and a hundred million more could fall into extreme poverty.

I just took action with the ONE Campaign and you can too, here:

http://www.one.org/hungercrisis?rc=hctaf

Please note that I very rarely ever do this. But, I support the One Campaign with all my heart. I’ve donated money to this project.

All I ask is that, you, the one reading this blog, at least looks at this page and put your signature to the petition.

Jen

Welcome to my Blog

Well, hello!

I’m Jennifer Talos, but you can call me Jen.

I write romance books in various genres as Jennifer Talos. I am currently working on various projects at the moment. I like to write romance, mostly, but I’m not afraid to write a thriller now and again. A romantic thriller, mind you. I crave the romance. I write from a various set of time frames as well. From ancient times such as Ancient Rome or Egypt to the modern life in small town Ephrata, Washington, where I am from.

I am a firm believer in love at first sight and the romantic aspect of all things. I need the romance in my life. With all of the things going on in the world, I truly believe that we, as writers, need to give people a chance to escape from the real world and into a dreamland where men are chivalrous and women can fight with a sword (think Kiera Knightley as Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. She went from Damsel in Distress to Amazon in one movie).

The most romantic part of my life was meeting Sean, my boyfriend. Flew to El Paso, Texas in January of 2007 to meet him for the first time since meeting him in October of 2006. We’d only been dating a month, but talked every night on the phone, and damn, it was love. The way it felt, the way it moved. Damn. Just remembering it now; it makes me smile just thinking about it. That was a good time. The flight sucked though. Flew from Seattle to Salt Lake City, then from Salt Lake City to Atlanta, and then the next morning, I flew to El Paso. Kind of screwy, huh?

I want to give my readers something that they will remember for years. A book that they can come back and read a million times and not get tired of seeing the same old faces over and over again.

It is here that I offer up to you, the reader, my works to read, enjoy and mull over to your hearts content. I work a part time job at Wal*Mart which is 30 plus hours a week, I go to school full time at 40 plus hours a week, and I write all the time.

Those that know of me in the fanfiction community know of my unswerving dedication to telling tales of love or rewriting something to fit my needs or what I wanted to see happen. I just hope you’ll see it, too.

If you want to know what I’m up to right this minute, or want to read my writing ramblings, visit my blog @ http://jennifertalos.livejournal.com.

If you’ve enjoyed reading my stories, feel free to email me @ jennifertalos@live.com.

Regards,

Jen