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Alpha Readers Needed
I have the first draft of “Mandy & Mia” almost complete, so I am looking for a small team of critique-giving Alpha readers! “Mandy & Mia” is a Women’s fiction novel that deals with some mature topics including: teen pregnancy, alcohol, and sex. A single mother, Mandy, and teenage daughter, Mia, are separately fighting for… Continue reading Alpha Readers Needed
I am Accepting Defeat
November 28, 2021 Dear NanowriMotown, I was afraid the holiday would steal my word-stride, it would kick me off the wagon and make it much more daunting to meet the 50K winning word count by end of month. I now have two days left with 12,313 words to go. That means I need to get… Continue reading I am Accepting Defeat
NaNoWriMo 2021
November is National Novel Writing Month, and I will be participating in NaNoWriMo 2021! My goal is to write 50K words to complete the first draft of Mandy & Mia. From November 1st to November 30th I will need to write an average 1,667 words a day. It’s not going to be easy, but I… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021
Dear Whitney Cummings,
Dear Whitney Cummings, I’m reaching out to you because you’re a great writer and I look up to you as a published author. After I finished reading your book, I’m Fine…and other lies, there was a weight lifted off my shoulders knowing that you’re fine, and I had a self-realization that I’m fine too. I… Continue reading Dear Whitney Cummings,
Top Ranked Book Idea for 13 Weeks
Voters loved my book idea for 13 consecutive weeks on SOOP! Something or Other Publishing is a publishing company that I accidentally looked into further and further down the rabbit hole one day. That is the same day I submitted my book idea “Mandy & Mia” to their website. I am so excited because their… Continue reading Top Ranked Book Idea for 13 Weeks
Vote for my book on SOOP!
A single mother, Mandy, and her teenage daughter, Mia, are separately fighting for attention from the men in their lives. They have a traumatic past, and Mandy’s alcoholism brings them to a place of ultimatums as a broken family. Top Ranked Book Idea at Something Or Other Publishing
A Road to Finding Mom Friends
There are many different friendships out there. Some people have a lot of friends, some people have few friends, and some people have zero friends. I fall in the category of “few friends” so in my adult life I have thought that’s why I am close with the friends that I do have. But, the… Continue reading A Road to Finding Mom Friends
Davey’s Birth Story
This is my second child’s birth story. Ever since the beginning she has been compared to her older sister. Before she was born, we already knew it was not going to be a natural birth, like her older sister, but a c-section. Davey was very comfortable in a (breached) seated position, so we scheduled a… Continue reading Davey’s Birth Story
The Sunflower Journals
As I grew sunflowers…I learned lessons,I grew in patience and gratitude.These are my 2020 Sunflower Journal entries. The broken sunflower. Snapped, or something.In an instant—gone.Nowhere to be seen.And it won’t grow back,so I’m forced to say goodbye. The sunflower sisters. Growing together,in the same soil.Under the same sun,they look over each otheralways and forever.This love… Continue reading The Sunflower Journals
Poetry Submissions
I was inspired when I saw a writing contest on Instagram hosted by @thewritingkingdom The criteria for the poetry category was: write a poem about grief, loss, or/and sadness. I definitely have a few of those in my writing collection, so it was a blast to pull them out and bring them to life again… Continue reading Poetry Submissions
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Jenni Laplow 