Happy last week of March!

It's been a beautiful few days in southern California, and we've had a lot going on - the tennis tournament, polo matches at the Coachellafest polo fields (stomping divots at the left), Palm Springs Fashion Week . . . I promise, I only attended each event once (got to see the qualifiers of the tennis tournament, but no big names) because I've been focusing on Book Two.


Come Alive is progressing nicely. That being said, it's not quite where I want to it to be. I'm looking at pushing the release date back about mid-late April. I want to make sure I do the story justice. And right now, it's not there yet. I'm back to it right after this post - and listening to The Best of Nina Simone as I work.

Thanks for your patience! Luckily, there's no shortage of great books out there to keep us occupied. I just finished Kaitlyn Cross's Fate Interrupted Series - great read and so funny! I was cracking up during some parts. Before that, I read The Fault in Our Stars - so touching and also funny in its own right. It's a unique book that can have you laughing through your tears. There were some beautiful lines in it that will stay with me for a long time.

I'll continue to post updates on Come Alive but in the meantime, don't forget to enter the Goodreads Giveaway for the first book in the series, Come Undone. There's only 1 week left to win a signed copy! I'll also be launching a Kickstarter campaign in the days to come, so keep an eye out for that if you want to watch my progress.

PS If you don't believe me about the caffeine, you can see photographic evidence on my Instagram here:

I started writing Book Two the moment I finished Come Undone. The story just sort of flowed from my brain to my fingertips, often without interruption for hours. At times, I couldn't type fast enough. When I hit my goal for Book Two, the story wasn't nearly over and I could not... stop... writing.

And thus, Book Three was born. I had never intended to write a third book, but I couldn't do the characters justice in only two books. The story is far more complex than I ever anticipated. 

(Side note: in case you haven't gathered, I do no write off of an outline. I did not know how the story would end when I started or even published the first book. Risky? Yes. I wanted it to be as organic as possible.)

But not to worry.

Book Two, entitled Come Alive, is due out early Spring 2013. Book Three will be out shortly after, maybe even as soon as a month. I want the story to flow for you as much as it has for me, which is why I am publishing the next two books within 3-4 months of the first.

I'm Jessica, an author in my late twenties, who lived in fabulous New York City up until a few months ago (which is where I started my first book, Come Undone). I've recently moved back to California, where I grew up, but miss the east coast a great deal. Traveling is one of the things I partake in and I recently returned from a Spain/Croatia/Montenegro solo-ish adventure - loved! (Left: hiking Plitvice Lakes in Croatia.)

Traveling influences me because it gives me at least two invaluable things: open-mindedness and a great, multi-cultural group of friends. Without these two things, I don't know if I could call myself a writer. People truly fascinate me and I aim to write stories about real people in real life situations. I like a little fantasy, sure, but I try to keep my characters' reactions and dialogue realistic, even if it means things get a little messy for them.

At the end of the day, my greatest inspiration comes from music, which pretty much dictates my mood. What I listen to has a huge impact on what I write - sometimes I have to go back rewrite a scene because I was too caught up in what I was listening to! Usually this is a good thing, but not all the time. If you want a sample of what I'm listening to as I write each book, check it out here.

I've been wanting to blog my progress for some time, but I have been giving all of my writing energy to Book Two in The Cityscape Series so that I can continue the story of Olivia Germaine. More on that soon.

If you haven't read my first book, Come Undone, it can be purchased for Kindle here! Enjoy!