From the author herself!:
Hi everyone!
My name is Jennifer, I am a 26 year old wife to a panty dropping US Navy
Sailor. I am an active advocate of a sarcasm font and snarky remarks. I was
born and raised in North Florida where we are lucky enough to get the best of
both worlds. We have island life where our beach is at and the great outdoors
covered with towering hard pines. I like to consider myself a small town girl
with big world dreams, and have used that motto throughout my writing.
Never being
one for change (yes it is true that I picketed changing our yearly Christmas
dinner from turkey and ham to steaks and lobster… I can admit that) after
graduating college and being in the banking industry for several years, change
seemed to become the only thing I could think of. I had graduated college with
a very expensive piece of paper that I proudly hung in my $3.00 Wal-Mart frame,
however crunching numbers just never seemed enough, I had to find something to
satisfy the creative beast knocking around in my head. So I embraced reading
more than I ever had before in an effort to escape the norm.
Little did I
know that reading is a gateway drug to writing! Not only did I find that
reading got my mind off of the 9-5, the endless deployments of my husband
overseas, and the drama of my friend’s dating lives, writing took it to a whole
new level. I began embracing my passion for journaling and even ventured into
the world of creative writing. As I am sure many other authors can agree, there
comes a time when the characters and story just starts coming together and
before I knew it my 1000 word story began flowing uncontrollably into a 380+
page novel.
My love for
my book goes deeper than an accomplishment, it is also a piece of myself. I
used the experiences and encounters over the years to bring together a story
that I wanted people to be able to relate to. A character who’s overly
trusting, who feels trapped, and needs to find her way in the world. Once you
let your imagination take hold you can truly find your inspiration, and by
using your imagination you get to bring life to something that was once only
words on a paper.
Within two
months my story had been written and the real fun began. Bringing together
models, photographers, and creative ideas across the board has been an amazing
experience. It took a lot of brainstorming… and pinteresting… to come up with
ideas behind the cover and I can only hope that what we brought to the table
will help to inspire my readers and spark their imaginations. As the visual
representation of the cover is truly your means of accessing my thoughts when
writing Protect Me, I can only hope that you can see and feel the same things
that I did along the journey.
Inspiration/work/designer behind the
cover: The
inspiration behind the cover came from a few different ideas. The first thing I
knew I wanted was for it to have the pride and support of the military
background. Coming from a long line of military members, as well as being
married to an active duty Sailor, I wanted to portray that background of Ryan’s
character; so in the cover you will see the American flag along with the dog
tags. The second thing I knew I wanted was for it to be similar to an office
setting. The desk, the chair, the books/credenza, those were all the pictures
that flittered through my head. I wanted that feel to support Ryan’s character
in the book. I wanted to bring forth his no nonsense business driven
characteristics and his CEO/ Alpha male traits. I also wanted to show Abbi’s
character, though coming from a small town, emerging into a woman who was
confident and sexy. Most importantly through this journey was that I wanted to
use the cover of my book as a way to give back to my community who have shown
an outpouring of support along the way. I held a local model search, used a
local building to shoot in, and local photographers. Even if we had placed a
large budget onto the cover, it would still look exactly the same as it does. I
didn’t want to worry with spending tons of money on a cover that looked high
dollar. I wanted to worry about giving the opportunity to others to have the
experience and credit along with the success of the book. My amazing models
were Rex Peters and Tabetha Jade Ashley Lowe. Tabetha’s make-up services were
provided by Hillary Warren. The space was provided by Chris Duffy and Jason Orr
with A-1 American Bail Bonds, and the two photographers who took care of the
photos and editing were Lizzie Holland with 917 Photography and Nita Laurendine
of Lynn Lauren Photography. You can find all of their links below.
917
Photography: https://www.facebook.com/pages/917-Photography/441342125940994
Lynn Lauren Photography: https://www.facebook.com/LynnLaurenPhotography
A-1 American Bail Bonds: https://www.facebook.com/americanbonds
Tabetha Jade Ashley Lowe: http://tabethajadeashley.com/
Hillary Warren: https://www.facebook.com/hillary.promua?fref=ts
Want to find out more about Jennifer? Follow the links below to the book pages or hit the email button to talk directly to her!
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