This is Jennifer Waitte

It’s been exactly one year to the day that I last posted a blog on my website. How can it be that a year has passed so quickly? Reflecting on this, my lack of blogging activity has nothing to do with a lack of writing activity in general. On the contrary, I’ve been extremely busy…

A few days ago, I posted on @jenniferwaitteauthor about a photograph that popped up on my Instagram feed. The photograph stunned me, not only because it depicted an ethereal young girl who could easily be my character Michelle Seko at that same age but also because of what she was wearing—a black velvet dress with…

I am a week into 2021 and already I’ve digressed from my own inner dialog about plotting my course for the upcoming year. It’s quiet. I set one personal goal each new year, and it is always the same. I resolve to stay focused on what is important to me and to not let obligations…

In Lifeline to Marionette, character Michelle Seko is alluded to being a musical prodigy. It is implied through dialog that she is the musically gifted daughter of a famous composer, to whom she is estranged. In the book, two secondary characters discuss this, but not in terms of her prodigious characteristics. Through their conversation it…

I haven’t posted a blog in more than a month, and here’s why. Just prior to my Sept. 22 launch date for Lifeline to Marionette, I read a Facebook post by a represented author, who stated that someone who self-publishes a book will only sell as many books as that person has friends. At first,…