Jennifer Lane Books Blog

Happy May, writers. Time to discuss our hopes and fears. Join us at Alex Cavanaugh's blog . The amazing  co-hosts for the May 4 posting of the IWSG will be   Stephen Tremp,   Fundy Blue,   MJ Fifield,   Loni Townsend,   Bish Denham,   Susan Gourley,   and   Stephanie Faris! We writers find inspiration in the strangest places. For me, Pinterest is top on my list. I'm addicted to Pinterest, I must admit. I like to create a Pinterest board when writing to collect images and websites that relate to the story. For my work in progress SPIKED (Blocked #3), I've pinned these images: 1) Volleyball T-shirts (the heroine from Blocked has quite a collection) 2) Bad pickup lines (How Mateo gets Jessica to laugh) What inspires YOUR writing? What's the worst pickup line you've heard?

Only one week till the release of BLOCKED on 10-21-14. We hope to have it up for pre-order soon. Until then, here's an excerpt from Dane's point of view. I was just about to slurp the leftover milk from my second bowl of cereal when Lucia entered the kitchen. With my bowl suspended in midair, I watched her stop in place once she saw me. Shit . So much for avoiding her after my beer-goggle kiss a week ago. The girl confused the hell out of me. I’d hoped some time away from her would clarify things, but given the uptick of my heartbeat when she strolled in the room, that obviously hadn’t happened. As I set my bowl back on the table, my eyes floated from her flushed face to the slogan on her hot-pink T-shirt: I grinned. Thank God guys don’t have to wear Spandex . When she turned to leave, I caught a glimpse of the luscious curve of her bottom. And thank God girl players do . “Wait, don’t go.” Why did I just say that? She pivoted and nailed me with her suspicio...