non fiction books
Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters and the Power of Three.
A lighthearted essay collection on the stylish, occasionally campy TV show about three sisters destined to be powerful witches. Jenny wrote the introduction and the short intros to each essay.
Flirting with Pride and Prejudice:
Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick Lit Masterpiece.
A collection of essays and short fiction inspired by the 19th-century classic. Jenny wrote the introduction and the short intros to each essay.
Anne Rice: A Critical Companion. A formalist analysis of nine of Rice's supernatural novels, addressing such issues as point of view, character, plot, literary device, and theme.
essays
on pop culture:
“Dating Death”
Essay on the romance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
“The Assassination of Cordelia Chase”
Essay on how the writers of Angel ruined a perfectly good character by writing her into a coma, which was probably the only way she could get away from them.
on publishing:
“Hello, I'm Your New PRO Columnist: Reflections on the Columns I'm Not Going To Be Writing”
Basic publishing questions.
“The Impossible Dream: How To Find Your Perfect Agent”
Finding an agent.
“It's All About You: The First Step in Finding An Agent”
Career planning.
“Rats with Islands: How To Survive Your Publishing Career”
Coping strategy for a publishing career.
“Stalking the Wild Editor: How to Get Published, Maybe”
Finding and submitting material to an editor.
"A Writer Without A Publisher Is Like A Fish Without a Bicycle: Writer's Liberation and You"
Setting achievable goals.
on romance genre:
"Defeating the Critics: What We Can Do About the Anti-Romance Bias."
Analysis of anti-romance bias.
“Emotionally Speaking: Romance Fiction in the Twenty-First Century”
Explanation of modern romance fiction.
“Glee and Sympathy”
Defense of romance fiction.
“I Know What It Is When I Read It: Defining the Romance Genre”
Definition of romance genre.
"Let Us Now Praise Scribbling Women."
Romance fiction as an anti-toxin to patriarchal literature.
"Romancing Reality: The Power of Romance Fiction to Reinforce and Re-Vision the Real"
Romance fiction is not unrealistic.
"Romantic Comedy, the No-Calorie Godiva"
Power of romantic comedy for women.
"So, Bill, I Hear You Write Those Little Poems: A Plea for Category Romance"
Defence of category romance fiction.
"This Is Not Your Mother's Cinderella: The Romance Novel as Feminist Fairy Tale"
Romance fiction as a revision of patriarchal fairy tales.
"Why I Sometimes Think About Not Writing Romance Fiction/Why I'll Write Romance Fiction Until They Pry My Cold Dead Fingers from Around My Keyboard"
Rant about writing romance.
"You Go, Romance Writer: Changing Public Opinion"
Dealing with the media.
on RWA:
"Faxes and Loathing in San Antonio: Jenny Goes To A Board Meeting"
Proposed changes in RWA bylaws in 1998.
"I'm Unpublished, You're Published, I Don't Care How Many Books She Has Out, She's a Twit: Labeling RWA"
Divisions within RWA.
"With a Little Help from Our Friends: What Local Chapters Can Do For Published Members"
Role of chapter PAN rep.
on writing craft:
"Don't Do This At Home: The Four Biggest Mistakes in Contest Entries"
Mistakes beginning writers make.
"The Five Things I've Learned About Writing Romance from TV"
Writing love stories.
"Happily Ever Laughter: Writing Romantic Comedy for Women"
Writing romantic comedy.
"Picture This: Collage as Prewriting and Inspiration"
Brainstorming with collage.
on writing life:
"Green Is Not Your Color: Professional Jealousy and the Professional Writer"
Dealing with Jealousy.
"I'd Give It a Nine, but It's Hard To Dance To: Ritas, Reviews, and Other Nightmares."
Column on dealing with evaluation and criticism.
"Taking Out the Garbage: How to Protect Your Work and Get Your Life."
Column on priorities.