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jenny perinovic

I’m a YA author, librarian, and believer in happily ever afters. I write YA fantasy about magic, ghosts, and girls who are braver than they know.

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March 16, 2021 · publishing, writing

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Weekend plans. What's everyone else reading this w

Weekend plans. What's everyone else reading this weekend?

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Thanks for making me your mama, Bean.

Thanks for making me your mama, Bean.

I've been thinking a lot lately about the in-betwe

I've been thinking a lot lately about the in-between times. In between books, in between steps on the journey. I spent a lot of time thinking about getting to this stage, but I never let myself think beyond it and now that I'm here and my book is out on submission I am feeling all sorts of things. Excited about my new projects. Frustrated by first draft words. Cautious and still so in love with Hannelore's story and hopeful that one day I'll get to return to it. Planning and plotting and dreaming.

I've always found there to be something beautiful about liminal spaces. The places in between. The seedling, planted but not yet blooming. That's me right now - spreading my roots and reaching for the sun.

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I spent a little time this week rethinking the plot of my WIP. I think I may change the year to 1919/20, to give a little distance between the plot and the influenza pandemic and the end of the war. I'm just about at the end of the first act and hit the same wall I always hit, so I'm feeling pretty in-between with this draft, too, while I figure things out. Hopefully shifting the timeline will give me some momentum.

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How is everyone else doing this month?? Do you ever hit a wall in your drafts?

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I don't know how it's possible, but A MAGIC DARK &

I don't know how it's possible, but A MAGIC DARK & BRIGHT is six years old today. I still love that story and characters SO much, and I hope that one day I'll have a whole shelf of my books alongside of it. Happy birthday, Amelia & Charlie! 💗

I have to keep reminding myself that first drafts

I have to keep reminding myself that first drafts are supposed to be messy and rambling and weird. That the mess is part of the process. That the only way out is through, one word at a time.

Is anyone else currently drafting? Anyone else struggling to embrace the mess? Listen carefully: you can fix it later. I promise. I know it's hard and it's easy to be extra critical of yourself right now, but lock that critic away and keep going. You've got this. ❤️

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I commissioned a portrait of Hannelore, my main ch

I commissioned a portrait of Hannelore, my main character from BLOOD LIKE ROSES, as a gift to myself for signing with @kissedbyink. The artist, @stellesappho, did an incredible job and I just keep looking at my witchy gal and bursting into tears. I'm crossing my fingers that one day, the world can meet her and love her as much as I do!

Day 19 of #authorlifemonth is favorite first lines

Day 19 of #authorlifemonth is favorite first lines. I wasn't sure if that meant one of mine or in general...so I did both!

🌿First up is my current favorite from my own work, which is the opening to my WIP: "All I wanted was to close my eyes and wake up a century from now. Like Rip Van Winkle, only prettier."

🌿Swipe to see my favorite first line ever, which is from THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater: "It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die."

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Today's #authorlifemonth prompt is non-bookish hob

Today's #authorlifemonth prompt is non-bookish hobby. I started embroidering last year when Eric was on his Guggenheim fellowship at the Smithsonian to give myself something to do that wasn't on a screen. I'm still really slow and not very good but I enjoy it...and just like writing happens one word at a time, it gets done one little stitch at a time ☺️

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