Jennifer Lesher's Blog, page 7
February 17, 2016
Please Stand By
As an airline employee I am entitled to unlimited free travel on flights operated by my employer. This probably sounds like a wonderful perk, and it is, but it’s not the unfettered joy it might seem to be. The key word here, the fly in the globetrotting ointment, is “standby.” Because employees (and spouses/domestic partners, […]
February 11, 2016
Under Construction
I’m working on some updates to my website. Stay tuned for a more visually pleasing experience.Filed under: Uncategorized
February 4, 2016
No Excuse Needed
If you participate in any sort of organized fitness, the concept of excuses comes up from time to time – if, for example, you decide to skip a workout. Or eat a doughnut. I used to feel defensive when people would accuse me of making excuses but I don’t any more, and here’s why. An […]
January 29, 2016
Unearthing the Past
I spent most of my free time this week going through old family photos, letters and assorted mementos. A few years ago I became the custodian of these materials, distributed among several large and decrepit cardboard boxes. Finding that a bottle of some kind of cleaning chemical leaked in my shed, burned through a shelf […]
January 20, 2016
Blog Within a Blog
I’m taking a sick day today, but providentially, it’s also the day my interview is out on Beach Bound Books. Please click through and have a read here.Filed under: Writing Tagged: writing
January 13, 2016
Pantsing versus Plotting and the Emergence of a New Work Style
As I have mentioned in previous posts, I’m working on the sequel to Raising John. As I have not yet mentioned, I recently made a commitment to my book manager at Booktrope to publish it by the end of 2016. So, I guess I really do need to write it, huh? Five years ago, if […]
January 6, 2016
Why I Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions
It’s that time of year … resolution time, when the human population cleanses, declutters, joins gyms, purchases aspirational organizing systems, tries to quit bad habits and start good ones. I don’t remember ever making a New Year’s resolution. So, I’m probably sitting around my grossly cluttered hoarder house, puffing on cancer sticks while I ponder […]
December 30, 2015
Preview of Coming Attractions
Somehow, in between fixing airplanes, I’m going to find the time and brainspace to finish my next novel in 2016. I’m writing it as a sequel to Raising John, because many readers wanted to know what happened to John and Robert after the last scene and because I believe there’s a whole other story to […]
December 23, 2015
Merry Christmas
Wishing my readers peace and happiness for Christmas and beyond. Filed under: Uncategorized
December 16, 2015
My Continued Humbling
In which I am stuffed into various tiny airplane compartments. At my mechanic job I have two mentors – let’s call them Wizard and Wizard Junior. I think Wizard might really be a wizard. Legend has it that he can walk up to an airplane, put his hands on the skin, and immediately tell you […]
