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Jennie Nash

Jennie Nash Profile page headshotJennie Nash has worked in publishing for more than 30 years. She is the author of four novels, three memoirs, and The Writer's Guide to Agony and Defeat. She has been an instructor at the UCLA Extension Writing Program for 10 years and is the founder and chief creative officer of Author Accelerator, an online program that offers customized book coaching for the determined writer.

Jennie runs a private book-coaching business. Her clients have landed top New York agents; had books published by Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Norton, Ten Speed and Hazeldon; and won Indie Excellence awards in two categories.

Visit her at jennienash.com and authoraccelerator.com.

Books by Jennie Nash

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The Writer's Guide to Agony and Defeat is available on Amazon.

Perfect Red cover

Perfect Red is available at Amazon.

The Victoria Secret cover

The Victoria's Secret Catalog Never Stops Coming: and Other Lessons I Learned from Breast Cancer is available at Amazon.

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The Threadbare Heart is available at Amazon.

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The Last Beach Bungalow is available at Amazon.

Raising a Reader

Raising a Reader: A Mother's Tale of Desperation and Delight is available at Amazon.

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The Only True Genius in the Family is available at Amazon.

Jennie's Websites and Blogs:

  • Jennie Nash.com
  • Author Accelerator

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Jennie's Articles on The Book Designer

Rhythm and Pacing of Writing; The Final Flourish

by Jennie Nash on November 30, 2016 6 Comments

Make your writing pleasing, memorable, unique and rhythmic so that the reader really feels the impact of the journey they have been through.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Writing Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

Back to Basics on Backstory

by Jennie Nash on October 26, 2016 6 Comments

Backstory works in order to write a seamless story that captures a readers’ attention. What happened before colors everything that happens now.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

Mastering the Art of the Scene

by Jennie Nash on September 21, 2016 13 Comments

How you move through scenes and chapters is part of the art of writing. It dictates the flow, or pace, of your work. Have you mastered the art of the scene?

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

A Little Lesson in Dialogue

by Jennie Nash on August 17, 2016 11 Comments

Every writer needs to master the art of dialogue. If a writer gets it wrong, they risk losing their reader right from the start.

Filed Under: Contributing Writers, Writing Tagged With: dialogue, Jennie Nash, Writing

How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page – a Lesson on Shaking Off the Burden of Knowledge

by Jennie Nash on July 13, 2016 19 Comments

Are you getting the story out of your head and onto the page in your opening chapter? Here’s how to recognize and shake off the burden of knowledge.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

How to Start Your Book in the Right Place (and Save Your Reader from Boredom, Frustration and Despair)

by Jennie Nash on June 8, 2016 10 Comments

In order to write a great first chapter for a book, you have to start in the right place. There are two main ways writers tend to get this wrong.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

Yank Your Reader Into Your Story With a Great Opening Line

by Jennie Nash on May 4, 2016 25 Comments

It pays to write a great opening line that hooks your reader and yanks them into your story. A great first line serves as a promise and an invitation we can’t refuse.

Filed Under: Writing, Contributing Writers Tagged With: Jennie Nash, Writing

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