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My blog is in Feedspot’s “Top 35 Women’s Fiction Blogs”
I’m delighted that my “Jen Gilroy blog” has been recognized by Feedspot, an online RSS content reader, as one of their “Top 35 Women’s Fiction Blogs” in 2025. My blog sits at number 6 on the list alongside those of many other fabulous bloggers whom I admire and...
The celebratory joy of small rewards (and for U.S. readers, a limited-time Kindle sale)
When is the last time you celebrated or rewarded yourself for meeting a small goal, let alone a big one or even just because? Like many of us, I get busy with the day-to-day routine and time slips by. I’ll celebrate ‘later’ but then ‘later’ doesn’t happen and the...
Blending fact & fiction in the gorgeous cover for “The Teacher Evacuees”
If you subscribe to my reader newsletter, I shared the gorgeous cover for The Teacher Evacuees (out September 25, 2025), first in my WW2, British home front women’s fiction series as Rose Warner, in the April edition. From the English village setting, to the book’s...
Tax season: Not “the most wonderful time of the year”
As I write this post, I'm surrounded by bits of paper covering both my desk and home office floor. Why? It’s tax season in Canada, and with a filing deadline of April 30, the pressure is on. When I wasn’t self-employed, tax season, although still involving some work,...
For the love of old books
As far back as I can remember, I’ve loved and collected old books, especially those for children. The gorgeous covers. The thick paper, sometimes with foxing (age-related browning). The scent of old binding. The faded inscriptions in elegant cursive writing. Yes, I'm...
Making a book cover & why I have “cover love” for “The Hero Next Door”
Earlier this week, I shared the gorgeous cover for my next Jen Gilroy book, The Hero Next Door (first in my Strawberry Pond miniseries for Harlequin Heartwarming), with newsletter subscribers. This new cover might be my favourite of my Harlequin books so far. However,...
A marvelous March mini break
Last week, I left Tech Guy and Floppy Ears at home to spend a four-day weekend with my dear sister-cousin. She had a work conference in downtown Toronto, Canada and invited me to join her. While she was in daytime meetings, I enjoyed a lovely hotel, savoured city life...
Celebrating my overflowing TBR pile ~ Can you relate?
My name is Jen, and I have too many books, physical and electronic, in my TBR (to be read) pile! That’s partly because as an author I read widely to learn, improve my writing craft, research topics I'm writing about and keep up-to-date with what’s popular in different...
The best-laid Valentine’s plans…What could go wrong?
Although I write romance, I’m more about romancing the everyday than going all out for Valentine’s. However, since a Covid Christmas and New Year meant we couldn’t spend the holiday season at our lake house, Tech Guy and I were looking forward to going to that special...
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