Jenna started writing full-time in 1999 when her husband said, “You're only happy when you're writing, why don't you do that?” In 2004, her dream came true when her literary agent called to say she'd just sold two books to Avon, a division of HarperCollins Publishing.

She also writes erotic historical romance as Jess Michaels and helped launch a line called Avon Red. Between the two names she has published 15 books, with even more scheduled through 2010 and 2011. She recently sold three zombie books in the vein of Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland to Orbit under her real name, Jesse Petersen, which will also be published in 2010-2011.

In addition, she has run The Passionate Pen since 1999. This popular site for aspiring authors gets nearly 200,000 hits per month and contains information on literary agents, publishing houses, articles about writing and the industry, links and Jenna's Diary toward and beyond publication. You can find her at www.passionatepen.com and at www.jennapetersen.com .

WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT

This new workshop by Jenna Petersen covers ways to write like a full-time writer even if you can't write full-time. Learn tips and get advice on how to increase your output, take your writing more seriously and enact a plan to finish that book!  

SO I WROTE THIS BOOK . . . NOW WHAT?

Building the House of Your Career, Brick by Brick. Jenna's second, multi-part workshop discusses the industry issues each author must face, including learning about the industry in general, the agent question, editor talk and other advice.