About

Most recently, I served as an associate producer on HvZ (here’s the movie trailer) and just ended a ten-year stint as the editor (& founder) of a popular retail pharmacy publication. (I was very sad about this, but it was time.)

The list is long and varied—and I’ve learned something valuable from every single piece and experience.

Education (College & Workforce)

I hold a B.S. in Health Sciences with a minor in health care management, but have worked in several different industries: restaurant, hospitality, emergency medicine, cardiology, internal medicine, neurology, mining (yes, mining!), trade media, Internet start up, pharmaceutical services and, most recently, entertainment. I’d like to say that I loved it all, but I didn’t.

For years I thought that because I hadn’t taken the “straight-and-narrow path” that I’d wasted so much of my (career) life and was (& would always be) lagging w-a-y behind many of my peers… who are mostly engineers, medical professionals and business executives who stuck with a certain career tract since college.

It exhausted me that I’d done so much yet had very little to show for it.

But then I realized that there were certain advantages to the many paths that I’d taken. For one, I’d racked up lots of interesting experiences with many different personalities (some extremely difficult; great for fiction) in several different industries, cities and states.

So, after several twists in the road and a series of missteps, I finally found my way.

It’s been ten years since.

And I’ve never looked back.

Now, with the relaunch of WritersBreak.com, I’m about to embark on a new type of writing for me. One that I find a little scary: BLOGGING.

The Blog

In June 2011, I’m launching Jen’s ePubli$hing Experiment as an accompanying blog series for writers who are interested in making money with eproducts such a web sites, blogs or ebooks.

It should be interesting. Hopefully it’ll also be profitable. I have little doubt that it will be. Actually, I can’t have doubts if I want to succeed, right? Mahatma Ghandi said it best when he wrote: “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”

The Personal Stuff

A couple of other personal tidbits: I’m a new mommy to gorgeous, intelligent, curious and extremely mischievous twin baby boys who keep me on my toes.

This is Christopher. My funny little man.

This is Ryan. My analytical little man.

I love Texas Hold ‘Em and used to play any time I had the opportunity, but now with the boys, that’s not often. I’ve played once since they were born and don’t envision playing again for at least another six months. But that’s okay. They are SO worth it… and more, of course!

I read a lot. Usually three books at a time. I used to be a big fiction reader, but now read a variety of nonfiction, mostly how-to books. I adore Timothy Ferriss, Steve Pavlina (although he can be a little out there at times. Even for me!), Leo Babauta, and David Allen. Also, Stephen King for his nonfiction title, On Writing. No other writing book, for me, can compare. In my eyes, he’s a king.

My little men together.

So there you have it. A (fairly) short and (pretty) sweet bio. Something that I think pains most of us writers to write.  It became kind of fun at the end there, though.

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Much success to all of you!

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