Jane Heller

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author

Three Terrific Blurbs for THREE BLONDE MICE!

Three Blonde Mice

As the August pub date approaches for my new novel, we’re beginning to get words of praise from other authors – to me, the ultimate compliment. Not that I don’t love a good review, but hearing from one’s peers, writers who’ve been through the wars with their blank pages and know how tough a job this whole fiction writing business is, is very special.

The first blurb was from Jenna McCarthy, one of the wittiest writers around. She’s the author of two hilarious nonfiction books, two children’s series and two adult novels, the most recent of which is Everything’s Relative. Here’s what she said about Three Blonde Mice:

Jane Heller is the literary master. She has an inimitable knack for crafting perfectly imperfect characters and dropping them into outrageous yet utterly believable situations where hilarity inevitably ensues. Heller’s timing is flawless, her turns-of-phrase are peerless, and her endings never fail to satisfy. Three Blonde Mice is like the Dark Chocolate Marquise featured in the book (recipe included!): decadent, sexy, and over far too soon.

Wow, right?

The second blurb came from the equally multi-talented Ciji Ware. The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of both fiction and nonfiction, not to mention an Emmy award-winning TV journalist before she became a writer, Ciji’s latest novel is That Winter in Venice, which follows her successful travel novels such as That Autumn in Edinburgh and That Summer in Cornwall. Here were Ciji’s words of praise for Three Blonde Mice:

A hilarious culinary comedy dripping with both romance and suspense that deliciously sends up the farm-to-table foodie phenom. Prepare to laugh out loud –sustainably.

The third blurb just landed in my inbox and I was thrilled. It was from Elaine Viets, one of my favorite authors. Her Dead-End Job mystery series set in South Florida (the latest in the series is The Art of Murder), as well as her Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper series set in St. Louis are so much fun. I’m honored that she took the time to read my book and weigh in:

I loved Three Blonde Mice, a hilarious send-up of foodies and the farm-to-table movement. Three Blonde Mice is a delicious read — and there are no calories.

More to come!

For Anyone Who Needs A Laugh

And who doesn’t right?

My California writer buddy, Jenna McCarthy (check out her web site over to the right), just produced a video trailer to promote her forthcoming book, If It Was Easy They’d Call The Whole Damn Thing A Honeymoon. Berkley will publish in the fall.

Meanwhile, watch and laugh. The trailer is irresistible, especially if you’re married but even if you’re not.

My Dinner With Jenna

That would be Jenna McCarthy.

Photo: Renee Vernon

Take a look at the links list under “My California Writing Buddies” and you can check out her web site. In the meantime, I’ll just say that Jenna is a flat-out funny writer. She’s been a mainstay of women’s magazines for years – from Shape and Prevention to Glamour and Ladies Home Journal – coming up with articles on every conceivable subject. She continues to write for mags but is now the author of books on motherhood and parenting too. And, coming this fall, she’s tackling marriage. I cannot wait for the book to come out because she is hilarious and her husband Joe is a great sport about being “material.”

Tonight they joined Michael and me at a restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara called Jane’s. (No, I don’t own it. It was my first time there, in fact. Cute place.) Their kids were at a sleepover, so we had plenty of time to trade stories and get to know each other better. It’s always a treat for writers to escape the computer and meet up with other writers, and tonight was no exception. We laughed. A lot. And we said over and over how lucky we are to be doing what we do, despite the occasional aggravations.

Tomorrow we’ll be back at our computers, buried in our writing caves, but tonight we were like civilians, enjoying a night out on the town with our husbands.

Here we are, outside the restaurant, vogueing. (My spell check isn’t letting me write VOGUE-ING. Oh well. What we’re doing is striking a pose.)

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