November Beach Day

Yesterday, I was in Asbury Park for some meetings. Lucky gal - it ended up being a 70 degree November day.

Pretty, right? I snapped this in between answering work emails. Another view:

Weird, right? I saw this at the Asbury Park Relay Marathon, too. I didn't care much here. I sat on the bench, took off my shoes, and put my feet in that sand.

For lunch, I met up with a friend at a new restaurant called Cubana. Excellent. Outstanding. And I'm picky about my Cuban food (I went to college in Tampa, which has deep Cuban roots). Of COURSE we sat outside.

Yeah, that was good too (and, yes my meetings were done by then).

The sun was glorious. People WERE in the water. But as soon as you stepped into that shade, it felt like November all over again.

Book a Week with Jen - now on sale!

"In 2007, freelance journalist Jen A. Miller got dumped, lost her grandfather, wrote a book and bought a house - all in a four month span. She couldn't run, she couldn't write, and spent most of her time lying on her office floor.

To break herself out of her depression, she decided to read 52 books in 52 weeks, and write about them all.

In Book a Week with Jen, Jen recovers from the worst year of her life by reading - everything from dating books written for men to foodie lit to running books to romance novels (and even an instruction guide to threesomes). Funny, inspiring, and full of essays about good books, Book a Week with Jen is how one writer used the power of reading to pull herself through to a brighter side."

It's finally here! The Book a Week with Jen eBook! Thanks to everyone who supported this project, both when I first started writing it in 2007 and those talented pros who helped the actual eBook happen.

I wrote the series just after I'd turned in the manuscript for my first Jersey Shore book. So if you're a long time reader, you might be familiar with some of the content. If not, well, I hope you like 27-year-old Jen as much as I do. She's a little young, and a little confused but...well. You'll have to read the book.

I hope you enjoy it - and for only $2.99, it's a cheap and easy reading experience :-)

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Book a Week with Jen: the ebook

Remember my post about working on getting out an ebook in November?

Well, here she is.

I'll post much more information when the book's on sale. Early readers of this blog probably know that the ebook is about. It's the first time I've tried doing an ebook, so it'll be interesting to see how this goes!

Happy Halloween

BOO! Happy Halloween! Yes, I know it's on Monday, but since most people will be 'celebrating' this weekend, I'm posting about it today.

To get in the mood, here's a video from last week's Asbury Park Zombie Crawl. Pretty cool stuff.



Also, I've been re-organizing my office files for the first time since, well, forever. I came across the proofs from my very first headshot photo shoot, which were taken in March of 2005. Here's a creepy outtake:

Which is funny when you consider that the headshot I ended up using was this:

In the first photo, I look like a ghost. In the second? Model in a toothpaste ad. Shows you what a difference lighting makes.

News from Around the South Jersey Shore

Quick note: I'm working on getting my ebook ready to publish in November, so excuse the less frequent posting. But here's the news:

The Borgata is saying it lost $10 million because of Hurricane Irene.

At the same time, this is being considered for Atlantic City. Casinos and the actual city different much? Ugh.

So now Sea Isle is using those dumb parking kiosks, too? Boo.

Almost time for Ocean City's Quiet Festival.

Just combine! Stop being four towns and be one instead! That's the best way to save money, not stop gap measures like this.

Not the first place I'd pick for a shore wedding, but, hey, looks like it worked.

BOO!

Two Halloween-related notes for the upcoming weekend:

Friday kicks off the Asbury Park Zombie Walk. Now in its third year, this thing is HUGE. I wish I could go and be the one person not dressed like a zombie who the zombies can chase (My ex boyfriend did this. I'm not that original).

Last weekend, Moreys Piers opened its new Terror on the Boardwalk attraction. GOOD IDEA! Seems a great way to continue their season, so if you like to be scared, check it out.

Greetings from the Asbury Park Relay Marathon

Good morning from Asbury Park. Well, good Sunday morning. I snapped this at about 6:20am before the start of the Asbury Park Relay Marathon. I drove in that morning to run with my team, the Tramps Like Us.

It wasn't supposed to be. I'd formed the team before I realized I'd be going to a wedding with my boyfriend. But when the race time was bumped up to 7am, I figured I could run the first of eight laps, even though I'd run 19 miles the day before.

We did quite well! Tramps Like Us finished 18th relay team overall, second in the Open Female relay category with a team time of 3:38:59.

Yes, those are our team shirts. Better shot here:

We each took the name of a woman Bruce Springsteen has sung about. I, of course, was Rosalita.



Happy Monday everyone.