Jennifer Arementrout | Authors at a Glance

New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Armentrout is on the podcast to talk about her latest YA Fantasy The Fire in the Flesh! This is book 3 in the Flesh and Fire Series. And you may not know, based on how wildly popular this and her Blood and Ash series have been in the last few years, but she started as a Romance author! Jennifer has written AND published an astonishing 70 novels in 13 years! We talked all about how her ADHD hyper-focus was a helper in writing for a long time until it "turned on her" and she had to figure out how to manage it.Her process for creating and discovering the world-building of her fantasy creations, and how her editors have bibles to make sure that everything in the world-building fits together and makes sense.-How Jennifer Armentrout builds a badass heroine that is still relatable with their personality and mental health struggles. Jennifer uses her own psychology background to show how depression and anxiety are not the sum of who her characters are.Why certain books are classified as YA Fantasy vs Adult Fantasy vs New Adult FantasyHow the romance fantasy  genre has evolved over the years with Bridget dropping some of her favorite fantasy authors Anne McCaffrey, Tamora Pierce, Mercedes LackeyBridget asked Jennifer how she builds that tension, push-and-pull, and excitement between the two characters. Jennifer talks about how she loves to read that tension, and how she always wants to feel like she wants readers to just say, "Just kiss already!'Jennifer shared how if the banter isn't flowing while she's writing, then it shows that something else probably isn't flowing in the story.We chatted through Jennifer Armentrout's favorite shows to watch in the background while writing including Buffy, Supernatural, Angel, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, and Dead Files.How she was watching Autopsy: Life and Death during a video interview! She and Shani bonded over their love of that show.What is Jennifer Armentrout reading? She shares how she heads to historical romance to keep the books she is reading from influencing her writing.And also, how reading a book in a similar genre to hers can make her feel like a bad author when she reads an excellent book.Her example of an excellent unicorn author is Hurricane Wars by Thea GuanzonApollyCon conventionJennifer Armentrout  talked about how and why she started ApollyCon, how it is run now, and why she is sad a lot of other conventions haven't come back after COVID-19.How the convention has gone from a day of signings to 3 full days of events, to now almost 4 full days of events!She talks about how even though the events are sold out, the hotels charge so much that she isn't actually making any money from it, but how it is worth it to bring authors and readers together. And give authors a chance to be around each other. Connect with Jennifer on InstagramGrab  a copy of her latest YA Fantasy The Fire in the Flesh******Join our book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance  we meet 1x per month to chat books, finances, movies, and catch up!  Come hang out with us!******Affiliates! Get a discount and we get some affiliate cash!  That sweet sweet juice that is helping us stress less and be WAY