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Guest Blogger: Juniper Bell
Monday, February 6th, 2012

I’ve guested on the great Delilah’s blog several times now, but this is the first time I haven’t had a specific book to promote. Oh sure, I have upcoming releases, but no release dates, blurbs, or excerpts. So I thought this might be a good opportunity to “introduce” myself to you all. Instead of just blabbing about my books, I can blab about myself. Just the fun stuff, though.

For instance:

* I didn’t lose my virginity until I was 19. Does that sound strange for an erotic romance writer? Does it help that …

* I read my first erotica at age 10. That gave me years to fantasize before actually doing the deed.

So back to the virginity thing: I was in college, and totally in love with my boyfriend. We consummated our all-consuming passion, and I assumed we’d get married. Or at least move off-campus together. Later, when he dumped me and broke my heart, I had bitter regrets about making him my first. But I finally had something to write about in my journal, so it was all good.

* About that journal … I have stacks of them, but when I read them over, I notice one strange thing. I seem to have only written in my diary when sobbing over a boy. There are huge, years-long gaps during which, I assume, I was perfectly happy and had no need to vent to a sympathetic notebook. But anyone, reading them, would assume I was an angst-ridden drama queen who fell in love at the drop of a hat.

* I got my first pair of glasses at the age of 9. As I got older, I wanted contact lenses more than I wanted to live, but my parents refused to “encourage vanity.” Guess what my first purchase was when I went off to college? Yep. After the contacts came the guy, the virginity loss, the heartbreak … hm, maybe my parents had a point.

On the other hand, there was that journaling thing … Even though I wasn’t at all consistent in my journal entries, they served a purpose. They got me in the habit of writing to work things out. Whether it was sex or heartbreak, it all went into that journal. Today, it goes into my writing.

* I still get a charge out of seeing the word “cock.” Why is that? I don’t know! As many times as I’ve read it and written it, it still carries that thrilling tingle of the forbidden. Is it just me?

* I had strict parents who cared about my academic performance much more than my social life. Despite that, for me college was a chance to break free, to flirt, to fall in love, to have sex, to experience heartbreak, to really live for the first time. And when it all got too much, I had my journal. (Though I don’t think I wrote the word “cock” until much later.)

So there you have it, me in a nutshell. Journal + sex + heartbreak – glasses + cock – parental control = Juniper Bell, erotic romance author. Nice to meet you!

Juniper Bell’s next release, Beautiful Obsession, takes place at a college, includes diary entries, and features many, many instances of the word “cock.” It’s coming soon from Ellora’s Cave. You can connect with her at her website, on Facebook, or on Twitter as AuthorJuniper.

Do you keep a journal? What sorts of things do you write about?

3 comments to “Guest Blogger: Juniper Bell”

  1. Melissa P
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    · February 6th, 2012 at 7:20 pm · Link

    I have kept a journal…The funny thing about it is I didn’t until I was in high school and my English teacher made us do a page in a journal a night to turn in at the end of the week. At first I complained, I didn’t like the idea. Then my teacher told me if there was a page I didn’t want her to read just write “please dont read” and she would still count it. Ever since then for some reason when I needed to express something that was really bothering me I write about it in a journal. She taught me that is is a good way to express feelings that get bottled up inside. Now that I look back on it. In a way I am glad she made us do the journal.



  2. June M.
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    · February 6th, 2012 at 8:14 pm · Link

    I have tried journaling so many times, I do OK for a few days, but then start to forget. Maybe I just need to work on writing once a week, instead of every day. Oh, and maybe have something worth writing about happen *G*!



  3. Mary Preston
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    · February 7th, 2012 at 3:13 am · Link

    I don’t keep a journal. I would be terrified that someone would read it. I’d LOVE to read yours though.



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