Procrastination: as endemic to and dreaded by writers as writers' block. Jenna Blum More Quotes by Jenna Blum More Quotes From Jenna Blum Nothing is ever quite right, is it, after a parent dies? No matter how well things go, something always feels slightly off. Jenna Blum wellsparentmatter How could she tell him that we come to love those who save us? Jenna Blum Heimat. The word mean home in German, the place where one was born. But the term also conveys a subtler nuance, a certain tenderness. One's Heimat is not merely a matter of geography; it is where one's heart lies. Jenna Blum homeheartlying Life is so often unfair and painful and love is hard to find and you have to take it whenever and wherever you can get it, no matter how brief it is or how it ends. Jenna Blum and-lovematterlove-is We are all ashamed in one way or another. Who among us is not stained by the past? Jenna Blum ashamedwaypast She can never tell him what she started to say: that we come to love those who save us. For although Anna does believe this is true, the word that stuck in her throat was not save but shame. Jenna Blum doelifebelieve I've been fascinated with severe weather since I was four, when I saw a tornado at night in my mom and grandmother's southeast Minnesota hometown while everyone else was asleep - an experience I encoded in 'The Stormchasers.' Jenna Blum experiencemomweathernight When I lived in Minneapolis in my twenties, and my mom lived there, too, I used to take her 'storm chasing' - by which I mean I'd see a pulsing blob of radar on The Weather Channel and make her drive us toward the storm. Jenna Blum drivestormmomweather 'The Lucky One' features a young concentration camp survivor named Peter Rashkin - who's about the age my dad was when he started at CBS - working at the Oyster Bar, trying to acclimate to his new country and outrun the memories of the daily he left behind. Jenna Blum dailydadagememories I have people in my family with bipolar disorder, and for years I've watched them struggle with the disorder's extreme moods and often devastating consequences. Jenna Blum consequencesfamilystrugglepeople Grub Street Writers is the reason I've stayed in Boston. I started teaching for Grub back in 1997, when founder Eve Bridburg, a Boston University M.A. alumna, as I am, kindly gave me my first job out of grad school. Jenna Blum i-amjobmeschool My dad, Bob Blum, used to dash across Grand Central's main terminal catwalk several times daily as a young CBS correspondent, running copy from newsroom to studio and back - because CBS' first broadcasts were from Grand Central Terminal. The pictures on people's television sets used to shake when the trains came in! Jenna Blum picturesdailydadpeople My novella, 'The Lucky One,' is inspired in part by my dad and also by a Holocaust survivor I interviewed for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation. Jenna Blum holocaustfoundationdadlucky I was married when I was in my early twenties, and my former husband, an absolutely lovely man, didn't get the writing thing. Jenna Blum manlovelyhusbandwriting All I'd ever wanted to do in my life was write and publish books, and woe to anyone who stood in my way. Jenna Blum my-lifewholifeway The success of 'Those Who Save Us' had an interesting effect on the writing of 'The Stormchasers.' Jenna Blum ussuccesswritinginteresting I have a brother I love dearly, although we're not twins! I'm ten years older than he is, so I sometimes feel like his second mother. Jenna Blum feelbrothermotherlove Unlike writing a book, which can take several years, baking is instant gratification. Jenna Blum bakingwritingbookyears I was a hostess, a waitress, a cafe manager, and a prep chef. For one job, I had to wear a hat shaped like a head of garlic. Jenna Blum cafehatjobchef I started writing when I was 4. Jenna Blum startedwriting
