… you receive a lovely review for CREEP from the Times Publishing Group, and yet… well, first, let me give you an excerpt:
This novel marks the debut of Jennifer Hillier. The former Canadian, who now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, has launched what promises to be a very illustrious career. You’ll not only enjoy this taut thriller but also watching this young woman develop as a first class writer.
Wonderful comments, right? And yet, what was MY take-away?
“Yay! He said I was YOUNG!”
I don’t remember when birthdays started to suck. My best friend Dawn, when I turned 22 (some moons ago) said to comfort me, “Don’t worry, sweetie. You’re still eight years away from thirty.”
Yeah? Whatcha got now, Dawn?
Anyone hate getting older? Please tell me it’s not just me.
(CREEP been blessed with so many good reviews – be sure to check them out on my REVIEWS page! One random commenter from the U.S. or Canada will win a signed hardcover, so comment below if you’d like to win a copy. Or, just to say hello.)
Tell me about it. I've got the big Three O coming up in a couple of months…
The only thing I dislike about getting older is how much younger people are starting to annoy me.
Get off my lawn!
Of course I hate getting older. Blah. At least they still call you a young woman. Wear it proud. 🙂
Growing up, older girls were always interested in me — until they found out I was two or three years younger. I still wonder what it really mattered. Oh. Maybe because I couldn't drive yet… Anyhow, I can relate to the whole wishing I was older until I turned 30.
On an unrelated note, saw your book in B&N last month, told the person next to me: "I know this author, she's great." When I wandered off, they had Creep in hand.
@Sarah: I'll trade with ya! 😉
@Joseph: RIGHT? Lawns are hard work, yo.
@L.G.: I'm trying, I really am…
@Milo: I feel like I owe you commission! THANK YOU! Can't wait to do the same for you.
I want to win a copy!!
My reading backlog is shrinking Little by little and you're in my wish list, so that would work out perfect.
As far as birthdays go… I married a man 11 years older, I'm always a decade younger… I find this kind of helps, me at least. Hehe.
Actually, I already have a creep in my life, and the book Creep as well. 🙂
But a signed copy… I missed you in NYC! 🙁
I don't mind getting older. I'm 48, or half way through, and my only wish is for peace in my life.
Ha, congrats on the nice review.
I used to care. When I was young…
You're still a young woman to an old bat like me. ;o)
Seriously, though, take the compliments while you still can get them. These days I'd be happy if someone even hinted I was young. Heck, he last time I got carded, I whipped that ID out so fast it made the poor kid's head spin and then I thanked him for the compliment. LOL
P.S. I've already got a copy, so please don't enter me into the contest. 😉
I live in Southern California, where getting old is considered the greatest possible sin. Everybody gets liposucked and botoxed into waxy little walking corpses rather than admit to natural aging. So I kind of embrace my age. I'm old. Deal with it.
Still, I'd kill for a review like that. 🙂
Haha, that is such a great reaction! You are definitely still young, don't worry. And now it's in print!
I started mourning my age when I turned seventeen.
"It's all downhill from here," I'd thought.
Aging is so freaking inconvenient.
Ugh, I turned 30 this year and it sucks. It really has impacted me more than any other age just yet…except 21, I think. Well, and 16..and 18. Those were big ones. But 30…man, I'm an adult. My mind doesn't feel like it but my body sure feels like its 80…
Omg and I would LOVE a signed copy! I'm reading my library copy right now and loving it!
Oh, and I know I had said that a while ago…but it kinda takes me a while nowadays to get through a book, lol ;p
First, congrats on the review!
But yes, I've hit that age where I want to stop aging. Maybe now's a good time to turn vampire? 28 was my ideal age for some reason; I always loved that number. Now it's passed. Boo.
Meh! Welcome to MY world! I'm about to turn 45 next month and am having anxiety issues about it! Anyway, congrats on the great reviews! Much continuted success!!!
So. Jealous. Damn, I hope someone refers to me as a young woman. But I doubt that's going to happen any time soon. 😉
I love getting older, what! Hmmm, maybe it's a guy thing. I don't think it means the same thing to us as it does to women. I don't know. I just turned 35 this week and I'm absolutely thrilled. I love it! I'm in great health, and in better shape than I was in my 20s. I feel like I'm in the prime of my life and that I can do anything! 🙂
If this is how 35 feels, bring on 40 I say!
I've been sensitive about my age for a long time, because I have a job that age is a asset. But now that I'm finally getting old enough, I wish I hadn't wished away my youth. You know, because I'm so freaking old right now.
I remember how traumatic my 27th Birthday was. 27. Odd number to get freaked out about. Everyone laughed. Now, I'd give anything to turn 27 in December…and I wouldn't CRY about it! Getting old sucks. And we're still young, Jenny. Wait until we hit 6-0. We'll be wishing we were back here again!
@Julie: See, that's the secret! Marry someone who'll always be older than you! Brilliant.
@Charlie: I'll be in NY next summer, Charlie!
@Slamdunk: I'm sure I won't care someday… like when I'm senile. 😛
@B.E.: Every time I go out I pray I'll get carded, but it's been awhile. Dammit.
@Anne: I can't even imagine the pressure I'd feel living in SoCal. Growing older gracefully is important to me.
@Meredith: I'm lame! But thank you! 🙂
@Lydia: 17? For me, I definitely mourned at 22. And 19 was my favorite year.
@Abby: 30 is grown-up, but still hawt!
@Alexia: 28 was a good year for me, too! Better than 27, actually.
@Yvonne: Don't even worry about it, my dear – you look fabulous!
@Amanda: I find it hard to believe people DON'T refer to you as young!
@David: Bring on 40? Dude, you're lucky I like you. Otherwise I would hate you. LOL. Aging is so different for men.
@Katherine: EXACTLY!
@Jennie: 27 was so traumatic for me, too! I felt better at 28. Weird.
Turning 20 was upsetting for me – I loved being a teenager. And I spent a good part of my 20's stressing about 30 only to embrace 30when she arrived. Now at 37 (and well on my way to 38) age doesn't bother me too much!
I realised recently I'm 35 next year. And I'm still not published (in print). Cry.
Haha! I had to go back and read it again because I missed the word 'young'. I guess that means I'm old…but I look good, so I don't mind birthdays. ; )
Thanks for the contest! I'd love a chance to win. Sounds like a great book.
I'm six months away from 50. I'd love to be called young again. I'm so happy for you your book is getting so many positive reviews. Good job!
My advice for getting older? Eh…don't got any. Getting older sucks! Great review!
With age comes maturity and wisdom, dear so it's all good!
just wait, you will start looking at 50 as not that old. I am only mid 30s but have friends that are 15 years my senior. I guess things get easier when you start looking at it that way.
You know what's fucked up? Getting bodily old. When I turned 25, I couldn't burn fat overnight like I used to. Injuries started hurting in the morning and just staying with me for way too long. I'm only 28 but I can foresee a future of getting old and suckage.
I would kill for a review like that. I'm pretty sure the only peeps who call me young woman at this point remember the Great Depression first hand and still listen to Frank Sinatra records.
I'm not crazy about getting older, but it sure beats the heck out of the alternative….:)
I'm not unhappy about getting older….yet…check in with me again in another ten years, lol.
You are not old. You are not old because that would I mean am old. That's all I have to say about that!
Congratulations on the great reviews! As for your age, I would've placed you in your mid-twenties, so this is news to me. 😉
I think I might be in denial about my age. I'm 34, which is supposed to be much more grown up than I feel.
haha love that quote about being young and wishing you were older. that's so true!
i'm not even getting "older" yet (early 20's) but i'm noticing some changes. particularly little parentheses lookin' lines around my mouth. wahhhh.
You ARE still young, Jenny! In your prime.
My age never concerned me until my last birthday & I'm what, 11 years older than you? I panicked when I realized I was competing (in my writing) with mostly much younger people, many fresh out of grad school with creative writing degrees & here I was, this old architect/interior designer broad who thought she could write her first book, a thriller, at age 47. You've got a long way to go before you no longer consider yourself young. A loooong way.
You're only as old as you feel, remember that!
Right now I'm just trying to get people to take me seriously because I look so young (younger than I am)… And now that 30s are rolling around in a couple years, I'm panicking! Okay, you can call me young, if you want! I don't care!
(Fellow/Not So Former Canadian)
Life is all about perception! I may seem old to my 5 year old daughter – cause she has told me so=) But I will never be as old as my parents!
@Kelly: You have the best attitude!
@Luke: Don't cry. You're SO CLOSE.
@SoCalGal: You're a hottie, girl!
@Andrea: Thank you!
@Anne: You are still young! And thank you!
@Em: Haha, it does some days, yes.
@D.U.: Smart words, my friend, thank you 🙂
@Budd: So clearly I need to make older friends… 😉
@Ben: I'd kill to be 28 again. But I know what you mean about turning 25 and the body not recovering like it used to.
@Marsha: We've had this discussion already, LOL.
@Stormvikki: So true!
@JB: I will SO check in ten years, haha!
@Annie: It does help that you're the same age as me. 🙂
@Carrie: I officially love you.
@Virgin: Waaah! Here, drink. Drinking helps.
@Nancy: Thanks, girl. I want a sip from your fountain of youth, btw. Share.
@Lindsay: Enjoy your 20s! And embrace looking too young, it's a good place to be.
@Amy: Good point! Let's get together soon!
Yay! You've really had some awesome reviews. I'm not happy about the fact that I'm getting older, but people rarely think I'm my age! I've been told many times that I look like a teenager. I think my young face will be wonderful when I'm 40 but now I kind of want to look my age…or at least close to it!
I really agree . 😀