If you are here reading this, you are in a select group of people – I don’t tell just everyone that I write romance novels. There are a variety of reasons for this. Some people look down on romance novels and I just don’t care enough to argue with them about the fact that most romance novels I have read are much more interesting than all the pseudo-literature that is out there. But more importantly, I don’t want to deal with people looking at me and wondering if my writing is autobiographical – if that love scene I wrote is real or memorex. I’ll tell you though that I *mostly* just have a vivid imagination 
Since this is confession hour, I’ll also tell you one more secret. I’m addicted to Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. It started as a child. I was never a Girl Scout myself (thank goodness) but my friend down the street was. I used to walk around the neighborhood with her, both taking orders and then helping her deliver them all when they came in. I’m sure she must have won multiple badges or whatever the incentive is – I remember her mother being a bit annoyed because we covered a lot of ground on foot and it was pretty inconvenient when it came time to deliver them!!
It was during that time that I first fell in love with Thin Mints. I would buy several boxes from my friend and then squirrel them away in my room. Try as I might to ration them, I would nearly always succumb to their evil power and consume an entire tube at a time (we’ll talk about my childhood weight issues another time). I finally decided that it was better not to partake of them at all because I have absolutely no will power when it comes to those cookies. I have lived abroad for the last several years so I have been able to avoid temptation but this year they found me again – in Germany of all places!
It’s been a while since I have had any so I decided to get ONE box, just to see if their allure was still so strong. I had it in my possession for several days before I opened it. They are just as good as they ever were. I opened them while my own children were at school and then hid the box in my nightstand. No way am I sharing them!!
I have so far managed to only eat a few at a time, but it’s been hard. The only way to avoid gorging myself is either to leave the house or to brush my teeth. What is in those things anyway???
My favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip. I think I see a pattern here…
Jenyfer
GS cookies. Well, I remember the days BEFORE Thin Mints. Once they discontinued Mint Flaky Sticks, I lost all interest. Am admitting my age when I say they were thirty-five cents a box when I sold them? And I delivered them in my red wagon.
Congrats on the CP release!
Terry
by Terry January 27th, 2007 at 2:31 amhttp://www.terryodell.com
My favorite were the original cookies–the box half vanilla and half chocolate. I remember going door-to-door to sell them. They’re almost impossible to get now. I don’t like the Thin Mints, but I’ll buy as many boxes of the other kind that I can get. LOL
by N.J.Walters January 27th, 2007 at 12:59 pmCongrats on the new blog, Jenyfer. I like to let Thin Mints just melt in my mouth, then follow with a swig of cold milk. My hubby hoards Trefoils.
I know I’ve said it before, but congrats on your book, too. I’m eagerly anticipating May 24, when my own hits the cyber-shelves. See you in the pond!
by elissa January 27th, 2007 at 3:53 pmSamoa Girl, myself. Though I’ve heard yummy reviews of the new Cafe cookies.
Have no doubt regarding Romance novels. I was viscerally opposed to the Romance Genre prior to reading very early edits of “One Crazy Summer”. You converted this cynical Indie Girl. Yes, Jenyfer’s books are That Good.
Hugs and congratulatory frambroise lambic, Susan.
by Susan January 27th, 2007 at 5:16 pm