Jessica started her author career the traditional way—landing a contract with Kensington House and learning the publishing ropes from the inside. When she transitioned to indie publishing, she hit #11 on Amazon's bestseller list and built a sustainable multi-pen-name romance business spanning six brands.
But here's what makes her different from most author educators: she's not just a writer who figured things out. She's a licensed insurane agent and former regional bank manager who brings business fundamentals to an industry that often ignores them.
Now she teaches fiction authors over 40 how to build sustainable careers using AI as a co-pilot—not a replacement. Her focus isn't on writing faster (though that happens). It's on understanding Amazon's algorithms, growing newsletters that actually convert, and building income strategies that last.
She operates Clark Publishing House from a small farm in Maine, where she proves daily that you can write romance, wrangle livestock, and master AI tools—all before lunch.
Prudance spent eight months trying to figure out AI-assisted writing on her own. The result? A lot of mediocre drafts and the creeping suspicion that everyone hyping AI tools was full of it. Then Jessica took her under her wing—and everything clicked.
Using the same processes, workflows, and systems now taught at The Invisible Pen, Prudance went from spinning her wheels to preparing to launch her first pen name, with several more planned for 2026. She's never written a book without AI, and her genres range from cozy small-town heat to the kind of dark, morally questionable stories she inherited a taste for from her mother. The smut gene is strong in her family.
As co-founder and COO, she handles everything behind the curtain—website, admin, community engagement, and the operational chaos that keeps TIP running while Jessica focuses on coaching. She's proof the system works, walking the same path right alongside you.
When she's not wrangling spreadsheets, she's texting her ride-or-die gal pals things that would get her banned from polite society, ignoring her husband of 24+ years when he tells her to sleep, and spoiling her grandkids. Proud Gen X boy mom, even prouder YaYa, and yes—she cusses like a sailor. Consider yourself warned.