Jane’s Blog

The blog of a fantasy/fantasy romance writer

7
May 2008
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I’m finally on the ‘coming soon’ page at my publisher, The Wild Rose Press. I got both galleys for One Night With You and Beauty’s Beast, and have to go over those and then….release!
I’m still in the mentor program with my mentor Bettie Sharpe. I’ve also created a blog called Texty Ladies with […]

20
Apr 2008
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And no writing:( At least not on one of my books. I did some writing on a new blog as I was helping set it up. Two of my friends and I have started a blog together, here. We’re going to have all sorts of fun things going on, so come visit us! We’re still […]

1
Apr 2008
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I got my book covers today, both of them! I love them; Angela Anderson, one of the graphic artists for TWRP, created them.
I also have been working with Bettie Sharpe, my mentor, and have been learning so much. It’s just a great opportunity. She’s incredible!
Okay, posting my book covers now. Soon as I have the […]

23
Mar 2008
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Happy Easter, everyone!
I’m cooking today, so I had to get up at the crack of dawn(yes, I tend to exaggerate)to get the turkey in the oven. I’m also baking ham. And making cornbread dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, deviled eggs, corn, green beans, rolls, peach cobbler, pumpkin pie, and ice cream. I made the cobbler […]

19
Mar 2008
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Angela James, Samhain editor, posted the following at Divas today:
I posted this request on the Samhain author loop, and I’m going to post it here and also on my blog.
Part of the thing I want to talk about in my workshops (which I previously mentioned is also going to cover myths of epublishing as […]

17
Mar 2008
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Tonight I finally made it into the Scarlet chat. I went in and was the only writer in a roomful of editors! It was a good session; the other scarlet writers started showing up after a while:) I stayed in there for an hour and a half.
I got a new laptop. It’s a Dell Inspiron […]

17
Mar 2008
Posted in Writing by Jane at 12:23 am | Comments Off

I am so bad at blogging lately. I’m going to have to start doing better!
My editor sent me the first round of edits; I went through the ms quickly as there was really not much to do except take out a bunch of commas. I never knew I was such a comma junkie! Besides a […]

2
Mar 2008

So I finished a contemporary erotic romance a couple of days ago and got it all synopsized and blurbatated and queryished (yes, I know those aren’t words;)) and sent it off to be considered. Keeping my fingers crossed! Now that I have two books under contract, I have this impatience to get more out there. […]

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Feb 2008
Posted in Writing by Jane at 7:05 pm | 2 Comments »

Kathryn Lively, publisher of Phaze, wrote some wonderful words of advice and has given me permission to post them. This type of information is extremely helpful to writers submitting to e-publishers, or new to epublishing. I also want to help spread the word about the wonderful world of eBooks, so enjoy! Thanks so much, Kathryn!
If […]

22
Feb 2008
Posted in Writing by Jane at 1:42 pm | 2 Comments »

I just got another contract offer today! It’s for my erotic short, One Night With You and the offer came from TWRP, Scarlet line. I’m happy!
Chloe is doing better, but the area around the wound is red, and that has me a bit worried. I’m afraid it’s infected. The nurse at the vet said to […]