Author Archives: Victoria Janssen

About Victoria Janssen

Victoria Janssen [she, her] currently writes cozy space opera for Kalikoi. The novella series A Place of Refuge begins with Finding Refuge: Telepathic warrior Talia Avi, genius engineer Miki Boudreaux, and augmented soldier Faigin Balfour fought the fascist Federated Colonies for ten years, following the charismatic dissenter Jon Churchill. Then Jon disappeared, Talia was thought dead, and Miki and Faigin struggled to take Jon’s place and stay alive. When the FC is unexpectedly upended, Talia is reunited with her friends and they are given sanctuary on the enigmatic planet Refuge. The trio of former guerillas strive to recover from lifetimes of trauma, build new lives on a planet with endless horizons, and forge tender new connections with each other.

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Ultra-Brother!

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Why does the coolest brother in the romance series usually turn out to be such a dud? I began to make a list of all the series of historical novels featuring brothers as heroes, but then realized that would be … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Their Frailty"

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Their Frailty He’s got a Blighty wound. He’s safe; and then War’s fine and bold and bright. She can forget the doomed and prisoned men Who agonize and fight. He’s back in France. She loathes the listless strain And peril … Continue reading →

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More RWA National Conference 2009

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Nifty Hotel Pictures I couldn’t find a place for these in my posts on the conference, so here they are: a few “artsy” snapshots of the Wardman Marriott. Tomorrow is Snippet Saturday–theme is “openings.” I’ve posted the opening section of … Continue reading →

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RWA National Conference 2009 Report, Part Three

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I loved the hotel gardens, which were filled with beds upon beds of bright red salvia and richly golden marigolds. Friday morning, I got up way too early because I heard one of my roommates saying into the phone, very … Continue reading →

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RWA National Conference 2009 Report, Part Two

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I was most amused to find the hotel had changed one of the mens’ bathrooms into a womens’ bathroom, and as part of the repurposing, they draped and decorated the urinals with flowers and boxes of tissues, so our maidenly … Continue reading →

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RWA National Conference 2009 Report, Part One

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I began my trip to D.C. for RWA Nationals on Wednesday morning at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. I spent the time before my track was announced in snapping pictures of the station’s architecture; I’m there often, but rarely with … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Luddite

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I have a confession to make. I don’t really like reading e-books. I spend all day in front of a computer at my day job. On the weekends, I spend at least half of each day in front of my … Continue reading →

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My thoughts on returning from RWA’s National Conference.

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Fish.

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Twelve Months After"

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Twelve Months After Hullo! here’s my platoon, the lot I had last year. ‘The war’ll be over soon.’ ‘What ‘opes?’ ‘No bloody fear!’Then, ‘Number Seven, ‘shun! All present and correct.’They’re standing in the sun, impassive and erect.Young Gibson with his grin; and … Continue reading →