Monthly Archives: March 2009

cover for Moonlight Mistress!

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

It’s not work-safe due to a lot of bare skin, so I’m not posting it here, but I’ve received the cover for Moonlight Mistress. Behold! http://pics.livejournal.com/oracne/pic/0006wswy/g44 I am amused that I received this the same day I posted about the … Continue reading →

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no, I didn’t design my book cover.

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

No, I didn’t design the cover for The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover. No, I didn’t pose for it, either. No, I’ve never met the people photographed for the cover. Nor the photographer. Nor the art director. … Continue reading →

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professional writing and spending money

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

In reviewing money I spent last year on writing-related expenses, I once again have been pondering when this money is well-spent, and where my priorities are. The best purchase I made was a netbook, basically a smaller-sized laptop computer. My … Continue reading →

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Pithy Writing Advice

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I used to have an orange file folder in which I carried stacks of manuscripts to my writing workshop every couple of months. Inside that folder, I wrote quotes–things that people said while critiquing, some their own, some from another … Continue reading →

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Novel Beginnings: on opening sentences

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Thanks to a post at Lust in Time, I began thinking about first lines and beginnings of novels, and the idea that novels are supposed to “grab” the reader from the beginning, or “start with a bang.” (I pause to … Continue reading →

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it’s the 98th annual international women’s day

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Happy International Women’s Day! http://www.internationalwomensday.com/first.asp

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Jane Yolen on plot

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

From Take Joy, by Jane Yolen: “It is the writer’s privilege, really, to order events, to focus on one strand of an existence while ignoring all others. We cannot do this in reality–but we can on the pages of a … Continue reading →

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Romance Reading So Far This Year

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

In 2009, I’m keeping track of my reading. Here’s my romance and erotica reading so far for the year, divided by sub-genre: Contemporary:Janice Kay Johnson, What She Wants for Christmas [category]Victoria Dahl, Talk Me DownKathleen O’Reilly, Once Upon a Mattress … Continue reading →

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Where’s the sexual line in shapeshifter romance?

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Today’s wild speculation–where’s the sexual line in shapeshifter romance? I don’t think I’ve ever read a paranormal romance, or even a fantasy novel, in which a sex scene happens between one human partner and one partner who’s shifted into an … Continue reading →

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a writer does her taxes

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Tax time is coming around here in the U.S., and for the first time I have enough writing income to report. This blog post should go on to say how I researched tax codes, collected information, sat down with a … Continue reading →

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