Monthly Archives: November 2021

Accepting Refuge pre-order is available!

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Accepting Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part Two, is now available for pre-order. Release date is December 6, 2021. I haven’t uploaded to Smashwords or Google Play yet, but hopefully will take care of that soon. Excerpt: Accepting Refuge, A … Continue reading →

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5 Useful Lessons from Indie-Publishing

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

My adventure with indie-publishing Finding Refuge with the Kalikoi collective got me writing again, and has been fun. Plus I have actually learned some things about preparing, publishing, and *cue music*…myself. 1. Writing is a thousand times less stressful when … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Competition: The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

The Galaxy Game by Karen Lord is a complex, far-future space opera that includes the sport of Wallrunning. The skills and implications of Wallrunning, it turns out, influence events on an interstellar scale. I was very pleased to re-encounter characters … Continue reading →

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My October Reading Log

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Scandal in Babylon by Barbara Hambly is a reworking of her fantasy novel Bride of the Rat God as a straightforward historical mystery set in 1920s Hollywood. I was always sorry there weren’t sequels to Bride of the Rat … Continue reading →

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