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.

What Happens in the Reader’s Mind

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

“A writer’s talking about what he or she is capable of, like a writer’s talking about the worth of his or her own work, is a pretty good way for that writer to start sounding like a pompous poseur. Above … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Katrina Williams

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Katrina Williams! # I began to write seriously in the tenth grade, but like all teenagers, would have benefited from looking up “seriously” in the dictionary, despite using the word on a frequent basis. I was … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Cate Hart

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Cate Hart! # So I’ll start at the beginning. My mom read to me every night. As a teacher, reading has always been a very important part of her life. When I could read to myself, … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Nell Dixon

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Nell Dixon! # Victoria’s kind invitation to write a piece for her blog about my writing journey sounded really simple. Then I realised it was going to be difficult to choose which aspect of my road … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories – Mima

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Mima! # Out of the Black by Mima In the fall of 2005, my husband dared me to stop writing scenes and openings in my pretty journals. He dared me to stop bitching about the books … Continue reading →

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Origin Stories Week

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

This week, four different guests will be posting on my blog about their origin stories, Tuesday through Friday. (Not their origins in the comic book sense, though!)They’ll be talking about when they began to write seriously, and why, and where … Continue reading →

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Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier"

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

The Soldier If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, … Continue reading →

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Rupert Brooke, "Safety"

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Safety Dear! of all happy in the hour, most blest He who has found our hid security, Assured in the dark tides of the world that rest, And heard our word, ‘Who is so safe as we?’ We have found … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Blog! And Giveaways.

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

Today’s the first birthday of this blog. It’s been lots of fun so far. Here’s to another year! If you’d like to be entered in a random drawing for a signed book, please comment below with your preference (or you … Continue reading →

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Proposing and Disposing

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

“I shall now defuse this highly explosive bomb while simultaneously, and at the same time, reciting from the works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.” –Gonzo the Great While I’m writing my Crimean War time travel story, I’m also thinking about the … Continue reading →

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