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.

My November Reading Log

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone is space opera on a grand scale with a seemingly all-powerful Empress, a giant pirate with fur and a tail, space monks, massive fleets of spaceships and the pilots who can merge with … Continue reading →

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Accepting Refuge Launch Day is today!

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Accepting Refuge: A Place of Refuge, Part Two, is now available! Excerpt: Accepting Refuge, A Place of Refuge, Book Two Miki woke early, from a nasty dream of living in the humid, congested Gamma Habitat back in the Federated Colonies. … Continue reading →

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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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Dutch translation!

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

My World War One romance “Under Her Uniform” has been translated into Dutch! The ebook has been collected in the anthology 5 Tinten verder historisch 6 – een trio, 6 February 2018. Original English version, Under Her Uniform: Isobel Hailey … Continue reading →

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#TBRChallenge – Gothic: Doll Bones by Holly Black

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Doll Bones by Holly Black is Middle Grade, but more than spooky enough for my tender sensibilities. What I love most about this book is that it’s really about making stories, and the power of making stories. Narrator Zach and … Continue reading →

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Smashwords Interview

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

I recently interviewed myself via Smashwords, which was sort of fun!

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My September Reading Log

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich is historical fantasy set in nineteenth century Lowell, Massachusetts, which at the time was a factory town full of textile mills. Many of the workers in those mills were young, single … Continue reading →

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