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.

Introduction to Steampunk

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’m visiting the Romance Junkies Blog today, so please stop by! Tomorrow at my own blog I start six days of posts about television adaptations of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels by Dorothy Sayers. # Steampunk Recommendations Comics:Fullmetal Alchemist is … Continue reading →

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Three Takes on the Marriage of Convenience

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I recently read, in succession, three new books by Mary Balogh, a perennial favorite of mine in historical romance. The three books about three sisters each featured a Marriage of Convenience plot, and each one approached that basic plot from … Continue reading →

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Edmund Blunden, "Report on Experience"

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Report on Experience I have been young, and now am not too old;And I have seen the righteous forsaken,His health, his honour and his quality taken.This is not what we were formerly told. I have seen a green country, useful … Continue reading →

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Moonlight Mistress Excerpt – Arrivals

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Moonlight Mistress is out December 2009 from Harlequin Spice. In this scene, Lucilla is briefly and unexpectedly reunited with her lover. # After Hailey was safe and cared for, Lucilla walked down the muddy path back to her quarters in … Continue reading →

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Nifty Women Who Fought in World War One

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Along the lines of “Nifty Stuff That Ought to be in Romance Novels,” there are some famous women in World War One that would be fabulous sources for heroines.I highly recommend Into the Breach: American Women Overseas in World War … Continue reading →

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My Philcon 2009 Schedule

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be at Philcon this weekend. My schedule is below. Fri 7:00 PM in Plaza IFANTASY BASED ON NON-EUROPEAN SOURCESVictoria Janssen (mod), Stephanie Burke, James L. Cambias, Christine Norris, Tom Doyle You don’t have to go “all medieval on me” … Continue reading →

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Edwardian/Belle Epoque Research Links

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

The Edwardian period in England officially lasted from 1901-1910 but is often extended through the end of World War One in 1918; another term, more applicable to the rest of the Europe, is La Belle Epoque, which stretches slightly longer. … Continue reading →

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Cherry-Picking Time

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

An editor to whom I’d previously sold reprints contacted me last week about possibly contributing to a new anthology. Immediately, this made my heart sing. It sang even more when I found out I could write any subgenre of “hot … Continue reading →

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My Top 16 Romance Novels

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’m exactly one month late posting my sixteen favorite romance novels, but, well…here they are anyway, in random order. And it was really hard and made me very sad, but I did it for you. I limited myself to books … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Repression of War Experience"

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Repression of War Experience Now light the candles; one; two; there’s a moth; What silly beggars they are to blunder in And scorch their wings with glory, liquid flame– No, no, not that,–it’s bad to think of war, When thoughts … Continue reading →

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