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.

Notes from "The Repression of War Experience" by W.H.R. Rivers, M.D.

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Notes from “The Repression of War Experience” by W.H.R. Rivers, M.D. Published in The Lancet, Feb. 2, 1918 NB: This document is reproduced from and held at the The Napier University War Poets site. “I hope to show that many … Continue reading →

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Real People as Fiction – Linkgasm #3

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Timmi Duchamp on representing history in fiction, particularly using real historical personages in fiction. Here’s Part Two.Are novelists entitled to use real-world characters? by Guy Gavriel Kay, an essay for The Guardian that’s linked from the above post. This also … Continue reading →

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Dream Stories

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I have a mental list of stories I want to write. Also a list I’d like to revisit, that I attempted but never completed to my satisfaction. And a few files that are nothing but a few sentences, that just … Continue reading →

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Siegfried Sassoon, "Aftermath"

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

It’s Armistice/Remembrance/Veterans’ Day today. Aftermath Have you forgotten yet?… For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts … Continue reading →

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Georgette Heyer Recommendations

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Is anyone out there a Heyer Virgin? I suspect many of you aren’t, but just in case you’ve always been told you need to read some Georgette Heyer, but had no idea where to start, here’s a quick list to … Continue reading →

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Visiting Star-Crossed Romance Today

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’m visiting at Star-Crossed Romance today, talking about Multi-Purpose Worldbuilding in Moonlight Mistress. Related posts: Why Werewolves? Werewolves in Moonlight Mistress. Of Wolves and Men. Tate Hallaway Guest Post, If You Built It…. Ann Aguirre Guest Post, On Worldbuilding.

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Leçons de plaisir – Happy Book Birthday to my French edition!

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Leçons de plaisir Au moment de prendre la fuite, la duchesse Camille n’imaginait pas une seule seconde que ce voyage forcé jusqu’aux confins du royaume allait prendre une tournure si… excitante. Une seule chose comptait alors : fuir loin de … Continue reading →

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Moonlight Mistress Excerpt – Weaponry

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Moonlight Mistress is out December 2009 from Harlequin Spice. This scene depicts the first combat of World War One, as experienced by one of the secondary characters, Lieutenant Gabriel Meyer, who until this moment directed the regimental band. # Gabriel … Continue reading →

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Louisa Edwards – Guest Post

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Louisa Edwards! # I’ve never considered myself a good researcher. In school, it took everything I had to cobble together enough sources and information to write a decent paper—and I freely admit that the exercise taught … Continue reading →

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Werewolves All Over the World

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I think that the werewolves currently depicted in paranormal romance are, gradually, creating a new idea of what a werewolf in fiction ought to be – in other words, reader expectation is being affected by what mythological details writers choose … Continue reading →

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