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.

Inspiration All Around

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Here are some reasons I love living in Philadelphia. All of these photographs were taken while walking along 12th Street and its near vicinity in South Philadelphia.

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Ivor Gurney, "Pain"

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Pain Pain, pain continual; pain unending;Hard even to the roughest, but to thoseHungry for beauty…Not the wisest knows,Nor most pitiful-hearted, what the wendingOf one hour’s way meant. Grey monotony lendingWeight to the grey skies, grey mud where goesAn army of … Continue reading →

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Denise Rossetti, What Lies Beneath – Guest Post

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Denise Rossetti! # What Lies Beneath I remember reading somewhere that authors only write one story – their own. Over and over again, in every single book. I don’t recall who said it – it may … Continue reading →

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CapClave 2009 Schedule

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be at CapClave 2009 this weekend. Here’s my schedule:Fantasy-MysteryFriday, 8pm, MontroseAndrew Fox (m), Peter Heck, Victoria Janssen, Jean-Marie Ward, Diane WeinsteinFrom Harry Dresden to Rachel Morgan to Sookie Stackhouse to Anita Blake, a lot of popular urban fantasies/paranormal romances … Continue reading →

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Linkgasm #1

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Fear of Kindle: Don’t Bet Against the Paper Barons and How Newspapers Will Survive, both by science fiction author and music critic Tom Purdom. I can totally get into the Harvard Bookstore’s new bookmaking robot, known to friends as “Paige … Continue reading →

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Short Stories Versus Novels

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

1. Do you think that some writers are inherently “short story writers” and others are inherently “novel writers”? 2. If you believe that’s true, are the writers of one form incapable of writing the other to a base level of … Continue reading →

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Me and The Doctor

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

This post originally appeared at Amanda McIntyre’s House of Muse Blog, 10/1/09. My name is Victoria and I am a Dr. Who fan. If you’ve never seen the show, it began on the BBC in 1963 and continued until 1989, … Continue reading →

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Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, "Hit"

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Hit Out of the sparkling sea I drew my tingling body clear, and lay On a low ledge the livelong summer day, Basking, and watching lazily White sails in Falmouth Bay. My body seemed to burn Salt in the sun … Continue reading →

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Moonlight Mistress Excerpt – Danger

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Moonlight Mistress is out December 2009 from Harlequin Spice. In this scene, Noel Ashby has recently been captured by an enemy. # A woman crouched before him, naked, her long blond hair trailing to the chalky stone floor. She had … Continue reading →

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Robin Bradford Guest Post – Audiobook & E-book Pricing

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Robin Bradford! # The price of sharing For years, there have been two markets for audiobooks. There was the retail market, which sold audiobooks at around $39.99/title. This was higher and lower, of course, depending on … Continue reading →

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