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 October Reading Log

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt is third in the Axiom space opera series. Like the previous books, it is banter-tastic, and has a lot of clever solutions to life-threatening problems as Our Heroes try to rescue colonists who’ve … Continue reading →

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My 2019 Philcon Schedule

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be attending Philcon this weekend, November 8-10, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Here’s my program schedule. Saturday, November 9, 11:00 AM, Plaza 4 “AUs You Didn’t Know You Needed” Chris Bell, Aaron Feldman, Victoria Janssen, Robert C. Roman [moderator] … Continue reading →

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My 2019 Capclave Schedule

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be at CapClave in Rockville, Maryland this weekend, October 18-20, 2019. You can find me on the following panels. Friday, 6:00 pm, Monroe Economics of SF/Fantasy Worlds A world is made up of many entwined parts. People need basic … Continue reading →

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My September Reading Log

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

I read a lengthy anonymous review book this month, so my other reading was a bit sparse! Fiction: A Dream Defiant by Susanna Fraser is a short historical romance that I’ve been meaning to read for literally years. Set during … Continue reading →

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My August Reading Log

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Nonfiction: The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I by Larry Zuckerman was a slog, but not because it’s a bad book. It was a slog because it’s difficult to read about so much pure, unadulterated fuckery … Continue reading →

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Keystone Comic Con 2019

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

I’ll be attending Keystone Comic Con in Philadelphia, PA this weekend. You can find me to chat and sign autographs at the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society’s table on Sunday the 25th, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am and from 12:00 … Continue reading →

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My July Reading Log

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: For a Readercon panel, I re-read The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein and its three sequels. It did not matter to her that she walked in danger; it only mattered that she could speak and act freely again, and that … Continue reading →

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My June Reading Log

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Fiction: I re-read the entire The Comfortable Courtesan: Being Memoirs by Clorinda Cathcart (that has been a Lady of the Town these several years) series by L.A. Hall, which is very soothing to my nerves. I highly recommend this series … Continue reading →

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Steerswoman Series Book Club, Readercon 2019

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

This is a spoiler post! All spoilers, all the time, for all four books of Rosemary Kirstein’s Steerswoman Series. Rather than put this off until I feel I can make a beautiful coherent post, I’m just going to post the … Continue reading →

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My Readercon 2019 Schedule

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Victoria Janssen

Here’s where you can find me this weekend at Readercon, July 11-14, 2019, Quincy, Massachusetts. Friday, 3:00 pm: Kaffeeklatsch Theodora Goss and Victoria Janssen Saturday, 12:00 pm, Salon A “Classic Fiction Book Club: The Steerswomen Series” Kate Nepveu [moderator], Elaine … Continue reading →

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