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.

Mansfield Park Revisited, Part the Second

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

More on my most recent re-read of Mansfield Park, from several years ago. Mansfield Park can be read online at Gutenberg.org. # November 15, 2004I had a couple more thoughts on the rereading I’ve done so far. First, Edmund criticizes … Continue reading →

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Mansfield Park Revisited, Part the First

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I recently located the journal entries I made when I last reread Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, way back in 2004. I reproduce them here for your enjoyment. # November 12, 2004I’ve just begun my first reread of Jane’s Austen’s Mansfield … Continue reading →

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Punctuation & Style

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I participated in a panel at Readercon last weekend that was all about punctuation. We were asked to bring examples of prose that used punctuation in interesting ways. I chose examples that I thought used a wide variety of punctuation, … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction and Feedback

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been meaning to post about fanfiction for a while, not really in connection with recent online discussions of literary fanfiction. Instead I want to talk about one particular reason why people write fanfiction. They write fanfiction for feedback, and … Continue reading →

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Charles Sorley, "A Letter From the Trenches to a School Friend"

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

A Letter From the Trenches to a School Friend I have not brought my OdysseyWith me here across the sea;But you’ll remember, when I sayHow, when they went down Sparta way,To sandy Sparta, long ere dawnHorses were harnessed, rations drawn,Equipment … Continue reading →

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Readercon 2010

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I have a new free read posted on my website, in PDF format: Camille, Henri, Maxime, an erotic outtake from The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom & Their Lover. It was removed from the original submitted manuscript for pacing reasons. … Continue reading →

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Carezze Di Luna releases!

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I’m on the road today, traveling to Readercon with friends Judith Berman and Michael Swanwick. If you’re going to the con, my schedule is posted here. Today is the release date for the first translation of The Moonlight Mistress. The … Continue reading →

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Readercon 2010 Schedule

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

This is what I’ll be doing while everyone else is at RomCon! I’ll be at Readercon 2010 this weekend. For the special events, I’ll be participating in the Meet the Pro(se) party and the marathon reading of Theodore Sturgeon stories. … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Angsty Heroes

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I love angsty heroes. You might have guessed that about me at some point. Ahem. Anyway, my top five: 1. Any Laura Kinsale hero. I mean, how can you top the boy prostitute who becomes a ninja? Or the vertiginous … Continue reading →

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How To Begin Writing blah blah blah

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been rooting around in my backbrain trying to figure out how I begin writing a new story. I mean the writing part, not the coming up with ideas part.These days, since I’ve been writing novels to deadline, it’s easy … Continue reading →

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