Category Archives: guest

Talking about Comics at NINC

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’m a guest at the Novelists, Inc. blog today: Sometimes You Need Comics. I have another “Fresh Meat” post up at The Criminal Element, this one on J.T. Ellison’s new novel, Where All the Dead Lie.

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Don’t Google Yourself, Write!

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’m over at Novelists, Inc. today, talking about why procrastinating by Googling yourself is bad in more than one way.

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Critique From Outside Your Comfort Zone

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Monday, I post about critiquing outside my comfort zone, about a critique I’d done for a close friend. Here’s her side of the story. But Mostly, I Just Remember Feeling Terror by Lorrie Kim I hadn’t felt this kind of … Continue reading →

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Janet Mullany on Time Travel

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Janet Mullany! # Time Travel A woman wiser than myself—my agent—told me I had a contemporary voice and although I didn’t believe her, I gave it a shot and ended up with a two-book contract for … Continue reading →

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Romance and Academia

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’m over at the Novelists, Inc. blog today, posting about romance in academia in relation to the IASPR conference in New York City. I’ll be at the conference next week, followed by RWA Nationals, but am not sure of my … Continue reading →

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Guest Post – Saskia Walker

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Please welcome my guest, Saskia Walker! # The joys and challenges of creating historical worlds by Saskia Walker As writers of historical fiction we aim to create historical worlds that are as believable and accurate as possible, in order to … Continue reading →

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Criminal Element is live!

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

I’ve been doing some blogging for a new mystery/crime novel site, The Criminal Element, and it’s finally launched this week! My first post for the site is Crime’s Couples: Barbara Hambly’s Benjamin January and Rose Vitrac, from her series of … Continue reading →

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Just a Gigolo…Hero?

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

Today at Heroes and Heartbreakers, Just a Gigolo…Hero?, in which I discuss some of the ways in which romance heroes have been, umm, on the game. Kate’s Father: I’m sad because, my darling, our poverty has reached such extremes that … Continue reading →

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Mary Balogh’s TANGLED

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

At Heroes and Heartbreakers, I analyzed Mary Balogh’s Tangled as an erotic romance. I focused on the first two sections of the novel, and how the marriage of the two main characters develops and changes through their sexual relationship.

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If You Build It, They Will Come: Worldbuilding in Urban Fantasy

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Victoria Janssen

If you missed it on Wednesday, I have a new post on Heroes and Heartbreakers: “If You Build It, They Will Come: Worldbuilding in Urban Fantasy.” My other posts at Heroes and Heartbreakers.

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