A friend sent me this photo, and I laughed out loud. Then a sensation overcame me. You know the feeling, a little tingling in your psyche as the miracle of creativity takes hold, transporting you to a place of bliss and visions and words. A backstory of Santa’s predicament came to mind in gentle bursts…
For me, the answer is an emphatic “Yes!” When I got my book contracts this year, they both came with an attached flurry of things I need to do for my marketing, and many are significantly in advance of my release date. Some of it was fairly easy. I mean, most of us who are…
After the elation of signing two book contracts in 30 days, in the middle of COVID, I was brought very resoundingly back to earth when I got the first manuscript back from the editor. Thud. Ouch. I went through four rounds of edits with my first traditionally published book, An Unsinkable Love, several years ago,…
When life gets messy. Hmm, if ever there was a time for that, we’re certainly living it now. I wrote about this several years ago, and it seems timely to bring it back for a second look. Back then, one of my friends posted an interesting question: “How do you guys keep writing…
How has your new year gone so far? I’m in the throes of agony. My janetlane.net website went down for two scary days before my service reinstated it. To add insult to injury, for some mysterious reason my hosting techs have not been able to fix, my email service allows me to send out emails,…