tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61801010656224180432024-02-18T12:01:01.982-06:00J L WilsonJ Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-34750816276635014732024-02-18T12:00:00.003-06:002024-02-18T12:00:25.353-06:00Newsletter time!<p> I uploaded my first newsletter of the year so <a href="https://www.jimbolesdesigns.com/jayell/Newsletters/2024/JanFeb24.pdf" target="_blank">check it out right here</a>.</p><p>I have big plans for the year -- from my lips to God's ear, right?</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-34854567985352622932024-01-11T17:25:00.004-06:002024-01-11T17:25:56.944-06:00What the heck am I doing?<p> Talk about a trip down memory lane!</p><p>I decided to go back and re-read every published book of mine (30 or so at this point). There's two reasons for this: (1) just to re-acquaint myself with the characters and (2) cleaning out.</p><p>By 'cleaning out' I mean this: for each book I kept a physical notebook with snippets and pictures and house layouts and ... Stuff. I now have several bins of notebooks and when I went back and looked through them, I realized they might not be that useful.</p><p>So I'm reading the book, checking its notebook, and making notes about the characters, the plots, the locations, etc. If there's nothing really useful in the notebook, I'm tossing it. The note files are being stored both in One Note and in ReMarkable (my tablet thingie) because I'm paranoid about file backups. 😏</p><p>And I decided to post my thoughts about the books on my Facebook page every Sunday. Check it out! My author page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jayeAtplay" target="_blank">Jaye At Play</a>.</p><p>This is a real trip down Memory Lane ...</p><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-35101012333773776332024-01-08T07:57:00.003-06:002024-01-08T07:59:14.815-06:00And here's my "best 3 of 2023"<p> I worked with Shepherd to come up with <a href="https://shepherd.com/bboy/2023/f/j-l-wilson" target="_blank">my 3 favorite books in 2023.</a> Keep in mind, I listen to books for at least two or three hours a day (while sewing) and I read at least an hour a day, so I went through A LOT of books. These three aren't recent releases, but they were my favorites:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASwoOH6rif5E6iZDt5SyruaKGLtdWi2hgQKdKnp8eDU8c6eoWwQCcC5awEuq0vNHof6znQdLNUqFCF1khyVE6Oe9bAWn6dlK5BV5Kh6nQ1e6e68yqWr2DkKfaYZpv93w2ikRNqQh3e9nVN8tMalIw0NFVTKtqR0ybjl-ljA1SYVv2Quhshod8DsNjDu8/s1200/blank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1200" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASwoOH6rif5E6iZDt5SyruaKGLtdWi2hgQKdKnp8eDU8c6eoWwQCcC5awEuq0vNHof6znQdLNUqFCF1khyVE6Oe9bAWn6dlK5BV5Kh6nQ1e6e68yqWr2DkKfaYZpv93w2ikRNqQh3e9nVN8tMalIw0NFVTKtqR0ybjl-ljA1SYVv2Quhshod8DsNjDu8/w400-h203/blank.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-61242208477235407552023-12-18T06:00:00.002-06:002023-12-19T09:50:55.515-06:00A "Best Book" recommendation<p>I recently did a little essay at Shepherd, which is a great site to find new books. All the recommendations are based around a theme, and mine was:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuSuNgX64b0TPFNJTRhDmksW0ysCYt7zYN9fhxP_22BQbS1rDYgvQMAdoIEOpRhihA1VqPLeM37-btn4j7VR0vTeu0KUh-klaTgDQk75xWAoAECMeeMtNLZm_KoVFkbdT5fGOQjnU0giLLe0E9neBufzEoOUeFdcn7bmDX5TwJHxtmv2U4zPgqpAS48c/s1200/Shepherd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1200" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuSuNgX64b0TPFNJTRhDmksW0ysCYt7zYN9fhxP_22BQbS1rDYgvQMAdoIEOpRhihA1VqPLeM37-btn4j7VR0vTeu0KUh-klaTgDQk75xWAoAECMeeMtNLZm_KoVFkbdT5fGOQjnU0giLLe0E9neBufzEoOUeFdcn7bmDX5TwJHxtmv2U4zPgqpAS48c/w320-h163/Shepherd.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Check out why I chose these books for my recommendation!</p><p> <a href="https://shepherd.com/best-books/mystery-with-first-person-narration">https://shepherd.com/best-books/mystery-with-first-person-narration</a></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-15293702485089930472023-12-14T10:17:00.001-06:002023-12-14T10:17:35.345-06:00End of the year news is here!<p> <a href="https://www.jimbolesdesigns.com/jayell/Newsletters/2023/NovDec23.pdf" target="_blank">My last newsletter of 2023 is now posted</a> and I have a new cover to show you for 2024 (but heck, I like it so much, I'll put it here, too).<br /><br /></p><p>Stay tuned for my Cinderella story, coming next year!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7gYvMYbiXLyJi_EQnP5zN4D7OdXFR9EHn518q6NsHHvBkX30IJrrbcVNtV6Elaok8QJ8w0w9PVCbkJXlyWq3TgWZ_iELB5xp8ZBeScdRcZQB8PnUjzfJsuTEMad3sIhTavGxyXFbPBRSJzCbXFSaRQHHDeXQQ8Ql1F4kCIHcZO40SmL0DfK8wJ7Jr3U/s750/Shoed_w18652_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7gYvMYbiXLyJi_EQnP5zN4D7OdXFR9EHn518q6NsHHvBkX30IJrrbcVNtV6Elaok8QJ8w0w9PVCbkJXlyWq3TgWZ_iELB5xp8ZBeScdRcZQB8PnUjzfJsuTEMad3sIhTavGxyXFbPBRSJzCbXFSaRQHHDeXQQ8Ql1F4kCIHcZO40SmL0DfK8wJ7Jr3U/w266-h400/Shoed_w18652_750.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-9123124628314466872023-11-18T08:55:00.001-06:002023-11-18T08:55:22.215-06:00Book # 30-something is out!<p> My counting always get weird because of books that I've revised and re-released, <a href="https://books2read.com/b/bOelgA" target="_blank">so this is book 30-something!</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteEih96ST7xQ4Jt9f2swP3CULhBnnp5hVv-tjEEsAsRFxIndeyC_PVw6g9MTr0XooYEracF3OL-OMarQ585XUAE8gvpFBi_Sv7cBfVWUDWyYu2AZb-GkD8pnPBIYyJmz8GmEBIMiiNEyv5BUfgaaQ9q1LmAk__NaBsHGXp-WlzDU0lModbhnKxW3YyBQ/s750/Heir_w17761_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteEih96ST7xQ4Jt9f2swP3CULhBnnp5hVv-tjEEsAsRFxIndeyC_PVw6g9MTr0XooYEracF3OL-OMarQ585XUAE8gvpFBi_Sv7cBfVWUDWyYu2AZb-GkD8pnPBIYyJmz8GmEBIMiiNEyv5BUfgaaQ9q1LmAk__NaBsHGXp-WlzDU0lModbhnKxW3YyBQ/w266-h400/Heir_w17761_750.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my Rapunzel book, in which a woman is kidnapped as a baby and held in semi-isolation for years. She's 'rescued' by a young police officer and has to learn to adjust completely to the Real World.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now it's decades later and her biological father is looking for her. If her hair matches the strand of hair he saved from the baby he lost years ago, she'll inherit millions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's one big problem: somebody doesn't want her to inherit...</div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-86834436756372905302023-10-15T11:07:00.001-05:002023-10-15T11:07:13.380-05:00Autumn news is here<p> Just look under my newsletter link, <a href="https://www.jimbolesdesigns.com/jayell/Newsletters/2023/SeptOct.pdf" target="_blank">or click right here.</a><br /><br /></p><p>There's a link in there for a pre-order for my next book, and I also summarize a recent survey about author salaries. It's a bit disconcerting ...</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-34051763321135506362023-08-08T16:29:00.002-05:002023-08-08T16:29:32.115-05:00A release date is coming!<p> Yepper, I have a release date for my Rapunzel book (clever title, hmm?)</p><p>This will release in early November and as soon as I get a link, I'll post it here. It's a book about a woman who was given up as a baby, raised by a (somewhat) crazy woman, rescued from her tower as a teenager, and given a new life.</p><p>Decades pass and all of a sudden she finds she might be an heiress -- all she needs to do is provide a sample of her hair.</p><p>Easy, right?</p><p>Only if she lives to provide the sample ...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuKsJvcXYp8CALJSJ1TaA7bSN2U8xtgaazkTXaQ9IGhGXCtuzJ7L0DyhStTH2CyuYCy76ZTuHSrk8tzSVbfsMpDkLbZT7CYZqSh5u4midO2VsYunWy8_vCu_9nO009mE1Y5LSGDzKOdf2YWRPS5aKW5OkujG1iiHyPaw7YXePuDfPTj0JKcXwcpq4blk/s750/Heir_w17761_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkuKsJvcXYp8CALJSJ1TaA7bSN2U8xtgaazkTXaQ9IGhGXCtuzJ7L0DyhStTH2CyuYCy76ZTuHSrk8tzSVbfsMpDkLbZT7CYZqSh5u4midO2VsYunWy8_vCu_9nO009mE1Y5LSGDzKOdf2YWRPS5aKW5OkujG1iiHyPaw7YXePuDfPTj0JKcXwcpq4blk/w266-h400/Heir_w17761_750.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-11215747313085548652023-06-14T08:44:00.003-05:002023-06-14T08:44:45.429-05:00Summertime news is here!<p> I posted my most recent newsletter (in the Newsletter tab), in which I discuss the creation of monsters for fiction -- check it out!</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-54569639361440772632023-04-15T06:05:00.002-05:002023-04-15T06:05:30.661-05:00Edits are done!<p> I spent most of late winter on edits but I'm happy with the results -- check out my newsletter for more details! All the news is here!</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-58242633638045002912023-02-14T07:50:00.004-06:002023-02-14T07:51:23.569-06:00A new year, another book releasing<p><a href="https://jayellwilson.blogspot.com/p/news.html" target="_blank"> Read all about it in my newsletter</a>, which is now posted!</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-64938697745549160262022-12-13T09:32:00.000-06:002022-12-13T09:32:03.455-06:00End of the year news is here<p> I talk about the 5 books that released this year and the 4 books I wrote, <a href="https://jimbolesdesigns.com/jayell/Newsletters/2022/NovDec22.pdf" target="_blank">right here.</a></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-7676354010849618182022-12-06T07:54:00.002-06:002022-12-06T07:54:58.460-06:00Jane Eyre for modern times<p> My Jane Eyre book, #10 in the Remembered Classics series, is out. <a href="https://books2read.com/b/47gRkL" target="_blank">Welcome to Aired</a>!<br /><br />This features Charlie Rochester, who is a rather unusual nanny. She's been hired by John Aire to protect and supervise his tweenaged granddaughter.</p><p>Needless to say -- things don't go according to plan and it's up to Charlie (and John) to save the day.<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe230kdvhXx84CcFpTJy5PAzBijgrhPCi-Duy-NVTWQF79bytZ3bXC6f68AJMhAGQSuLZRkwHNRBTu11yBdYo5mP1qoNKHJ8V_VVQAoyLKYqkJKwU4HB_OBZn9ushUPnkLg0EdYbBqut7933kSSYpgmDMUhB67_pu2RLE-fghBYhLv2JKwU1sKP8bq/s2471/Aired_w17095_med.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe230kdvhXx84CcFpTJy5PAzBijgrhPCi-Duy-NVTWQF79bytZ3bXC6f68AJMhAGQSuLZRkwHNRBTu11yBdYo5mP1qoNKHJ8V_VVQAoyLKYqkJKwU4HB_OBZn9ushUPnkLg0EdYbBqut7933kSSYpgmDMUhB67_pu2RLE-fghBYhLv2JKwU1sKP8bq/w249-h400/Aired_w17095_med.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br />J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-46198668100448310802022-10-16T09:31:00.002-05:002022-10-16T09:31:38.390-05:00A new book, coming soon<p> I know -- it seems like there's always a new book, doesn't it?</p><p>This one is my Jane Eyre book, and it releases in December -- it's all about John Aire, Charlotte Rochester, and a kidnapping attempt on John's young granddaughter.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhityly7V8ujWRSqwRRm1ya2mrFFPuiJek-3FXZkEJsZ2Kh9Ay-zYV7UUVk4jQTnZ_uVnBOsAbYzpohx1MWSMKfeCq9Pjs9tWudeTjnd_hhDe88KA3wF3Yw9Y4TPthY5bcLDkcenVS1OXQkftteN0Ot_H-e_ZrvekEPs34mksfJ3j0KmchxY5LjIhx4/s2471/Aired_w17095_med.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhityly7V8ujWRSqwRRm1ya2mrFFPuiJek-3FXZkEJsZ2Kh9Ay-zYV7UUVk4jQTnZ_uVnBOsAbYzpohx1MWSMKfeCq9Pjs9tWudeTjnd_hhDe88KA3wF3Yw9Y4TPthY5bcLDkcenVS1OXQkftteN0Ot_H-e_ZrvekEPs34mksfJ3j0KmchxY5LjIhx4/w199-h320/Aired_w17095_med.jpg" width="199" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://bit.ly/JLWbooks" target="_blank">And don't forget, all the Celestial Service books are out!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokCqYf5TxXI4K5GfZ_n_Jwx22-qTBvRWAmUXeTCD1r35VMIc4EknST6QBWOCGZju5I_IabpktMdExhHWJQFt80QVoAAXgO_fOX-98P4OCfFc9BbhIs-XG4-fJIxuR_zCPB6ZLQyHB0N2n0jkX-epEmc4ZjurFqQjeOrJtjQiCFFuyy2rTWdN-uSQ5/s2400/Celestial%20Series%20FB%20Post%20w-dates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokCqYf5TxXI4K5GfZ_n_Jwx22-qTBvRWAmUXeTCD1r35VMIc4EknST6QBWOCGZju5I_IabpktMdExhHWJQFt80QVoAAXgO_fOX-98P4OCfFc9BbhIs-XG4-fJIxuR_zCPB6ZLQyHB0N2n0jkX-epEmc4ZjurFqQjeOrJtjQiCFFuyy2rTWdN-uSQ5/s320/Celestial%20Series%20FB%20Post%20w-dates.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-39400528622520440242022-09-01T11:38:00.003-05:002022-09-16T14:38:48.778-05:00New book today!<p> <a href="https://bit.ly/JLWbooks" target="_blank">The 2nd book in my Celestial Service series is out today!</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8ZLYhaikZjlA1tth2sEN0Q2wPPgjtAT9H8SUv8FRLW7gGSjMNUSjuInm1hml2rbLiAKRZL0NRgTwJ3vMKmFyZIGEHkui7eivGlgW9yVqMj7z5iKTImZBZ8by8PzYZvRsaKgzoeDKgvOAevKaYcH65ecrKaPAWi2wtzNTeg0AVOGJWvSQ4O6WcsTT/s2400/Help%20Her%20FB%20Post.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8ZLYhaikZjlA1tth2sEN0Q2wPPgjtAT9H8SUv8FRLW7gGSjMNUSjuInm1hml2rbLiAKRZL0NRgTwJ3vMKmFyZIGEHkui7eivGlgW9yVqMj7z5iKTImZBZ8by8PzYZvRsaKgzoeDKgvOAevKaYcH65ecrKaPAWi2wtzNTeg0AVOGJWvSQ4O6WcsTT/w400-h300/Help%20Her%20FB%20Post.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-85633778884323832042022-08-14T15:41:00.002-05:002022-08-14T15:41:46.188-05:00New books! New Books!<p> Oh, the excitement -- I have 3 books coming (one now, 2 more soon!)</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/JLWbooks" target="_blank">For more details, check my book page!</a></p><p>I'm so excited for this series to find new homes with my readers ...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDLvGtP0ed1X_Idfw09tZ4x-bE2Xf7FhS_FCCRgsGhmDHnMZudm4q97FFoKvZKdCK0FeFTko54RAYHa-BowBLDDhmn9WgipFWx33AhMwAPKbIcGOl5yL7lK0armoKo3MsTcWX9Vj7hXr40GkNbbBeKjQ0uwtsiJm43ATXY4xjAC16AUmPlrGO_Tvj/s2400/Celestial%20Series%20FB%20Post%20w-dates.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2400" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDDLvGtP0ed1X_Idfw09tZ4x-bE2Xf7FhS_FCCRgsGhmDHnMZudm4q97FFoKvZKdCK0FeFTko54RAYHa-BowBLDDhmn9WgipFWx33AhMwAPKbIcGOl5yL7lK0armoKo3MsTcWX9Vj7hXr40GkNbbBeKjQ0uwtsiJm43ATXY4xjAC16AUmPlrGO_Tvj/w640-h480/Celestial%20Series%20FB%20Post%20w-dates.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-79782078038526347072022-06-14T08:50:00.004-05:002022-06-14T08:50:49.793-05:00Three new books coming<p> ... but a few more are delayed. Yes, I'm putting the Big Series on hold for now.</p><p>Read all about it in my newsletter.</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-2037825334091117882022-04-14T09:03:00.000-05:002022-04-14T09:03:43.251-05:00Breezy spring news<p> I just posted my latest newsletter with all the latest -- a new book coming this year, books reviewed on my Facebook page, and other dibs and dabs -- check it out!</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-62487659457619627352022-02-15T17:04:00.003-06:002022-02-15T17:04:31.880-06:002022 news is here!<p> My newsletter is available at my website for those who want to know what's happening this year -- big plans for many books, new mysteries, and Red Riding Hood is in the hood.</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-80198495633684188732022-01-11T09:11:00.001-06:002022-01-11T09:11:26.988-06:00Hooray! Snow White is here!<p> <a href="https://bit.ly/JLWbooks" target="_blank">Snow White and the 7 Jocks is here!</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaA9SlUP1N2zepcSs5oDPg1Lw4yrCvZ22qIyTFL2Eq5Utkz-A4hg5dJrO8t03y1u2VW-rhszrUaVTjq7Kp1h6A_KOClDKksquDducLMlwfYTVNaHhTiVUnN30sk1auWrnjC11VLzIfiTx_AipH1zkNSHCcO3jNsuIBI1KpJZWT1OhcjClAesE8gpzX=s750" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaA9SlUP1N2zepcSs5oDPg1Lw4yrCvZ22qIyTFL2Eq5Utkz-A4hg5dJrO8t03y1u2VW-rhszrUaVTjq7Kp1h6A_KOClDKksquDducLMlwfYTVNaHhTiVUnN30sk1auWrnjC11VLzIfiTx_AipH1zkNSHCcO3jNsuIBI1KpJZWT1OhcjClAesE8gpzX=w266-h400" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the story of Natalie DeWitt; a hero who's a cop and a musical theater performer; an evil stepmother; and a deranged killer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sounds like fun!</div><br /><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-42709398126646459102022-01-01T09:19:00.001-06:002022-01-01T09:19:16.489-06:00What's coming up?<p>Welcome to 2022, the year I hope to start publishing my Big Series.</p><p>I want to kick it off in August. There will be 18 books, one each month. Yes, ambitious. But before I can do that, I need to get covers figured out and copyrights applied for and other business stuff.</p><p>So stay tuned ... and until that happens, I'll have another mystery coming soon. This is my Snow White book, only mine is Snow and the 7 Jocks. And there will be a murder or two amongst them. Coming soon, so keep an eye out here! </p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-45446506239059138982021-12-14T16:15:00.001-06:002021-12-14T16:15:49.161-06:00An end of the year wrapup<p> What did I do this year?</p><p>Let's see ... one book published. Another edited and ready to go on January 10. A BUNCH of books edited and getting ready to publish.</p><p>Check my latest newsletter for all the gory details.</p><p>And have a happy, safe, healthy holiday season!</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-42202094069402159282021-10-14T17:02:00.000-05:002021-10-14T17:02:00.348-05:00And yes, another newletter<p> It seems like that's what I post, but hey, I'm busy!</p><p>I'll have a book out in January. I edited 17 books this summer. I'm writing a new book. I finished writing one in the springtime. And I'm retired and enjoying my retirement!</p><p><br /></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-4158356851786082502021-08-14T07:40:00.003-05:002021-08-14T07:40:40.205-05:00My latest newsletter is available<p> Just click the tab to see all my newsletter -- in this one, I show off a new cover. Yay, me!</p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180101065622418043.post-63766239421789324252021-08-05T08:58:00.000-05:002021-08-05T08:58:00.143-05:00Still making progress -- and another book on the way<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I'm making strides in editing my Big Series. I never realized how many compound sentences I had until I searched for "and". Whoa, Nelly.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I'm cleaning up the standard writing structure, not focusing on plot, character, or story lines. It's a very time-consuming edit because it's literally looking at every word. These are Big Books -- more than 100K each, and there are 9 to review in the main series and 5 in the add-on series.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yep. Keeping me busy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">And I have a new book coming out. The Wild Rose Press bought "Mirrored" which is my Snow White and the Seven Jocks books. Snow is one of my favorite characters, I must admit, and Brendan Royal, her gentleman friend, is pretty special, too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Expect to see it next year sometime.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now what to write next? I'm wavering between Little Red Riding Hood, Dracula, or Jekyll & Hyde. Decisions, decisions...</span></p>J Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04016624838926050085noreply@blogger.com