Victoria Janssen's Blog, page 31
April 15, 2013
Call for Programming – Romance Divas
Romance Divas are currently soliciting proposals for their online conference, September 9 through 11, 2013, and for 2014 general programming.
Romance Divas, an award-winning community for romance writers, is accepting proposals from interested instructors and presenters for our virtual conference Back to School 2013 and for monthly 2014 programming. We are seeking craft-focused workshops for the September event and workshops on craft, business, promotion, writer’s life, and more, for gene...
April 8, 2013
Preliminary Panel Schedule, WisCon 2013
“Join the Mod Squad: Enhance Your Moderation Skills”
Fri, 4:00–5:15 pm, Assembly
Ever go to a panel and spend your time thinking, “With a good moderator, this would be a much better panel?” We will review several ways to be that good moderator, offer tips and tricks, and generally work on improving WisCon’s already high standards for panel moderation. We strongly encourage you to attend this panel if you are moderating at WisCon, especially if it’s your first time. It’s also a great exper...
March 25, 2013
March 4, 2013
Some Recent YA Reading
I read a fair amount of recent Young Adult and Middle Grade books over the last year. These are some of my favorites, in no particular order.
Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall is a YA fantasy involving five sisters who find a body floating in the Rio Grande. Their father has recently run out on their mother, and it happens that their paternal grandmother, whom they haven’t seen in some time, lives near where the dead man came from. They worry the dead man’s family won’t k...
February 18, 2013
February 11, 2013
I’ve Been Blogging Elsewhere.
I have some more recent posts up at Heroes and Heartbreakers and The Criminal Element.
Artistic Liberties: Heroes and Heroines Who Are Artists in Historical Romance.
A post on Again by Kathleen Gilles Seidel, an older romance set amidst the production of a soap opera, “My Lady’s Chamber.”
And many previews:
Crazy Thing Called Love by Molly O’Keefe, a contemporary romance.
Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd, latest in a series of WWI historical mysteries.
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer, second in a Young...
February 4, 2013
Zombie Sale!
I have sold my very first (and very short!) zombie story to Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages, edited by Steve Berman for Prime Books. You can get a good idea of the contents from the title. The anthology will be out August 2013.
Table of Contents
~~Before Lazarus~~
“Blood Marker” by Victoria Janssen
“Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE)” by Alex Dally MacFarlane
“Immortals” by Nathan Southard
“The Cost of Moving the Dead” by E. L. Kemper
“Hauntings and Hungers...
January 28, 2013
January 14, 2013
My Arisia 2013 Schedule
I’ll be attending Arisia this weekend, January 16-21. Here’s my schedule; yes, I am doing that late-night panel on Friday. But only because it’s Dr. Who.
Friday, 11:30 PM, Revere
“Doctor Who: Companions Through the Ages”
Our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Who doesn’t overlook the importance of his companions. From schoolgirl Susan to sword-swinging Amy, they have run the gamut. Who are your favorites and why? What makes a “good” companion and who were you glad to see go?
Victoria...
January 7, 2013
Another Guest Post Roundup
A Study in Revenge by Kieran Shields, a historical mystery which I previewed at The Criminal Element.
Merciless by Lori Armstrong, a contemporary mystery in the Mercy Gunderson series.
Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson, a police procedural featuring Alan Banks.
Parlor Games by Maryka Biaggio, a historical about a real-life con artist – or was she?
And over at Heroes and Heartbreakers, my fantasy cast for Mary Jo Putney’s Fallen Angels series.
