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Shamefully Biased Review of The Duke & The Pirate Queen

Today, I have a guest post at the Novelists, Inc. Blog: Making Time.

And now for our primary feature:

A Completely, Shamefully Biased Review of The Duke & The Pirate Queen…by My Good Friend To Whom I Give Free Childcare, Like, All the Time (To Give You Some Idea of the Magnitude of This Gift and Thus Her Affection For Me, We Refer to Her Adorable Tots as The Monkeys)

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The Duke and the Pirate Queen, the third novel by Victoria Janssen, from Harlequin Spice!

I am so excited about this book.

The c...

Interview: Victoria Janssen

I've moved this blog to my website - after this week, all posts will appear there. RSS Feed for the new address. Please stop by and visit!Remember how, a while back, I mentioned that a journalist friend was helping me with promotion? Well, she interviewed me. Below is the result.#Captain Leung, the coolly powerful privateer, silk-clad and barefoot. Maxime, the charismatic, magnificently

Interview: Victoria Janssen

I'm a guest today at Risky Regencies, talking about "Research Mashups."

As for this blog, remember how, a while back, I mentioned that a journalist friend was helping me with promotion? On the theory that she knows me really well and is willing to tell everyone how great I am, to cancel out my authorly shyness?

Well, she interviewed me. Below is the result.

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Captain Leung, the coolly powerful privateer, silk-clad and barefoot. Maxime, the charismatic, magnificently endowed ruler of a dukedom by ...

"The World Beyond the Story" and Release Day!

Today, I posted on "The World Beyond the Story" at Ella Drake's blog.And it's release day for The Duke and The Pirate Queen! Imagine fireworks going off! And check out my new website design, including blog!!!"Captain Imena Leung, imperial privateer, is a woman who answers to no one – until her parents decree that she must marry and give up her ship. Her employer, the magnificent Duke Maxime, is

"Writing Explicitly" at Kate Elliott's blog

Today, I'm posting on "Writing Explicitly" at Kate Elliott's blog - visit, comment!

"Sexy Pirates" at The Smutketeers

I'm a guest of The Smutketeers all this week talking about "Sexy Pirates" - and am also giving away a print copy of The Duke & The Pirate Queen. Stop by their blog to enter!Also, keep an eye on this blog; in the next few weeks it's going to be moving to my website domain, with a new design and everything. I'll make sure to have pointers when it happens.

Siegfried Sassoon, "Haunted"

HauntedEvening was in the wood, louring with storm. A time of drought had sucked the weedy pool And baked the channels; birds had done with song. Thirst was a dream of fountains in the moon, Or willow-music blown across the waterLeisurely sliding on by weir and mill. Uneasy was the man who wandered, brooding, His face a little whiter than the dusk. A drone of sultry wings flicker

Siegfried Sassoon, "To My Brother"

To My BrotherGive me your hand, my brother, search my face; Look in these eyes lest I should think of shame; For we have made an end of all things base. We are returning by the road we came. Your lot is with the ghosts of soldiers dead,And I am in the field where men must fight. But in the gloom I see your laurell'd head And through your victory I shall win the light. --Siegfried

Things I Like To Write About

I'm trying to find my bliss.It's been so long since I've deliberately sought out inspiration on this scale that it feels like something new! I haven't had time to come up with a totally new project since back in 2007. Ever since then, I've been writing from book to book, under contractual demands. It's freeing to imagine all the different things I could be writing right now; or, at least,

Happy Thanksgiving!

And in other news, Erotic Exploits is now available for the Nook. If you have a Nook, and are willing to download the free sample, please let me know if the formatting looks all right or is terrible. The preview function does not seem to be working for me.