Janet Kay Jensen's Blog, page 9
November 5, 2013
Cover Reveal: Eleanor--by Johnny Worthen
ELEANOR, a novel by Johnny Worthen
The Eleanor Saga is currently at three volumes.
Book 1 - TabithaThe Eleanor Saga is a young adult series about a young girl growing up in a small Wyoming town called Jamesford. She lives there, but she isn't from there. She's a transplant. And she's not so very young.
Book 2 - Celeste
Book 3 - David
The story was inspired by a southwest Navajo legend I first encountered reading Tony Hillerman. I saw in that legend a metaphor for life and of growing up. It gave me...
October 31, 2013
True Confession: I threatened to sell my child to the gypsies!
True Confession: I threatened to sell my child to the gypsies!
Back in the day, during my folk music phase, I used to sing this song, accompanied by guitar:
The gypsy rover came over the hill
Down through the valley so shady,
He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
Chorus:
Ah-de-do, ah-de-do-da-day,
Ah-de-do, ah-de-da-ay
He whistled and he sang 'til the greenwoods rang,
And he won the heart of a lady.
She left her father's castle gates
She left her own fine love...
October 24, 2013
Book Review and guest post: Cinderskella!
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Today I'm delighted to host Amie and Bethanie Borst, the mother-daughter writing team who produced Cinderskella . Thanks for dropping by, ladies!
Amie's been to the gallows and back! Here's what she says about her unique Halloween jobs in upstate New York.
Halloween is a favorite holiday in our house (next to Christmas, of course). I’m not into the scary part of Hallow...
Warning: spooky post coming tomorrow!
I remember this poem from the third grade!
Check my blog tomorrow for a Halloween guest post by mother-daughter writing team Amie and Bethanie Borst, authors of Cinderskella!
October 21, 2013
When I take a good picture, it's by accident . . . .
But I'm thrilled with this one.
October 11, 2013
Gentle Readers...
Gentle Readers,
The publication of Gabriel's Daughters, originally scheduled for October 21, 2013 has been pushed back to Fall 2014.
The publication of Gabriel's Daughters, originally scheduled for October 21, 2013 has been pushed back to Fall 2014.
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October 6, 2013
Up in the Air by Ann Marie Meyers
Look at me! I can fly!
The Story
Ever since she can remember, ten-year-old Melody has always wanted to fly.
And when she leaps off a swing in the park one day and lands in the mystical land of Chimeroan, her dream finally comes true. She is given a pair of wings. She can fly! Life cannot be any better.
Yet, dreams do come with a price. Even with wings, Melody realizes she cannot outfly the memories of her past. The car accident that has left her father paralyzed, and her unscarred, still plagues...
The Story
Ever since she can remember, ten-year-old Melody has always wanted to fly.
And when she leaps off a swing in the park one day and lands in the mystical land of Chimeroan, her dream finally comes true. She is given a pair of wings. She can fly! Life cannot be any better.
Yet, dreams do come with a price. Even with wings, Melody realizes she cannot outfly the memories of her past. The car accident that has left her father paralyzed, and her unscarred, still plagues...
September 29, 2013
Author Lehua Parker "Swims with Sharks": Not your average soccer mom!
About Lehua Parker, author of the Nuihi Shark Saga
Lehua Parker is originally from Hawaii and a graduate of The Kamehameha Schools and Brigham Young University. In addition to writing award-winning short fiction, poetry, and plays, she is the author of the Pacific literature MG/YA series the Niuhi Shark Saga published by Jolly Fish Press. One Boy, No Water and One Shark, No Swim are available now. Book 3, One Fight, No Fist will be published in 2014.So...
Lehua Parker is originally from Hawaii and a graduate of The Kamehameha Schools and Brigham Young University. In addition to writing award-winning short fiction, poetry, and plays, she is the author of the Pacific literature MG/YA series the Niuhi Shark Saga published by Jolly Fish Press. One Boy, No Water and One Shark, No Swim are available now. Book 3, One Fight, No Fist will be published in 2014.So...
September 23, 2013
Hey! It's Cinder . . . Cinderskella! Official Cover Reveal!
Wicked Stepmother Included.
Don't forget to enter the giveaway for great prizes!
(Amie has great giveaways) To enter:
And here it is............drumroll.............the cover!
The story:
Cindy is just a normal 11¾-year-old girl. At least until she wakes up one night and finds out she’s dead. Well, she isn't technically dead—she just doesn't have any hair . . . or a nose . . . or skin. Yep—all bones, no body. Human by day and skeleton by night, Cindy is definitely cursed. An...
September 20, 2013
Shadows of Valor - new medieval romantic suspense by Elsie Park
Today I'm delighted to introduce Elsie Park, the author of Shadows of Valor, a newly released novel of medieval romantic suspense. The plot: Through the muddy, mired streets of medieval England, The Shadow is a man shrouded by legend and fear. He is the enforcer of justice for King Edward, a man who has set an unreasonably high export tax to the point that smuggling now taints his kingdom.
The Shadow, who is really a simple man known as Sir Calan, is tasked with capturing the smuggle...
