Julia Justiss's Blog, page 6
May 27, 2010
WHAT? SUMMER IS ALMOST HERE??
Yes, school (in Texas, at least) is winding to a close and summer is just a cold drink by a warm pool on a hot day away. Where does the time go?
This May, it's mainly gone to keeping up with blog comments about the free online read "Seduced by the Dark Stranger, " a prequel to the upcoming REGENCY SILK & SCANDAL miniseries that's been running all month at eharlequin.com (http://www.eharlequin.com/article.htm...) and with the RS&S authors' blog at eharlequin's Community...
April 21, 2010
REWRITES IN AND LOOKING OUT
Julia's just sent off the rewrites of Greville's book (he's the brother of heroine Joanna in WAIF, the disgraced estate manager who gets himself knocked over the head and wakes up on a prison hulk, about to become the newest crew member of the HMS "The Illustrious.") While awaiting word back from her editor, she's toying with the possibility of a new series about four cousins who go off to fight with Wellington, have their lives changed in unimaginable ways, and find new goals and lives...
March 4, 2010
NEW COVER!
Julia is thrilled with the cover of her upcoming August book, THE SMUGGLER AND THE SOCIETY BRIDE! (check the Bookshelf page for a peek!) Although Honoria appears a bit too demure to be in character, Gabe is displayed in all his roguish charm. So far, all the covers we've seen for the Regency Silk & Scandal continuity series have been beautiful; check the RS&S page on the Bookshelf tab to view the covers for THE LORD AND THE WAYWARD LADY and PAYING THE VIRGIN'S PRICE.
All the continuistas are ...
THE BOOK IS IN!
After funerals, illness, snowstorms, power outages…The Book That Would Not End, Greville's book, is finally done and submitted to my editor. Drum roll signifyng relief, please! This book is the story of the brother of WAIF's heroine, Joanna Anders Merrill. When we last hear of Greville in WAIF, he's been abducted by the venal estate agent Barksdale, beaten and sold to a press gang. In Greville's book (which I'm calling The Sailor and the Baron's Daughter,) after the intervention of their n...
January 18, 2010
RINGING IN THE NEW…SADLY
The holidays were both joyous and difficult as I was faced with the loss of my mom the Friday before Christmas. She was my hero and inspiration and will be sorely missed. (For a tribute to Mom and Inspiring Women everywhere, see my January 20 blog at Access Romance, http://www.accessromance.com/blog/) I'm also still wrestling with the last few scenes of Greville's book, its completion long-delayed by events such as that bit of unexpected out-of-town travel. Only a few scenes left now, so ...
December 11, 2009
HOLIDAY GREETINGS
Thanksgiving was a whirlwind of kids and signficant others at home, including eldest son and his new bride and daughter and her new fiance. The bad news of signficant others is they have families that require their presence at holidays, too, so I'll not get them home for Christmas. But there will be feasting and festivities nonetheless, as I hope there will be for you and yours. It's a time for counting blessings and resolving to use all our talents and gifts to the fullest in the New...
November 2, 2009
What's New for Now
As time marches on, I've spent the last month doing some blog posts–on the evolution of my Wellingford series ("Writing an Unconventional Series," filed under "The Aspiring Author,") on research and writing coincidences sparked by a copy edit inquiry ("On Copy Edits and Axminster Carpets," filed under "Tidbits and Oddities") and an in-depth character analysis for Hal Waterman (filed under "Behind the Scenes…The Characters.") Hal is the hero of A MOST UNCONVENTIONAL MATCH, which is releasing t...
October 6, 2009
NAVY BIRTHDAY AND WRITING ROMANCE
Kim Lowe, SOS America military liaison and military spouse extraordinaire, does a great job supporting military spouses and promoting the romance genre with her newsletter, book and promo item giveways, and care packages sent to the troops. For her SOS America October newsletter celebrating the US Navy Birthday, I've penned a short article on my days as a Navy wife and how it led me into becoming a romance writer. You can find "Anchors Aweigh" on the Little Extra page. Thanks again to Kim ...
September 8, 2009
Enter Ned and Joanna's World
To create as vivid a backdrop as possible for October release of Ned and Joanna's book, FROM WAIF TO GENTLMAN'S WIFE, I've added several features to the website this month. First and foremost, there's an excerpt to give you a taste of the story, background character sketches of Ned and Joanna, and a pictorial gallery of some the Nottinghamshire countryside where the story takes place.
There's also an update on the 2010 Regency continuity REGENCY SILK AND SCANDAL that includes a synopsis of...
September 4, 2009
'WAIF' EAGERLY AWAITED
Julia was delighted to discover that WAIF is one of the October releases AAR staffers Blythe and Ellen are "eagerly awaiting." Also on the list are books by favorite authors Carolyn Jewel, Mary Balogh, and Sharon Sala as well as releases by new author Tessa Dare. Plus a new historical novel about much-maligned Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's "beheaded wife No. 2," called THE QUEEN'S MISTAKE and written by veteran historical author Diane Haeger. Ah, if only one could do without sleep and use ...
