Jane Wenham-Jones's Blog, page 22
July 16, 2012
How to lose a day….
Intended to post suitable witticisms and photos from RNA conference this morning but day went to Ratsh*t when someone drove into me necessitating endless conversations with police and insurance companies, long hot baths to ease hurting shoulder and medicinal wine, ditto.
Photos to follow tomorrow or maybe later tonight if not comatose.
In meantime totally lovely to see everyone in Penrith. Thank you for making it as fab as ever and for your warmth and support.
God Bless and Long Live the RNA…. (etc)
(Morgen – can you do something clever and make that RNA into one of those link thingys?) (ps love yer x))
More later…
done :) M x
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July 13, 2012
Trying to travel light to Penrith
Off to the fabulous RNA conference – or at least I hope it will be fab – I hadn’t realised quite how far Penrith was from Broadstairs when arrangements were made. And I’m used to driving to these gigs!
Suddenly all the essentials – see pic – this is student accommodation – has got to fit in one small case with my laptop. It weighs a bloody tonne.
But am on the train as I write and hugely looking forward to chairing a panel with the lovely Annie Ashhurst, Judy Astley and Freda Lightfoot tomorrow and the sound of my own voice (always a pleasure 
) when I give a talk on Sunday.
If you’re coming, see you there. It WILL be fab. It always is.
*** Click here for the blog tour details of my latest novel Prime Time ***
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Filed under: events, RNA, romance Tagged: blogging, books, Broadstairs, events, Jane Wenham-Jones, literature, Penrith, RNA, Romance Novelists' Ass, train, travel, travelling
July 12, 2012
Loose Muse
Loose Muse
No, I am not trying to summon the dead, lead the gospel singing or appeal to the Almighty*. This is me attempting to impart some words of wisdom to those gathered at the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden yesterday evening.
I was there at the invitation of Agnes Meadows who is the power behind Loose Muse – a monthly gathering of women poets and writers (tho’ I did spot a chap or two) – and apart from getting drenched on the way, a very nice time I had too.
Thank you to Joolz for wielding the camera. Yes, I’m afraid I do always wave my arms about…
PS * or, looking at the first pic again, tell the story of my breast enhancements…
Further details of these events at www.loose-muse.com and http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/cafe.
*** Click here for the blog tour details of my latest novel Prime Time ***
You can sign up to receive these blog posts by clicking on the ‘Follow’ button so you don’t miss anything… also follow me on Twitter (Jane Wenham-Jones), Twitter (Wannabe a Writer), friend me on Facebook, connect with me on LinkedIn. I’m also on Goodreads, Greatvine, Love Reading, and have two other websites http://www.janewenham-jones.com and http://wannabeawriter.darkskipper.com. My books are available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Amazon.de, and Amazon.it. Other sites I’m involved in are listed here.
Filed under: books, events, fiction, novels, poetry, writing Tagged: Agnes Meadows, books, Covent Garden, events, Jane Wenham-Jones, literature, Loose Muse, novels, poetry, Poetry Cafe, public speaking, writing
July 9, 2012
Fifty Shades of Wot?
The only way I’m gonna get any sales….. ho ho
Thank you to Neil, Gabriel, Donna et al at Thanet Waterstones where I had a most entertaining signing on Saturday. And even bigger thanks to those who came in and bought Prime Time instead of Fifty Shades of Grey. Sitting watching which shoppers made a beeline for the FSOG display was fascinating… Apparently a lot of “non-readers” are buying it, Donna told me, quoting women who’d announced it was to be the first book they’d ever read. We agreed this was astonishing. Not only that it should be true, but that anyone would be prepared to admit it!
I rearranged the stock this morning….
Filed under: books, fiction, humour, novels, romance, writing Tagged: books, EL James, Fifty Shades of Grey, humour, Jane Wenham-Jones, novels, Prime Time, Thanet, Waterstones, writing
July 7, 2012
Author Spotlight no.100 – Jane Wenham-Jones
Reblogged from Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog:
Complementing my daily blog interviews, today’s Author Spotlight, the hundredth, is of novelist, speaker, journalist, tutor, presenter and writing guru Jane Wenham-Jones.
Jane Wenham-Jones is the author of four novels and two non-fiction books.
As a freelance journalist, Jane has written for The Guardian, The Daily Express, The Sunday Express, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and numerous women’s magazines.
5AM FLASH – Jane Wenham-Jones talks about book signings
Reblogged from Morgen Bailey's Writing Blog:
Every now and then at 5am (probably posted by my clone) I will be bringing you a newsflash, update on what I’m doing, invited guest piece, or whatever takes my fancy, and today’s is the latter on the topic of book signings – brought to you by author, journalist, tutor, presenter Jane Wenham-Jones.
Book signings
By the time you read this, I will probably be sitting in the middle of Waterstone’s at Westwood Cross (if you live in Thanet, please come and say hello!) being studiously ignored.
July 6, 2012
And the winner is…
David Rankin receives a copy of Prime Time plus a Wannabe book of his choice…
If Clever Morgen was doing this there’d be thumbnails of covers and links and all sorts, but cos it’s just me and a glass of wine, that’s all you get…
Waterstones, Westwood Cross, in the morning from 11am signing books (in theory). If you happen to be passing please come and say hello
Thanks for all the visits to the blog today jxx
Filed under: books, competitions, fiction, humour, novels, romance, writing Tagged: book signing, books, competition, David Rankin, novels, Waterstones, Westwood Cross, writing
July 5, 2012
Prime Time paperback is now out!
The paperback version is available here and the Kindle version here.
Filed under: books, fiction, humour, novels, romance, writing Tagged: author, Broadstairs, ebooks, Isle of Thanet Gazette, Jane Wenham-Jones, Kindle, launch party, Mike Pearce, novel, novelist, paperback, Prime Time, Thanet, writer, writing
June 5, 2012
Prime Time paperback out 5th July
May 2012
Hello! I’m thrilled to announce that my latest novel, romantic comedy ‘Prime Time’, is now available for the Amazon Kindle and will be available in paperback from July 5th 2012. To celebrate, the lovely Morgen (with-an-e) Bailey is in the process of building this blog for me and will be filling it with book news and happenings until I eventually get the hang of doing it myself (probably circa 2014). Do have a poke around if you have time, or come back another day to see what’s new. The idea is that something will be!
If you live anywhere near Thanet I’ll be signing copies of Prime Time in the Westwood Cross branch of Waterstone’s on 7th July from 11 am and will be popping up in places various all summer (see the Events page).
In the meantime, here’s the blurb…
Laura Meredith never imagined herself appearing on TV – she’s too old, too flabby, too downright hormonal, and much too busy holding things together for her son, Stanley, after husband, Daniel, left her for a younger, thinner replacement.
But best friend Charlotte is a determined woman and when Laura is persuaded on to a daytime show to talk about her PMT, everything changes. Suddenly there’s a camera crew tracking her every move and Laura finds herself an unlikely star. Wined, dined, and pampered, she begins to see the charms of a younger partner herself. But as things hot up between her and gorgeous TV director, Cal, they’re going downhill elsewhere. While Laura’s caught up in a heady whirlwind of beauty treatments, makeovers and glamorous film locations, Charlotte’s husband, Roger, is concealing a guilty secret. Stanley’s got problems at school, work’s piling up, and when Laura turns detective to protect Charlotte’s marriage, things go horribly wrong.
The champagne’s flowing as Laura’s prime time TV debut looks set to be a hit. But in every month, there’s a Day Ten…
Prime Time Goodreads Book Giveaway
Prime Time by Jane Wenham-Jones. Giveaway ends July 05, 2012. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win
The heroine, Laura, lives in Broadstairs (the setting for my last novel too) – there’s a recent interview in The Isle of Thanet Gazette here.
NB for those of you not up on your East Kent Geography – Thanet is that knobbly bit at the bottom of the map, consisting of Broadstairs, Ramsgate and Margate as well as surrounding villages. I live there.
Update July 2012: The paperback version is now available here and the Kindle version here.
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