Jan Thompson's Blog, page 267
April 1, 2017
Coming Soon!
Tell you what! This is going to be a very busy year at Georgia Press. I���m slated to complete three series, and will start three new ones, if the Lord wills it.
Book series to be completed in 2017:
Book series to begin in 2017 or 2018:
I can���t wait to tell you about my Seaside Cottages series. It���s a spin-off of my Seaside Chapel series. I had created a number of characters in SHARE WITH ME (Seaside Chapel Book 1), each with his or her own story in mind. Some of them have moved to Savannah, so I put them in the Savannah Sweethearts series. However, most of them stayed in town, and as soon as I finish writing Seaside Chapel, I���ll work on Seaside Cottages. I have already started to write the first few chapters of STROLL WITH ME (Seaside Cottages Book 1) and STAY WITH ME (Seaside Cottages Book 2), but I won���t be able to finsih writing them until SING WITH ME (Seaside Chapel Book 3) is done.
Stay tuned!
Joyfully,
Jan
Share with Me at #20
A pleasant little surprise! SHARE WITH ME (Seaside Chapel Book 1) is now at #20 on the Christian Women���s Fiction chart on Amazon. How cool. Thank you so much, readers!
It���s also at #38 at this writing on the Amazon Prime Reading chart :
Happy reading!
Joyfully,
Jan
Just a Few More Days
STEP WITH ME (Seaside Chapel Book 2) will be released on Tuesday, April 5, 2017. So excited that this book is finally going to be published after two years. Praise the Lord!
Of course, this means that I have started writing SING WITH ME (Seaside Chapel Book 3). I left some hints about Book 3 in Books 1 and 2. If you���re curious, read SHARE WITH ME and STEP WITH ME, and find all the clues about Skye, Sebastian Langston���s younger sister. My projected publication timeframe for SING WITH ME is this summer. Stay tuned.
Due to an extended promotion with SHARE WITH ME in Amazon���s Prime Reading, the entire series will be in Kindle Unlimited at least throught this summer. If you���re a subscriber of Kindle Unlimited, it might be a good idea to borrow these ebooks now befoere they expire out of the program.
Joyfully,
Jan
March 30, 2017
Share with Me at #25
Climbing the charts today!
Nice to have this little bonus for SHARE WITH ME six days before the launch of STEP WITH ME!
Happy reading!
Joyfully,
Jan
#37 on the Women���s Fiction Chart
Thank you, readers! Nice company to keep with Karen Kingsbury and Katie Ganshert on the Christian Women's Fiction chart on Amazon today!
SHARE WITH ME (Seaside Chapel Book 1) is in Kindle Unlimited.
STEP WITH ME (Seaside Chapel Book 2) will be out on April 5. Preorder now.
Happy reading!
Joyfully,
Jan
March 27, 2017
Runners
Today I saw a blog post about the various ways a writer can feel insecure. While that could happen, I would say that, speaking for myself as a Christian author, I am secure in Christ!
If I were insecure, I would never write a word. Never kill off a character. Never throw out an entire MS and rewrite from scratch. Never publish. Never earn royalties. Never whatever.
I don���t mean to be unfeeling toward sensitive writers, but I have to say that indie publishing is a tough business. While creativity and art go into the writing process, I do have to put on my businesswoman hat when it comes to publishing and marketing.
I am thankful to God for the opportunity to be able to write and publish. Praise the Lord!
To God be the glory!
Joyfully,
Jan
March 26, 2017
Labor for Profit
"In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury��� (Proverbs 14:23).
March 25, 2017
That Ye May Obtain
"Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain��� (I Corinthians 9:24).
Praise the Lord that I���m at the last mile of finalizing my novel for publication. I am sorry to report that the enemy has been working hard the last two years to thwart the writing and publishing of this very book. However, I pray that God���s will would be done.
May He be glorified through all these obstacles and roadblocks along the way to the end zone, to the goal post, to the finish line.
I hope to be able to say�����It is done!��� soon. Stay tuned, readers. God is good, no matter what!
Joyfully,
Jan
March 23, 2017
Be Strong. Be Courageous.
"Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest" (Joshua 1:9).
How have you been courageous this week?
Be strong. Be courageous.
The Lord is with you.
Joyfully,
Jan
Publish with Thanksgiving
"That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all Thy wondrous works��� (Psalm 26:7).
