Jane Jago - shut up and write

[Ember-Raine]

Definitely not cr*p! or s**te! Really liked it!

[Jane]

Thank you Ember.

[Ember-Raine]

You're welcome! Thanks for letting me read it!

[Jennifer]

Jane wrote: "Readers of fantasy.

Does anybody like dragons?

I have a story.

Does anyone want to read?"

Hi Jane! I'm not the right dragon person, but Susan Bass Marcus does love dragons and has written at least one fiction book featuring them. Is she part of this group, too? I'm still going through the posts :) She is an Indie author, that much I do know.

Have a great day!

[C.B., Slave to Santa's Workshop]

Jane wrote: "Readers of fantasy.

Does anybody like dragons?"

Yeah, but there is so much prep work involved for such a ... oh, right, this isn't my thread. Carry on.

[Jane]

C.B. wrote: "Jane wrote: "Readers of fantasy.

Does anybody like dragons?"

Yeah, but there is so much prep work involved for such a ... oh, right, this isn't my thread. Carry on."

CB has been thinking again. There is a godawful mess here.

[C.B., Slave to Santa's Workshop]

Jane wrote: "There is a godawful mess here. "

I'll get the mop.

[Jane]

C.B. wrote: "Jane wrote: "There is a godawful mess here. "

I'll get the mop."

Nah. You're all right. Me and Dog like a bit of mess....

How's the writing hetero going?

[Annie]

Eric wrote: "@Annie: please be a bit more considerate about where you smoke those things"

What am I smoking? I can't recall, officer... *shifty eyes*

@Miss Jane: I rarely read fantasy but I adore dragons. May I have a read too...?

*puppy-dog eyes*

Apparently, it's all about the eyes today haha!

[Jane]

Miss Annie may have anything she pleases.

And I been missing you....

[Annie]

Jane wrote: "Miss Annie may have anything she pleases.
Oh, I see...

"And I been missing you...."
And I you, ma'am ^_~

[Jane]

@Annie. It's nice to be able to be as outrageous as I like without causing offence.

Dragonbride mailed

X

[Annie]

Thank you muchly for the lunchtime reading ^_^

[C.B., Slave to Santa's Workshop]

Jane wrote: "How's the writing hetero going?"

I was beta reading some m/m romance! Now I have never been more ready to continue with the ladybits!

[Jane]

C.B. wrote: "Jane wrote: "How's the writing hetero going?"

I was beta reading some m/m romance! Now I have never been more ready to continue with the ladybits!"

I'm selfish enough to only beta read stuff I'm likely to really be inspired by. I'll send you the dragon thing as a sort of mouthwash if you like..... it has inter-species sex!

[C.B., Slave to Santa's Workshop]

Jane wrote: "it has inter-species sex!"

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I must have this.

[Jane]

PM me your email and you shall have it!

[Rohvannyn]

Jane wrote: "Readers of fantasy.

Does anybody like dragons?

I have a story.

Does anyone want to read?"

I happen to like Dragons... my book has one, after all. Just one, though. And I'll read/review if you want.

[Jane]

Rohvannyn wrote: "Jane wrote: "Readers of fantasy.

Does anybody like dragons?

I have a story.

Does anyone want to read?"

I happen to like Dragons... my book has one, after all. Just one, though. And I'll read/r..."

I'd love you to read it. But only if you would like to. It's not out anywhere yet, I'm just polishing. If you would like it. I'll mail it to you

[Jane]

Eep. It's here. Jackdaw Court is escaping from captivity tomorrow. It's the first time I have ever put out a paperback so I'm basically crapping myself.

I think it's a good book, but I've been brave enough to move out of the cheapo bracket. So much to stress about.

Brandy and cigars needed

[G.G., Genre Buster Extraordinaire]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Amanda]

Good luck! And congrats!! :)

[Jane]

Thanks everybody.

@india - reckon I might need them

[Annie]

Psst, Miss Jane!

1. Congrats a bunch!!
2. I know this is last minute but if you have a "media kit" and would like me to post on my site for ya tomorrow, I totally can.
3. Media kit is in quotation marks cuz I don't really care if it's a legit, proper kit LOL

***mwahhh***

[Christina]

Woo hoo! Exciting! Now, off to read that dragon story I haven't had a chance to sit down with yet. (And I promise, I'm ginormous. I'm a tiny giant.)

[Nathan]

Congrats on the book. I really like that cover, too

[Ember-Raine]

Hopefully my few followers will all go out and buy it after they see the character interview! Eek! So excited for you miss Jane!!!

[Jane]

Annie wrote: "Psst, Miss Jane!

1. Congrats a bunch!!
2. I know this is last minute but if you have a "media kit" and would like me to post on my site for ya tomorrow, I totally can.
3. Media kit is in quotation..."

Media Kit? I knew I'd effing well forgotten something. Sheesh. Just lost the chance to be featured on Miss Annie's website. Sheesh some more....

[Annie]

LOL Miss Jane

I don't even have a media kit for myself and you're not missing out on much haha! No sheeshing required, trust me ^_~

[Jane]

Hey everybody, you gotta read Ember's interview with my heroine.

It's smokin...

Huge thank you to Ember.

https://emberrainewintersbookblog.wor...

[Christina]

Love it! Excellent job! And I can't wait to have the time to read it.

[Jane]

And now I have a thingy on twitter. EM swift Hook made it. It's really cool....

Jeez. Everybody is kind.

[Alexis]

I've been waiting for this one!

[Annie]

@Alysson Kowalski: Fab interview!!

@Miss Alexis: LOL

[Ember-Raine]

You're most welcome Miss Jane! It was a lot of fun!!!

[Jane]

Let's have a bit of fun with this.

I've just blogged about hunks unclothed versus hunks clothed.

Your take ladies and gentlemen?

Those of you who also know me as an Indie author might remember a discussion about books with bare-breasted men on their covers. The gist of that was that, no matter how pleasant a six pack is to look at it can become a bit generic.

As in 'quel surprise, another hunk with a six pack and his hands covering the Crown Jewels'. Now it isn't that I object to looking at six packs, au contraire. However, I'm not finding this type of cover calls to me as a book buyer.

I had almost stopped ranting on about this - between sustained periods of research into the six pack - when I found myself sharing a pre-publication flier for E M Swift Hook's upcoming novel 'Trust a Few' and blow me down if the woman doesn't have a hunk on the flier. But he has his clothes on. Revelation. Superior man flesh can be used with its clothes on. IMHO, in this case at least, it makes our 'hero' even more jaw-droppingly toothsome.

If you don't believe me check out my facebook page (yes the elderly and confused one does have such a thing) at https://www.facebook.com/jane.jago.12... and see for yourself.

[Lyra]

I honestly feel the same way. I'm so sick of the generic bare-chested hunk on the romance cover. I get bored and my eyes glaze over.

[Amie]

Me too...I'm far more drawn to book covers that don't have the fleshy look to them. When we were designing my cover it didn't take too much time of perusing Amazon and scoping out the competition to see what essentials my cover (a historical romance) should have...bare chested man, woman with dress tumbling off of her shoulders, leg with skirt hiked up, big time!

I purposely went the other direction. I wanted people to wonder what was really behind my characters. If they wanted the intimacy, they were going to have to work for it, just like my characters had to. There is something very special with making love and sexuality a journey.

[G.G., Genre Buster Extraordinaire]

The thing with the six pack headless guy on a cover is that it is almost impossible to know with one quick look if you've read that book or not, or even if you have it on your eReader.

One six pack looks exactly like any other six packs. So for me, if I have read one, I have read them all and will more then likely skip the next book with a six pack.

[Jane]

The longer I'm in this group the more I realise why I'm in this group. We can have a sensible discussion, which may or may not be punctuated by silliness, and nobody gets narky. Brilliant.

I think I love you all.

PS Today Angel Chadwick interviewed me for her blog. The woman must be a genius because she has managed to make me sound halfway human...

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

[Alexis]

I haven't been se a smuch headless torso's as in the past but I think they must do really well, otherwise publishers won't keep putting them out, right? But yeah, headless torso are my thing either, although my covers are definitely sexy.

[Ember-Raine]

I have seen lots of covers with headless men who are actually *Gasp* clothed! But, for every one of those there are 10 more Bare torsos. It really is a problem. When deciding on the cover for the first in my romance series I decided to go the more artistic route. The idea, like GG said is that if you have seen one naked torso on a cover then you have seen them all. I wanted mine to be different.
Don't get me wrong I most definitely objectify the male gender in my takeover games. cuz... I can and people love it! But, not on my covers!
Great interview Miss Jane!

[Annie]

1. That is a fab interview, Miss Jane!!! And you sound at least 50.1% human ^_~

2. Hmm. I kinda have a different POV on the whole cover thing. I've experimented with a crapload of covers. Change em like once a month and track sales hahaha...no joke. My (now) naked torso cover was previously a fully clothed dude and originally was something very "against-the-popular-norm" - a plain black cover with simple lettering.

Personally, I don't wanna be different or tell a story with my covers. All I want is for readers to spot my book in an endless sea of thumbnails and click. My blurb can sell them from there. Hopefully. Maybe LOL

[Jane]

@Annie. See that's what I mean. We can talk about stuff. We don't have to agree. That's what being grown up is about.

But I think your covers are smokin' torsos with a twist.

[Annie]

Yeah, there's really no right or wrong, eh? That said, I don't know about this whole grown-up thing. Seems very suspect XP

And thank you!! *blushes profusely* I like being twisty haha!

***mwahhh***

[Jane]

Don't fret my friend. Being grown up is a whole different thing than being a boring adult. Grown up just means you know when you are being a wuss/t**t/eejit, and that you can pull on your big girls pants if absolutely necessary. It don't mean being a boring, middle-class wifie in twinset and pearls and existential dread.

:-)

[Annie]

Big girl pants are all the rage right now! Plus, little girl pants are too, umm, little. That said, maybe wearing little girl pants would lead to more adult content. Totally spewing brain matter right now. Hitting post. Sooo hitting post.

Shall beg forgiveness later ^_~

[Christina]

India wrote: "I always got the notion that dear Fabio would slip through my fingers due to the beads of sweat/oiled up look. I've done extensive theoretical research on the subject, but sadly a test subject for ..."

Gah! Back in my wayward youth, a friend dragged me to one of those oily men reviews, using the guilt trip that it would cheer up another friend who was going through a breakup. Given that she offered to buy drinks, I went. However, I was not going to participate in the creepy ogling of oily dudes. Well...

Apparently one oily dudes was really bad about reading body language and decided my crossed arms and general not paying attention to the show meant I needed a hug. Yeah, that oil stains. And I didn't stick around long enough to find out if I was given a lifetime ban for my outburst. ;P

But yeah, torsos... Maybe just let the guy have a face? Is that so difficult?

[Alexis]

Annie wrote: "1. That is a fab interview, Miss Jane!!! And you sound at least 50.1% human ^_~

2. Hmm. I kinda have a different POV on the whole cover thing. I've experimented with a crapload of covers. Change e..."

You're right. It's tricky, finding that right balance between having the right cover and using what will draw eyes because sales!!! (Drools.) If my cover fails to deliver, which it will not damn it, I'd probably slap a headless corvo on it too even though personally they do nothing for me, readers seem to like them. I'm ashamed to say I have no shame. :p

[Nathan]

Jane wrote: "Hey everybody, you gotta read Ember's interview with my heroine.

It's smokin...

Huge thank you to Ember.

https://emberrainewintersbookblog.wor..."

That's a fabulous interview, great job to both of you