Jolene's Writings Around the Web

  Still More Holiday Romance Fun with Gloria Ferguson's Story called Recipe for Romance inside the For the Love of Winter Anthology.  When Ashley McClain asks her bah-humbug friend for his family’s frosting recipe to perfect her late mom’s Christmas cupcakes and win the Holiday Bake-Off, Mr. Scrooge refuses. Can Ashley persuade him to reveal the secret ingredients in the nick of time? Or will the unlikely pair join forces when friends become lovers and receive Christmas blessings? Working for the Romance Writers of America organization I help the authors and the projects by creating short, fun videos to share on their social media accounts. And in Ms. Ferguson's case, I created a quick book cover as well.  Happy Holiday!

Check Out This Book By Joann Lordahl called Glimmer of the Moon - The climax of Glimmer of the Moon happens at the Stephen Foster Memorial in Florida. Tonia finds bitter-sweet love along the Suwannee River and a heart’s desire, all about musicians from Canada coming down to North Florida and visiting White Springs and Gainesville. 

Protecting your published works is probably one of the easiest business related things you can do as an indie author. Now the https://copyright.gov office has a small claims division to help self-published authors who have experienced their books being pirated. However, you only get this protection if you have already registered your books before they have been stolen. We call it insurance for self-published authors and for the low price of $45/$55 per book for the lifetime of the author plus 70 years I think it is worth it.

Promoting Crime Fiction : Janie Bolitho : In addition to reviews, interviews, reports on conferences and Mystery People events, competitions and Mary Mystery (agony aunt),  the My... Gone Before Their Time Janie Bolitho (1 January 1950 - 3 October  2002 ) By Lynne Patrick It’s something of a cliché among pundits that authors follow an eclectic working life before, and often during, their writing career, though to the majority of other writers, this comes as no surprise. Even among regularly published novelists, earning a living is frequently a separate endeavor from writing, and can take many different forms.  Click on the link above to read the entire article

In Between College Classes I have been helping my friend #JoAnnLordahl republished her first romance books with new covers. Just got in the paperbacks from Draft2Digital BOY! do they look good - https://books2read.com/ap/nE2VLd/Jo-Ann-Lordahl and I love their Books2Read software. Great to share with your readers every place they are available for sale on the web

One of my favorite writers is J.A. Jance speaks about her writing process. She writes about people and places that she has known in situations that she has some experiences with. This type of writing resonants with more of her readers. So much so they have asked her how this character or that character is going to do about this or that problem. The video is originally from 1994 but was not posted to YouTube until Feb 2022. [A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour Episode #104 - 1994 The author of LYING IN WAIT and FAILURE TO APPEAR, as well as several books in the "Joanna Brady" mystery series; interviewed by educator/commentator Steve Benson] Even though this is an older video it is still so relevant today.