Take a Walk
With me over to Mary Hughes blog, where I'm doing a guest post and offering another short excerpt from Hunter of the Heart. And while you're there you should poke around a bit. She has a great line up...
View ArticleHappy Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canucks! The turkey's got another 2 hours in the oven before we get to sit and chow down. Got to bed 4am so I'm a little sluggish today. Also, a long time...
View ArticleFolktales and Folk remedies
ETA - a post title! Just did some ol skool Jamaican doctoring. BF told me to soak some pimento/all spice seeds in rum, then use the rum to rub my neck, chest, face, inhale it and rub the bottoms of my...
View ArticleEverything Old is New Again
I have a Xmas short on the bookshelf page of my website under free reads. I've been meaning to format it and get it up on Amazon for a couple of years now, but this year I FINALLY got er done. The...
View ArticleThat Killer Red Dress
Son and I were debating about who plays Nikita in the tv show. I said Sandrine Holt. He said Maggi Q. (Sandrine's on the left) He was right. It is Maggi. Then he mentioned the killer red dress she...
View ArticleChristmas Craftiness
I always seem to come tip-toe-ing back in here with some excuse , erm reason for my extended absence. Sometime around mid-Nov my boss "volunteered" me to be in charge of the festive challenge charity...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
I've been meaning to post this greeting since this morning but stuff kept croping up. Better late than never though. Hope everyone had/is having a lovely Christmas with friends and family. Luv, Jaye
View ArticleThat Kiss that Curls Your Toes
**Edited to add the lovely Dee Tenorio's excerpt. Mea culpa, it was way past my bedtime when I put this all together but I really should have sent Dee a gentle nudge/reminder before hitting publish....
View ArticleThe Laundry Challenge
So…. I’ve been having a spot of trouble writing. The motivation (I want to write) is there, but the inclination/discipline/habit – ie: butt in chair hands of keyboard—has been sorely lacking. A lot...
View ArticleReading Withdrawals
I've been going through a prolonged period of the *mehs* when it comes to reading.It’s my fault. I O.D’d on a bunch of books that were in certain subgenres and featured a favourite hero type. Also, I...
View ArticleMoving On
If you’ve been sorta/kinda checking in on this blog over the last couple of years, you’ve run across more than one sheepish blog post apologizing for an extended, yaddahyaddahyaddah, blahblahblah.....
View ArticleWaaaaah
I mentioned a dragon shifter idea I'd been working on lately. It was an idea I came up with last year, but in the last month or so I've been playing with the concept, developing the world-building,...
View ArticleWriting Progress
How did 10 days go by already since my last post?Got a lot of balls in the air obviously, but the writing is moving along. The outline for the Dragon book is done,done,done! I think I wrote 9 pages...
View ArticleI went from Zig to Zag
I could've swore I posted my change of plans here or on my author Facebook page (btw, have you liked my author page over there? www.facebook.com/VanessaJayeAuthor It's not superbusy, so you won't be...
View ArticleConsider, It Might Be Better Not To Know
I just skimmed a review of a book where someone noted in the comments that overall they loved the series, even though they felt a little lost at times. The comment struck me because the reviewer noted...
View ArticleMerry Christmas
It was a close one here at Casa Jaye. Because of the recent ice storm that sweep through southern ontario last Saturday, we were without heat and electricity since Sunday evening right up to this...
View ArticleSix Months Later....
Has it been that long?! Crap. So I'm trying something new, starting today. I checked my email and all my online/social sites this morning. And that's it.I won't check in online again till this evening...
View ArticleOld Home Week in My Reading
Series are really big right now. Many readers love them to bits—they’ve invested time, emotion and dollars, and want to revisit the world/setting and cast of characters that the author created.I’m not...
View ArticleMy dragons be draggin'
My dragons be draggin’Verdict on the post title? #lame. lol. WhatevsSo some writing updates for ya, I'm kinda stuck on whether to do a prologue or not with the dragon book. At this point the single...
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