JANIS THORNTON
  • Home
  • Books
  • Janis
  • Pictures
  • Blog
  • Contact
    • Stay in the Loop!
  • Writer Resources

It’s Graphic, It’s Novel … a Window Opens

9/29/2014

4 Comments

 
Picture
It’s a law of nature: Once you’re set free of the shackles that bind you to a miserable daily routine, good things start to happen for you.

One of the good things that happened for me early last year was an invitation from my friend Chip Mann to work with him and his brother Dan a few hours a week to help them make their dream a reality. They too had broken some shackles by forming their own company, KID DOMINO, and were well on their way to something good — launching Issue 1 of their multi-part graphic novel series, Forgotten City.


Read More
4 Comments

Find Your Great Escape And Zen Happens

9/22/2014

1 Comment

 
Picture
Who wouldn’t agree that a great writing escape is anywhere that frees your mind and the creative juices? Conventional wisdom dictates that such a place must be breathtakingly beautiful — if not cradled in the bosom of Mother Nature, then situated at the foot of some architectural wonder.

Such elements are part of the ideal great escape for many writers, especially those who contend that pinning thoughts to paper (or computer screen) is a lonely job requiring solitude and serenity, without distractions or outside pressures. When it’s just you, your thoughts, and your writing tools, Zen happens. … Or does it?    

Read More
1 Comment

From RIF'd & Miffed to Published Author

9/15/2014

9 Comments

 
Picture
When your employer decides to RIF* your job, what are you going do? 

Cry? Rant? Mope? Slump into depression? Get even?

I can’t tell you what to do, but I can tell you what I did. … I forged a new path and followed it to places I only dreamed were real.



Read More
9 Comments

Story Inspired by Real-Life Tragedy

9/8/2014

5 Comments

 
While my forthcoming novel is classified a cozy mystery, there is nothing cozy about the real-life tragedies on which the mystery part is inspired — the heat stroke deaths of high school athletes.

Read More
5 Comments

Author Panic 101 !  What if My Book Sucks?

9/1/2014

2 Comments

 
Picture
Life was good. For the first time in months, I had no book-related deadline worries. It was mid-August, and eight days had passed since I’d completed the second read-through of the final draft of Dust Bunnies & Dead Bodies and returned it to Rebecca, my editor at PageSpring Publishing. For a few bliss-filled days after that, I operated as if my part in this project was done. I had written the book, made all of Rebecca’s requested rewrites, proofread the manuscript from beginning to end four times, and sent it back to her to publish. It was out of my hands. Yay, I thought, from now until my book debuts in mid-October, I’ll just bask in the afterglow.   


Read More
2 Comments

    Archives

    November 2023
    September 2020
    March 2020
    June 2019
    June 2017
    May 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014

    RSS Feed

     2020 - ROAD TRIP with the DEAD
    • Sept. 1 - STOP 1: Jesse Worley Osborn, Greentown
    • Sept. 3 - STOPS 2 & 3: Harry & Nellie Hiatt, Cicero
    • Sept. 5 - STOP 4: Walker & Enoch McClintock, Strawtown
    • Sept. 7 - STOP 5: Belle Sheridan Shenkenberger
    • Sept. 9 - STOP 6:
    ​Lt. William Wirt Daugherty

    • Sept. 11 - STOP 7: Mayor Henry C. Cole
    • Sept. 13 - STOP 8: Fairy McClain-Miller
    • Sept. 15 - STOP 9: Grover & Louisa Blake
    • Sept. 17 - STOP 10: Daniel Snider
    • Sept. 19 - STOP 11: A.J. Baker
    • Sept. 21 - STOP 12: Richard Gladden
    • Sept. 23 - STOP 13: Garnet Ginn
    • Sept. 25 - STOP 14: Dink Carter & the Agrue Family
    • Sept. 27 - STOP 15: Dee, Homer & Jesse McClure
    • Sept. 29 - STOP 16: Nora Coleman & Sepharna Gleason

    *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
    2019 BLOG TOUR

    • June 13 — Interview,
    Diane Ascroft
    • June 14 – Character
    Q&A, Defining Ways
    • June 15 – Author Q&A,
    MJB Reviewers
    • June 16 – Character Post, StoreyBook Reviews 
    • June 16 – Author Q&A,
    A Place In The Spotlight

    • June 17 – Guest Post,
    Books Direct
    • June 18 – Guest Post,
    Brooke Blogs
    • June 19 – REVIEW
    Baroness’ Book Trove
    • 
    June 21 – Character Post, The Book Diva’s Reads
    • June 22 – REVIEW,  
    Brianne’s Book Reviews  • 
    June 23 – REVIEW,
    Christa Reads and Writes 

    • June 24 – Character
      Q&A, A Wytch’s Book Review Blog
    ​
    *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
    2017 BLOG TOUR
    • June 19 — Spotlight
      Celticlady's Reviews
    • June 20 — Review
      My Journey Back
    • June 21 — Spotlight
      Books, Dreams, Life
    • June 22 — Interview
      Annette Drake's Blog
    • June 23 — Review
      Back Porchervations
    • June 24 — Guest Post
      Island Confidential
    • June 24 — Guest Post
      Escape with Dollycas
    • June 25 — Interview
      Laura's Interests
    • June 26 — Interview
      Pulp and Mystery Shelf
    ​
    • June 26 — Review
    ​  Caleb & Linda Pirtle
    • June 27 — Spotlight
      Socrates' Book Reviews
    • June 27 — Spotlight
    ​  Blogger Nicole Reviews
    • June 28 — Spotlight
      Celebrating Authors
    • June 29 — Review
      Queen of All She Reads
    • June 30— Interview
      Teresa Trent Site
    • July 1 — Guest Post
    ​  StoreyBook Reviews
    • July 2 — Interview
      Deal Sharing Aunt
    • July 2 — Review
    ​  Nadaness in Motion
    ​
    • July 4 — Interview
      Gotta Write Network
    • July 12 — Review
    ​  A Holland Reads
    • July 19 — Guest Post
    ​  Gotta Write Network

    ​


    ​
    ​
Proudly powered by Weebly