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The message of Slayers
In her interview today, Rebecca Lamoreaux asked me: What inspired you to write your first book? I think housework is boring, so when there is a choice between mopping the floor or writing, I usually choose writing. My avoidance of…
Continue ReadingTo find out what book I’d take to that remote Island everyone is always asking you about:
Hop on over to Elana’s blog http://elanajohnson.blogspot.com/
Continue ReadingCan’t get enough of my insightful answers?
Or my not-so-insightful answers? Head on over to Taffy’s writing for an interview on the Slayers series at: http://taffyscandy.blogspot.com/
Continue ReadingNeon Trees and I /book giveaway
Since I only have three days left until the awesome party-ish Slayers: Friends and Traitors book launch, you would think that I have been busily preparing my presentation. You would be wrong however, because I’ve been at an artist retreat…
Continue ReadingThe Janette Song
At LDStorymakers Mideastern conference, the MC: Awesome Don Carey, sang a song about me before I did my keynote. I knew you would all want to hear it so it could become your new 46 second theme song. https://janetterallison.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Its-Janette.mp3…
Continue ReadingThings I found while going through my son’s room after he left on his mission
Some of you know that my son left twelve days ago (not that I’m counting) for a two year mission for our church to Bogota, Colombia. These are some of the things I found in his bedroom in a seemingly…
Continue ReadingCover Model problems
One of the problems with writing a book is that you imagine your characters look a certain way. The marketing department can’t read your mind. To tell the truth, they don’t even try. In fact, they often don’t read the…
Continue ReadingMy Top Ten Tips for Writers
I’m always trying to improve my writing, so I went to a site that had tips from published authors. I have to say that I was surprised by some of them. For example: The first twelve years are the hardest.…
Continue ReadingWho’s on the A-list this year
It’s that time of year (at least in Arizona) when kids go back to school and parents are inundated with school forms to fill out. I’ve lived in the same house in the same school district for fourteen years. I…
Continue ReadingTop 10 Reasons to be a Writer
Librarians think you’re cool. You have an excuse to be cluttered: you have no time for cleaning; you’re creating ART. You get a collection of stories you’ll always enjoy reading because you wrote them. If you publish, you don’t have…
Continue ReadingKids and a restaurant: never a good combination
We don’t go to sit down restaurants very often. Last week, I was reminded why. We took our four at-home-kids and temp kid, French foreign exchange student, out to a restaurant called The Crazy Cow. I will have to do…
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