Neon 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…

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The 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…

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Cover 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…

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My 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.…

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Who’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…

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Top 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…

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But it would be a good keynote address

I’m giving two keynote addresses in upcoming writing conferences. The problem is, I keep thinking of the really motivational keynote address James Owen gave at the ANWA conference. I won’t ever be able to give such a moving talk unless I…

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