Change is good, right?

JETaylor — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:59 -0800

All right, I just upgraded my phone - first time in over three years and now I have to learn new technology and reset my speed dials and get my nice ring tones again. I resisted because my phone was perfectly good - a perfectly good dinosaur that is - but I was at the store with my daughter and she got the Samsung Intensity with the slide keyboard for texting. Considering I take forever ...

Life without my computer. . .

JETaylor — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:12:55 -0800

Before I get into my normal rambling, I’d like to give a shout out for my Backspace friends and their March releases and March is a busy month. March 1 had three releases, Claudia Gray’s HOURGLASS, Clea Simon’s GREY MATTERS and J. T. Ellison – THE COLD ROOM. March 2nd releases include Suzanne Dunlap’s ANASTASIA’S SECRET and Jonathan Mayberry’s THE DRAGON FACTORY. ...

Final February thoughts. . .

JETaylor — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:53:00 -0800

I don't have a lot to say tonight. I'm a bit under the weather, still fighting the last remnants of a migraine and thus am having a hard time with thought streams at the moment. I can't believe February is almost over. We haven't had much of a winter up here in northeastern Connecticut, unlike those folks south and west of us, who've been hammered with snow. Usually we have at least a ...

A discussion about titles. . .

JETaylor — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:35:25 -0800

Happy Friday everyone. I’ve been looking at my next pile of books to polish up and get into the land of the published. This is my FBI thriller series that starts off with a book currently called Mirror Lake. In comparison with the other titles in the series, this is pretty docile and a little boring. So I’ve been tossing around alternative titles and have honed in on one, the only ...

Happy February!

JETaylor — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:17:51 -0800

All right! It's FRIDAY!!! First before I get into this blog, I want to give some space to a couple Backspacers that have February releases: Christa Allan's Walking on Broken Glass came out on February 1st and Carla Buckley's The Things That Keep Us Here comes out on the 9th along with Lisa McMann's Gone! So Valentine's Day is coming up in a little over a week and I haven't the foggiest ...

The journey . . .

JETaylor — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:34:12 -0800

Another Friday - another blog. This time I asked my friends and fan base over at Facebook what they'd like me to talk about this evening. I got some great ideas but the first post intrigued me. For the others that piped in, I'll tackle your ideas in subsequent Friday posts. Anna Walls piped in with this gem: <i> As a relatively new author, I'm always intrigued with how my ...

NFL Championship Games and other weird blogging thoughts.

JETaylor — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:40:58 -0800

Hey all. I was chatting with a co-worker today and asked him - what should I write about in my blog tonight? Of course he, being a he, said write about the AFC and NFC championships and make a prediction. I smiled and raised an eyebrow. I have to admit, I had to look up who the teams were this year. After all, the Patriots didn't make it - therefore my interest dropped to almost ...

A moment to reflect on writer's conferences . . .

JETaylor — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:28:27 -0800

Another week, another blog and this time I decided to focus on the Backspace Conference considering there are two weeks left to get the discounted registration rate. I had an absolute blast at the conference and learned a great deal about the inner workings of the publishing world. In addition to meeting a whole host of writers, both published and those waiting for their big break, I had my ...

First week of January brings some wonderful surprises...

JETaylor — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:08:48 -0800

This week has been quite an experience starting with the receipt of my Survival Games ARCs. Wow, let me tell you cutting the tape off the box and pulling out that first copy was surreal. It’s been a dream of mine since high school, and I had the pleasure of sharing it with my folks who were at the house to get my son off the bus like they do every Monday afternoon. I actually made my ...

Happy New Year

JETaylor — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:17:50 -0800

Happy New Year. My new year resolution is to pay a little more attention to my blogs. I’ve neglected them for too long. So prepare for a weekly rant from yours truly. I received wonderful news a couple days ago, Mind Games, the second book in the Games trilogy has been picked up by eXcessica for release on November 29, 2010. A little over four months after Survival Games goes live. ...

Yipee! I've got a publishing contract!

JETaylor — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:06:11 -0700

I'm excited to say the least. eXcessica publishing has picked up Survival Games for publication. The release date is set for May 17, 2010. Both print and ebook will be offered through Amazon.com and the ebook version will also be avaialbe online at eXcessica as well as other venues such as Fictionwise, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks, BookStrand, Smashwords, A1 Adult Ebooks, ...

Happy Holidays to everyone

JETaylor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:30:06 -0800

Hi all, It's been forever and a day since I wrote an entry here. I'm still trying to figure out how to hook my regular blog into here so all I have to do is write once and it appears in the different places. :) so if anyone has the technical expertise to help me with this, I would be forever grateful! December marked the publication of my first short story ...

Mutating Tag!!!

JETaylor — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:39:19 -0700

Hi all, I have agreed to participate in a game of mutating tag with some author friends of mine. Check it out at: http://jetaylor75.blogspot.com/ Hope you enjoy the Q&A!

Persistence . . .

JETaylor — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:50:00 -0700

Someone asked me today what the secret of my persistence was. He was blown away that I wrote 7 novels in a little over a year while juggling a full time job but what he didn't know is I've had the stories locked up in my head for twenty years and when I finally opened the gates, the flood began. It has slowed a bit, but it could be that the current stories aren't fully baked in my head yet so it ...

What's in a Blog?

JETaylor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:47:49 -0700

Anyone else find blogging awkward? It seems to me it's a bit like leaving a message on an answering machine - which I hate. All I end up doing is babbling and this feels a lot like that. . . Although, I am good at burning time away saying nothing . . . LOL. So what do I want to say? Basically HELLO, I'm in the neighborhood and I'd love to chat. Let me know your thoughts and ideas ...