Author: janellaa
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How I Got My Book Deal, How Failing Helped
* I know I said my last post would be my LAST post, but I thought it would also be cool to share my first newsletter since it’s a Big Topic, and many of subscribers have already reached out to show their love for the post! Hope you enjoy it too 🙂 * * I…
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News and moves
So last week, some pretty exciting news dropped on PW: The secret is FINALLY out!! MY BELOVED PHANTOM FANTASY DUOLOGY IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED AND I’M SO EXCITED/STILL CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S EVEN HAPPENING! In honor of that news, I’m actually launching my newsletter with the story, How I Got My Book Deal, How Failing…
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In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb: A March Update
Hooray, a blog post where it hasn’t been a million months since I last posted! I was actually super inspired by my good friend Erin who I had recently talked to about how random we’ve become at blogging—and when I saw that she made a super awesome update post, I thought, “WHY NOT GET BACK…
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Twas the night of New Years Eve…
Sooo, how about that hiatus? It has been SO long since I last updated. Like no-post-since-February long, which is super embarrassing considering how that last post was all about my productive 2017 goals which was then followed by a massive, impromptu silence. But as the year is coming to a close (literally…in an hour), it…
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10 Things About My Writing
Thank you to my lovely and hilarious CO-G Erin who tagged me to do this post, which was honestly wayyyy harder than I thought it would be because 10 THINGS ARE A LOT OF THINGS. Okay. Here goes. 1. I’m a pantser. I’ve honestly tried not to be—meaning, I’ve attempted plotting, character graphs, outlining, story…
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Guess Who’s Back/Remembered To Blog
Hello world, I’M STILL ALIVE. For some reason, it escaped me that I hadn’t updated my blog in 3 MONTHS which is seriously a problem. Like . . . where was I? WHERE WAS I????? Oh yeah, I was off doing things—LIKE BECOMING AN AUNT!!!!! I won’t go into all the details of how I…
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Pitch Wars Wish List: Team Rocket Edition
WARNING: Ridiculously awesome gifs and pictures ahead! Beware all ye who enter here! Janella is Jessie because she has great hair. And Axie is James because she has a sexy voice. Check out Axie/James on her blog HERE! Once upon a time, two newly agented writers met in an agented author hook-up and decided TO…