Look and Listen

Biography

From modern vampire tales to Victorian historicals to epic fantasy, Janet writes a wide range of romance for adults and teens. Her favorite thing about writing romance is creating evocative characters who are deep, passionate, tender and vulnerable in their heart of hearts, whether they are a self-reliant, autonomous heroine who knows who she is or an uber-powerful vampire who kills to protect his family of fledglings. Janet's interests include history, German, building computers, reading, web design, creating digital art, composing digital music, and playing MMOs. Since 2004, she has provided web design services for fellow authors and other professionals in the publishing industry. She currently partners with The Author's Secret to provide ebook conversion services and cover art.

Inspiration

My inspiration comes from what's precious to people. Love, passion, courage and beliefs. We cling to these every day, no matter who or where we are. This is what it means to be human and alive. This is what gets me out of bed in the morning and takes me into the story world I want to build. I don't want to write about paragons of virtue, because no one's good all the time and no one's bad all the time. But my characters must try to be true to what they care about and true to themselves, even when they aren't sure they know themselves at all. If they don't care about someone or something, how can I make readers care about them? If they aren't in danger of losing something precious to them, or struggling to protect something precious to them, or willing to stand up for something precious to them, they can't possibly be someone a real human being can identify with. Because people do exactly this every single day of their lives.