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With the debuts of the first two books in her Dagger Chronicles Series, Janice Jones entered the world of the published author. During this experience, she has enjoyed meeting and hearing from new readers and writers. Although she can’t use all the feedback and suggestions, she does try to incorporate what she gets into all her writing. Book 3 is with her new publishing house, Chicago Review Press. She is looking forward to starting the editing process and having Book 3 hit the shelves soon.
An avid reader, Janice started writing in high school. As a student journalist, she learned the writing process and honed she researching skills as well. Although journalism was her first love, she was always drawn to fiction. World building and characters interested her most about writing. Giving life to imaginary worlds was a way to escape. As an adult, Janice began writing short stories, just for herself. But, after finding that she really enjoyed writing, she decided to give fiction writing a try.
With the encouragement of her family, she sat down and began to write notes and scenes on what would become the Dagger Chronicles Series. Her process is always to hand write whatever ideas come to her mind, then put them on a computer. The process of writing in notebooks first, helps to keep her focused. It also helps to flesh out characters and interactions before committing the story to the computer. Her desk is covered in notebooks that are filled with different scenarios and story ideas that she has yet to make into full fledged stories.
After the completion of the Dagger Chronicles Series, Janice plans to polish the screenplay for the series that she is working on with her younger brother, Jordan. Soon, they will began the process of shopping it around to streaming services and the like. Currently, Janice works as a Technical Writer for an Engineering firm in Fort Worth, Texas. She appreciates all the feedback and encouragement she has received and is looking forward to the future. Janice would like to thank her family, friends and the team at Amberjack Publishing and Chicago Review Press for this exciting opportunity.
