A Bit About Me... A Bit About Me... A Bit About Me... A Bit About Me...

I am a writer of romance (chick lit and women's fiction). I am currently seeking agent representation and would love to see my novels published. You can find more about me in the 'Who is Jean' section.

Welcome to Canada, eh? Welcome to Canada, eh?

As I am a Canadian writer, I will be using Canadian spelling on this site, so you may see the odd extra 'u' in words like 'favourite' and 'neighbourhood' or an 's' where you may be used to seeing a 'z'. Fear not! I do know how to spell. (Mostly.)

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Some of the things I have been doing to improve myself as a writer and be part of the wonderful community of writers:

* Check out my project give-a-way! (Over 780 activities for kids to beat their boredom blues.)

* Entered and ranked in RWA contest
* Taken a great online class on Story, Theme and Idea
* Taken an eye-opening class on writing a synopsis
* Taken a really hard, but very worth it, class on show vs. tell
* Online author and agent chat moderator for Agent Query Connect
* Beta tested an e-workbook on query writing
* Thomas Nelson book reviewer
* Attended Alberta Writers Guild Workshop
* An RWA member
* Critiquing with my critique partners
* Subscriber of Writer's Digest
* Finished a new story as part of NaNoWriMo (National novel writing month)
* Active member of Agent Query Connect
* Read The first Five Pages, How to Write a Great Query Letter, Creating Unforgettable Characters, and How to Write a Damn Good Novel, How to Write a Damn Good Mystery
* Received an agent critique the first 50 pages of my manuscript as part of a charity auction
* Active blogger
* Took an online class on creating tough heroines
* Took an online class on saving your manuscript
* Lots of agent blog reading and learning and absorbing and thinking and....
* And then of course there is the regular process of edit, edit, edit, write, write, write, read, read, read...

Enjoy!
Jean

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