Author: Chris Jansmann
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Ah, November
This will be the second November without NaNoWriMo; I’m having more trouble than I expected adjusting to the disappearance of something that was so integral to my growth as an author. Change, I suppose, is the only global constant; we move on, of course, and for me that means keeping to the same schedule I…
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Unaccompanied
First, an update: by the time you read this, Chosen Family will be complete and I’ll be deep into the process of smoothing it out for publication. As of this writing, the timeline remains on track for it to appear a week or so prior to the release of Aftermath as a special bonus for…
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Chosen Family
I’m about a quarter of the way through my holiday story featuring Rosie Frankenhoffer and it dawned on me just how completely her personality has taken over the narrative. Like all of my characters, I have a pretty extensive backstory on our favorite millionaire author, one that is surprisingly full of tasty tidbits that generally…
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Christmas in September
I’m still on my self-imposed writing wrist break, but that hasn’t stopped me from thinking about what I want to create once my enforced vacation ends. While much of that rumination has been around the Sean Colbeth book I’m planning on starting next month, an idea for a holiday story featuring Dr. Rosalia Frankenhoffer (a…
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Returning to Windeport
Ah, Fall! Since 2019, late August has become the gateway into autumn for me, mostly because it’s when I begin thinking about the next story in the Sean Colbeth series. If you’ve been following along with me for a while now, you’ll know that his first book — Blindsided — was written during the annual…
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Best Laid Plans
It’s not the sort of text message you want to get, especially when it comes a scant two days ahead of your annual sojourn to all things Star Trek. But when my friend’s message chimed into existence on my phone at an unexpected hour, I didn’t need the services of any of my detectives to…
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Prepare A Landing Party
Ah, August! That can only mean one thing: time for my buddy and I to pack up our Starfleet uniforms and make our annual sojourn to Las Vegas for STLV (formerly know as the Official Star Trek convention). This year, we’re celebrating the 60th anniversary of the show, with actors and writers and anyone else…
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Fútbol
Like most of the world, I’ve been glued to the World Cup this summer. I’ve mentioned before that soccer — or, as Alejandro would patiently point out to me, fútbol — was one of the core sports I messed around with as a kid; that experience learning how to play gave me an appreciation for…
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Pathways
One of my favorite poems is the classic The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I’ve read it so many times over the years, the words have come to feel like good friends who visit often, friends of the sort you share a hot cup of coffee with while curled up on a couch, chatting…