Joanna Bourne

Me, (on Facebook) :  My computer is sick.  Sick.  Sick.  Sick. If desperation were a cup, mine would be full up to the top and brimming ov...

I know it feels as though I will never post again.  I have been dilatory, which is such a lovely word it almost makes dilatory seem a deligh...

There's a particular kind of opening -- I think of this as a 'flash-bang' opening. Chapter One, (or, more often, the Prologue...

Good news of various types. First off: My Lord and Spymaster will be coming out in French.  That's a little surprise for me.  My un...

I hate it when the characters are supposed to do something particularly clever. I put it in brackets.  [Adrian and Justine figure this ou...

Justine comes along slowly. Slowly . . . slowly . . . slowly. I've finished up a big section and I'm moving on to new territory. ...

I was thinking about fight scenes.  I'm not about to write one just in the next week, but I will need one near the end of JUSTINE. So...

This is @ Ev, Linda and Annie down in the comment trail.  I started a reply to comment and then it just growed.  So I pulled it up here to m...

I'm going to have to get used to calling this manuscript JUSTINE, instead of ADRIAN. I'm 16,600 words into the first rough draft.  ...

Covers . . .  just because I felt like posting covers ... ETA:  I have moved the covers below the fold so they will not slow the loading...

My mind goes to a strange place when I begin imagining a new story. I embark upon JUSTINE. I push away from the shore and see where the wi...

We're finished. I say goodbye to Justine and Guillaume LeBreton, (who is William Doyle) and Maggie and Hawker. Though I'll get back...

We're going to call the MAGGIE story, The Forbidden Rose . I'm pleased with the title, which I have decided has all kinds of thema...

Emlyn says ... And because you mentioned that Annique resembled a young Natasha Kinski, could you put a face on Adrian as well? And Jess ...

Claire Emerson writes -- Since you brought up Adrian - What are your latest thoughts on writing him a book of his own? I'm following you...