Hello, I’m Jan
Writer and Editor
Fantasy stories—where myth meets reality
As well as writing fiction, I can also help you move your book through the production process. I do editing, interior book design, and ebook coding.
Dreaming Wakes the Fool
A mind-bending journey of magic and murder leading to personal transformation.
The Fool Arises Dreaming
Completes the story begun in Dreaming Wakes the Fool. Having discovered the reason for her journey, Echo tries to reverse the damage she has caused.
The Magic Well
A fairy tale in which a kingdom learns what’s really important.
From the Blog
‘The Turkey’—A Redneck Fairy Tale
If Flannery O’Conner were to write a fairy tale about a boy who got everything he wished for and it all turned to dirt on him, it would look a lot like her story “The Turkey.” Ruller is a boy of about twelve who spots a turkey limping through the underbrush and wishes...
‘The Crop’—Living in My Head
OK. She’s done it this time. In her story “The Crop,” Flannery O’Connor has taken her satire a step too far—skewering a writer in search of a story. As the old joke goes, "I resemble that remark." Miss Willerton (and O’Connor never gives us her first name) lives with...
‘Wildcat’—Facing Death
In Flannery O’Connor’s story, “Wildcat,” an old, blind, black man faces death. Old Gabriel, blind from childhood, can perceive a lot through his senses of smell and hearing. He recognizes three of the four young men—his grandchildren—on the front porch by their smell,...
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