Blogs of the week

Our recent feature is "Blogs of the Week." Each week, we feature a reader blog (which has to be sent to us) and an author blog (which can either be sent to us, or we'll pick one at random). Please check out the blogs we are sharing. We're sure the bloggers would love some friendly comments on their posts or a follow.

To have your blog featured for a future shout out, please e-mail us. The blogs can be anything: personal, book themed or something else you're interested in that you write about (movies, fashion, pets, career, etc.)

Important--LAST CHANCE to send us your blogs!: We are going to be phasing out this feature as we move along in 2012. Therefore, we will only be taking blog submissions until December 31st. Any blogs received after that date will not be featured. Anything we receive before that date will be featured starting in February, as we have been accommodating blogs on a first come, first serve basis. Thank you!

Reader:

FranceRants

This blog is dedicated to the rantings, observations, musings, and potentially misguided fantasies of France. She usually posts twice a month, on Monday mornings. The Fork-In-The-Head Logo on her blog is actually her self portrait, which says it all. Inspired and drawn in the late 1990's, it exemplified her feelings about many situations and is still applicable to her today (but don't even think of using it, because it's copyrighted).  She recently wrote about her obsession with Jen Lancaster and how she handled a live interaction with her. You can find her on Twitter.

Author:

Janice Horton

Janice lives in Scotland and writes contemporary romantic novels with a Scottish setting. She also writes lifestyle articles. Her writing is inspired by the romantic beauty of the heather-filled glens around her remote country cottage. Her first novel When We First Love (now out of print) was published traditionally in paperback. Her more recent novels, "Bagpipes & Bullshot" and "Reaching for the Stars" are available as e-books. As well as a regular blogger, she is an active member on several writer forums and you can also find her on Twitter and Facebook. She's also an Associated Author and Editor of The Review Chair at the interactive reader/writer website loveahappyending.com

Janice would love to hear your views and comments on her blog posts and would welcome you as a Follower - she almost always follows back. This blog is usually updated on a Friday and she likes to discuss lots of writer ideas from plotting and researching to the highs and lows of the writing process itself. She also likes to discuss books of all genres and to showcase other writer’s work - so if you are an author and you’d like to feature on her blog please contact her.