JOAN REEVES
It's never too late to live happily ever after!
Hi, I'm Joan Reeves. One of these days I'm going to take the time to get some new pics made. Until then, you're stuck looking at this fuzzy old photograph.
I write funny romance novels. At the risk of sounding corny, I confess that I find joy in the written word – reading and writing them. Sharing the stories that spin around inside my head is my ultimate triumph.
My Backstory
I've been print published by the big dogs in New York. Been there; done that; got the tee shirt. That's about all I got. Now I've become an independent self-publishing author, or Indie Author as it's commonly called.
I'm publishing my backlist and original fiction as ebooks. My books have all been on various bestseller lists. They're available at All Romance Ebooks, Amazon for Kindle, Barnes&Noble for Nook, Diesel Ebooks, iTunes Apple Bookstore, Kobo, OmniLit, Smashwords, Sony, and XinXii, the European Digital Publishing Platform.
Most of my books are romance. I love writing romance, especially romances that make you smile and sometimes laugh out loud. I love to tell the story of a man and a woman who were made for each other, but they just don't know it. Yet. Why? Because I think the the world needs more stories about the power of love to change people, and I like to tell those stories with passion and humor because the world can be a pretty grim place too much of the time. Love and laughter gets us through the hard times.
Nonfiction
On the nonfiction side of writing, I co-authored and edited my mother's memoir Memory Lane: My Sentimental Journey, and I'm publishing a series of books that are compiled from the posts on my popular, long-running blog SlingWords. I've been a freelance writer for more than 20 years and will still take on the occasional project if the price is right. (That's what freelance writing is all about--earning an income from your writing skills.) I've sold just about every written form under my own name, pseudonyms, and as a ghost writer. I don't even know how many thousands of articles I've written.
Personally
I have the most wonderful husband in the whole wide world. He thinks I'm beautiful, brilliant, and fabulous. (What a discerning man!) I was blessed with a brave dad who fought on D-Day and a beautiful mother who loved history and books. My dad, along with my husband, inspires me to create a hero who does the right thing. My heroines embody personality traits and attitudes that I admire, and see, in many women I've known, including my mom thus resulting in heroines who are persistent, enduring, strong, and intelligent.
With four children, who think they are adults, and a ghost dog, I have all the ingredients for a life filled with love and warmed by laughter.
I write funny romance novels. At the risk of sounding corny, I confess that I find joy in the written word – reading and writing them. Sharing the stories that spin around inside my head is my ultimate triumph.
My Backstory
I've been print published by the big dogs in New York. Been there; done that; got the tee shirt. That's about all I got. Now I've become an independent self-publishing author, or Indie Author as it's commonly called.
I'm publishing my backlist and original fiction as ebooks. My books have all been on various bestseller lists. They're available at All Romance Ebooks, Amazon for Kindle, Barnes&Noble for Nook, Diesel Ebooks, iTunes Apple Bookstore, Kobo, OmniLit, Smashwords, Sony, and XinXii, the European Digital Publishing Platform.
Most of my books are romance. I love writing romance, especially romances that make you smile and sometimes laugh out loud. I love to tell the story of a man and a woman who were made for each other, but they just don't know it. Yet. Why? Because I think the the world needs more stories about the power of love to change people, and I like to tell those stories with passion and humor because the world can be a pretty grim place too much of the time. Love and laughter gets us through the hard times.
Nonfiction
On the nonfiction side of writing, I co-authored and edited my mother's memoir Memory Lane: My Sentimental Journey, and I'm publishing a series of books that are compiled from the posts on my popular, long-running blog SlingWords. I've been a freelance writer for more than 20 years and will still take on the occasional project if the price is right. (That's what freelance writing is all about--earning an income from your writing skills.) I've sold just about every written form under my own name, pseudonyms, and as a ghost writer. I don't even know how many thousands of articles I've written.
Personally
I have the most wonderful husband in the whole wide world. He thinks I'm beautiful, brilliant, and fabulous. (What a discerning man!) I was blessed with a brave dad who fought on D-Day and a beautiful mother who loved history and books. My dad, along with my husband, inspires me to create a hero who does the right thing. My heroines embody personality traits and attitudes that I admire, and see, in many women I've known, including my mom thus resulting in heroines who are persistent, enduring, strong, and intelligent.
With four children, who think they are adults, and a ghost dog, I have all the ingredients for a life filled with love and warmed by laughter.
Don't forget the articles in The Archives for more good reading.
For Gifts and Promotion products, designed by a writer for writers, visit Joan's Cafe Press shop The WRITE Way.
On this Welcome page, you'll find a note from me. I try to post one here every month, but my life has become so busy that I often don't have time to check in regularly on the website and post new material--other than to my newsletter for readers, Wordplay, which I'll be mailing out every month.
However, I write my blog SlingWords every day. It's rare that I skip a day of posting to SlingWords so you can always find me over at my blog.
Joan's Books is the page of the website where you'll find a list of my books, categorized under a series name. Each series name is listed on the right side bar. Click the series name to go to a page showing all books in that series with each book's cover, short blurb, and "buy links" to different booksellers.
Wordplay is my free newsletter for readers. You can read it on the Wordplay page or subscribe and receive a copy in your Inbox when it's published each month. Feel free to pass the newsletter on to others. If you're not a subscriber, now's the time to change that.
(By the way, I also publish a free weekly newsletter for writers called Writing Hacks. Follow the link to subscribe. Readers can subscribe also, but they may find the articles about the art, craft, and business of writing a bit boring.)
The Archives contain all previously published articles on the website since 2010. Prior to that, I deleted the articles to clear up storage space. The articles are organized in categories. Some may appear in more than one category since something for Promotion may also qualify as Business of Writing.
Remember
It's never too late to live happily ever after.
Give yourself, and maybe your writing friends, a T-shirt, mug, cap, or other product that celebrates being a writer.
For Gifts and Promotion products designed by a writer for writers, shop at Joan's Cafe Press shop The WRITE Way. Unique designs not available elsewhere. Everything is priced low for writers' budgets. (Hey, I'm a writer so I know all about writers' budgets.) Value-priced bulk orders available on many products.
High quality? Yes! Unique designs? Yes! Low cost? Yes! There's something for every writer at The WRITE Way.
Copyright 2002-2012 by Joan Reeves. All rights reserved. For permission to reproduce anything on this web site, please contact: Joan Reeves, P. O. Box 1045, Richmond TX 77406-1045 or email: Joan at JoanReeves dot com. In the Subject Box, put REAL LIVE PERSON to get past the spam filters that guard the Inbox.
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