Unconquered Warrior has made the semi-final cut of the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Writing Competition, a contest that is looking for great stories with the potential to be adapted for the cinematic screen. I am now competing in a field of about 160 novels that have made it from the original 1400 books submitted. Follow the …
Last November, I submitted my first book, Unconquered Warrior, to the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Writing Competition, that seeks great stories with the potential to be adapted for the cinematic screen. I am so proud to announce that Unconquered Warrior has made the quarterfinals in a field of over 1400 submissions! Follow the link to see …
Many thanks to Bob of Beauty In Ruins/She Leads, He Reads for his insightful review of the first book of the Womara trilogy. I was looking forward to his feedback and read in anticipation his opening paragraph. “This was a book that was nothing like I expected, and yet everything I wanted it to be. …
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The epic fantasy series, The Womara,is available at bargain rates. Unconquered Warrior, Book One, will be FREE this week and Warrior Rising, Book Two, will be $1.50 during March 1st to the 7th. Share this post with your friends and family who love to read.#Smashwords #ebookweek20 #readanebookweek Follow the link to smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/879080 Thank you, J. L. Nicely
Book Three of The Womara series: The Ascendancy of Warriors is in the works! The revisions to the first draft are coming in from my editor. I pick up the pace of rewriting ahead of her and drop into a zone.
Years ago, I read a book titled “Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Women Archetype” by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. It gave me a foundation to my fantasy writing about a clan of women warriors. Today is the full moon, and I was delighted to read that this moon …
The campaign theme for this year #BalanceforBetter proposes that a balanced world is a better world. The focus of the campaign asks us how we can help forge a more gender-balanced world, celebrate women’s achievement, raise awareness against bias and take actions for equality. These are the themes that resonate with my spirit and in …
In The Unconquered Warrior, I introduce a concept of the mindset of a progressive man that fuels the possibility of balanced relationships based on equality. In an early conversation in the book, Seanna, a central character, tells her mother her frustrations with the prejudices and rigidity of the male counterparts she must interact with as …
In The Unconquered Warrior and throughout the books of the Womara series one of my central themes is gender equality and a woman’s right to that equality embodied by the fighting woman warrior. The story is set in a distant past, but the mandate of the Womara to the right of personal freedom can be …