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Writer to Writer Guest Interview
 Spotlight: Christine Janssen
“Nothing is garbage. Think of it as compost,” says Christine Janssen when asked what she would tell a newbie.
I imagine Christine is talking to those of us who have spent five hours on a page only to look back over it and want to bang our heads on the keyboard. We all have those days when the blinking cursor just keeps blinking.
Like many of us, time is the major obstacle in getting the pages done for Christine. “I’ve been known to get thirty good pages done in a weekend, but that might be the only writing I get done for that month.”
With her husband requiring medical assistance, Christine is the primary care giver. While working full time. While caring for the house. And the yard.
“I’ve indulged in a housekeeper who comes for a couple of hours a week. I try to put blinders on when I’m in the throes of creation and not worry about what I didn’t get done.”
Good advice. Make that GREAT advice.
“I had four ‘good’ [books written] plus two or three that should be burned so that when I’m rich and famous, no one unearths them and embarrasses me by revealing them.”
This New Jersey girl moved to the Pennsylvania fifteen years ago, but still considers herself a New Jerseyan. She never had children, but her folks, age 86 and 90, are still alive.
When not hard at work, Christine admits to being called “The Flower Lady.” “My small lot is crowded with peonies, poppies, irises, daylilies, dahlias, tulips, daffodils, crocuses – and tomatoes. I cut flowers from April to November. And I get the biggest kick out of seeing a smile light up a co-worker’s face when I present him/her with a bouquet ‘just because’.”
 Photography is another passion, introduced to her by husband Ed. Though she hasn’t taken many photos since Ed got sick, she does admit to using both his and her personal photographs on the covers of her books. “His photo of a butterfly on a zinnia graces the cover of Wild in Nature and mine of a Calopogon orchid was used for Dark Legacy.”
She is a lady who gets the job done, one who – with all that life throws at her – knows she has to be a writer.
Wild Nature: "Too late, Damien will learn the meaning of family. Too soon, Monica will learn the meaning of sacrifice. But it's the children who will suffer."
June 2003, Wings ePress, Inc.
You can contact Christine at: www.christinejanssen.net
Past Guest Writers
» Suzanne Brockmann
» Stella Cameron
» Denise Domning
» Christine Janssen
» Pauline Jones
» Donna Kauffman
» Kay LeGrand
Body Count Productions and Jacqui Jacoby share many opinions with our guest writers, however all of the opinions found in the interview are not necessarily those of the company or Ms. Jacoby herself.
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