Rejection! Get Over It.

J.S.Watts writes about the thorny topic of rejection as part of a new blog series, “Writing and Publishing Tips From Authors Around the World”, created by mystery writer Susan Finlay and designed to help writers at varied stages in their writing and publishing careers.

J.S.'s article is the eighth in a growing series, which so far has covered topics such as Self-publishing, How To Write Dialogue, How to Write a Book Review, Ten Things No One Tells you About Book Publishing, Writing After Retirement and, of course, Dealing With Rejection.

If you want to read J.S.'s thoughts on getting rejected click here

Book Reader Features Witchlight

J.S.Watts is a featured author on Book Reader Magazine. In her interview with Vinny O'Hare, J.S. talks about herself, her fascination with books and her latest book, Witchlight.

As there is not much more than a month to go before Witchlight's publication date on 19th May, why don't you check out J.S.'s interview before the novel comes out. Click here to read the whole interview on the Book Reader website.

Awesome Witchlight

J.S.Watts is interviewed about a variety of things, including her forthcoming novel, "Witchlight", over on the Awesome Gang website

A Whisper About J.S.Watts

This week on her blog, the writer Norma Rudolph is featuring A Whisper of Albion, a poem from J.S.Watts' Cats and Other Myths, and taking a little time to find out a bit more about J.S. and her life.

You can read Norma's blog and her post on J.S. by clicking here

Good News March

J.S.Watts is delighted that her poem "Night Notes on Sea (British Coast)" has been highly commended in the Sentinel Annual Poetry Competition 2014.

The competition was judged by acclaimed poet Roger Elkin and the results announced at the beginning of this week.

For a full list of winners, highly commended and commended poems, go to The Sentinelle blog here.

To read Roger Elkin's adjudication report and thoughts on free verse click here.

The twenty seven poems of note (three winners, five highly commended and nineteen commended) will be included in the winners' anthology to be published by Sentinel in the second quarter of 2015.

Witchlight Special Sneak Preview

J.S.Watts' new novel, "Witchlight", comes out in paperback from Vagabondage Press in May. In the meantime, here's the blurb:

Holly has been mortal all her life. Now at thirty-eight, her fairy godfather arrives to tell her she’s a witch, and suddenly she's having to come to terms with the uncertainties of an alarmingly magic-fuelled world. Magic is not like it is in the books and films, and Holly starts to doubt whether her fairy godfather, Partridge Mayflower, is the fey, avuncular charmer he appears.

When appearances are magically deceptive, Holly cannot afford to trust those closest to her, including herself. Accidents start to happen, people die, Old Magic is on the hunt, but in the age-old game of cat and mouse, just who is the feline and who is the rodent?

From March until May special e-preview copies are available as follows:

Amazon. com

Amazon.co.uk                                  

Femmewise Cat Part Deux

March is apparently a month of happenings. The next event of note is the publication of the feminist e-zine Femmewise Cat (parts I and II).

J.S.Watts is honoured to have three new poems in part II of Femmewise Cat - Mother Love, Sister Logic and Rambler.

To read these and the many other fine pieces of writing in both parts of Femmewise Cat click here

A print version of the magazine should be available in the next couple of months.