It’s 1982 and Mabel, Tabby and Hugh are on the trail of another long lost treasure but this time it’s in the desert of a country called Jordan in an ancient place called Petra. Mabel, Tabby and Hugh have joined an archeological school and along the way they meet a nomadic Beduoin boy who joins them in their adventure […]
Five rounds of changes and feedback and I think we have a new cover. Only the trucker cap with the Union Jack remains of the old Mabel. Mabel Hartley gets a makeover as she changes her hair, her clothes and her personality to be rid of the terrible secret that threatens to destroy everyone she loves. Find out […]
It is such a rush to see the first idea for the cover of a story come together in collaboration with my favorite artist Donna Murillo. We started this morning and I feel euphoric. It’s one thing to spend years researching a story, months writing it, and several more months to create a draft worthy […]
With feedback on my third story coming in from different readers this last month I feel like I’ve been in the swamp with Mabel Hartley. Reading through the text and polishing it is a dirty business because it means doing a rewrite on almost half the story, which also means making sure the new writing […]
I was so thrilled yesterday to open an email and find one of my readers for my third story had sent me a review. I am going to share it with you so you can get a taste of what is to come! “Jane Reddington has written an engaging tail of a young girl on an adventure. […]
I think there comes a time in the life of every author when a shift happens. For me it’s been very long in the game, eight years after the initial conception of the first idea I had about a girl called Mabel Hartley, who couldn’t help breaking a few rules in her quest to find treasure. […]
I think it’s really about process. At the very beginning there is a notion. Like for this book, The Crusader’s Hoard, I knew I wanted to go to Petra, Jordan with my characters. Then came the research and building the plot and all the reading about the history of the area. After that I narrowed it down […]
I usually feel like I want to throw up, then I get a bit of a rush in my head, I can feel my breathing speed up and that’s when I do it. I hit the send button on my computer and send my story out to a beta-reader who will give me the first […]
Finally, after many weeks of wading through the back to school process, of completing a 10 km run this weekend and feeling pretty empty lately, I have emerged from my cocoon and found Mabel where I left her in June. On a really great adventure!!! This morning I read the first 60 pages of the […]
J.E. Reddington 