Photo by: Tim Otto/San Diego
Welcome to my online press kit.
You will find the following information below:
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Author Bio |
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Romance Genre Fact Sheet |
And...links to:
Living the Romantic Life Interview
Press Release for Forever Rose 3/00
Press Release for Bachelor for Sale 9/98
Author Bio
JANET WELLINGTON
PO BOX 354
Florence, OR 97439
Background:
Janet has always spent her spare time with books. As a child, she read her way through her local library in Loves Park, Illinois, and in her youth she kept diaries and journals, and wrote poetry and short stories. In her high school years, she was encouraged and influenced by her creative writing teachers.
The writing bug still nibbling away, several years ago she began investigating the romance genre and discovered it was pretty friendly to first-time authors. She continued her research and took a seminar through the Learning Annex taught by author Diane Pershing, called "How to Write A Romance Novel." Another seminar followed, called "The Building Blocks of Romance Writing," presented by the San Diego chapter of Romance Writers of America. Soon she joined the national organization of Romance Writers of America plus its San Diego and Orange County chapters. Then the real education began…
Attending two meetings a month plus national and regional conferences, Janet began to believe her dream of publishing might indeed come true.
Writing Credits include:
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| Dreamquest, Dorchester Publishing, Love Spell, Time Travel Romance, May 2004 |
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| Forever Rose, Berkley Jove Time
Passages, Time Travel Historical Romance, March 2000; 2001 PRISM finalist |
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| Sweet On You, Kensington Precious Gem Romance,
October 1999; reprinted in hard cover Large Print edition with Thorndike Press
2006 1999 Winner in the romance category for the San Diego Book Awards |
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| Bachelor For Sale, Kensington Precious Gem Romance #158; first novel, September 1998; reprinted in hard cover Large Print edition with Thorndike Press 2006 |
How Does Your Garden Grow
/A Video Guide to Successful Gardening. Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-81790-X [edited script and wrote accompanying guidebook for this 1994 Cindy award-winner]Articles for:
Olde San Diego Gazette
Marquee Entertainment Newspaper
Romantically Speaking newsletter
The Orange Blossom newsletter
The Nutrition Journal
We Care Child Care newsletter
Grand prize winner
of the Day-Timer Planner essay contest for their 1997 50th Anniversary Contest [received all-expense paid trip to London]Honorable Mention
1998 Writer’s Digest Writing Competition in the Feature Article Category (#31 of 1000 entries).Awards:
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| Barbara Faith Award 2001 (San Diego RWA) |
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| San Diego Book Award finalist 2000 (Forever Rose) |
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| Prism Finalist 2000 (Forever Rose) |
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| San Diego Book Award 1999 Romance category (Sweet on You) |
Presentations:
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| Pitch Perfect: How to Survive an Editor/Agent Appointment (7/03, 7/04, 7/05 RWA National Conferences; 4/06 San Diego Spring Into Romance Conference; 6/07 Silicon Valley RWA) | ||
| Word Play (4/06 San Diego Spring Into Romance Conference) | ||
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| How to Write a Love Letter: Putting Love on the Page (2/4/02, San Diego Downtown Information Center) | ||
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| How to Prepare for and Deal With the Media (With Ann Collins, 1/26/02 San Diego RWA) | ||
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| Do-It-Yourself Press Kits (7/01 RWA National Conference) | ||
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| Clutter Control-Keeping the Writer and the Writing Organized (11/11/00 Orange County RWA; 5/07 San Diego RWA) | ||
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| Using a Five Year Plan (part of panel presenting "Surviving the Dry Spells,10/16/99 San Diego RWA) | ||
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| Press Kits Demystified (9/99 San Diego RWA) |
Workshops:
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| How to Write A Romance (3/16/00, 3/18/00, 3/19/00, 7/13/00) |
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| So, You’ve Always Wanted to Write a Book.....Now What? (4/1/00, 5/12/00, 5/24/00) |
Learning Annex Classes
How to Write Romance Novels that Sell (10/14/00, 2/26/00, 11/6/99)
Invited appearances
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| Panel, Romance Reading Group, Barnes and Noble, San Diego, CA (8/8/02) |
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| Gloria Deloney Show, KCBQ radio (2/3/02) |
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| World's Largest Writing Workshop (10/4/01) |
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| On-line Oprah Book Club "Endless Romance" chat (6/26/00) |
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| Panel, Los Angeles Romance Authors "Day of Romance," Beverly Hills, CA (6/17/00) |
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| "The Lounge" show with Dirk Sutro; KPBS radio (5/7/00) |
Romance-Fiction Fact Sheet
Romance Industry Stats and Information for the media is available at:
www.rwanational.com
Over half of Adult Popular Fiction Paperbacks are
ROMANCES!
Who reads romance novels?
| An estimated 51.1 million women in North America read romance novels. |
| Romance readers range in age from 15-105. |
| 63% of romance readers attended or graduated from college. |
| 55% of romance readers work outside the home and maintain an average annual household income of $45,300. |
| 48% of romance readers began reading romances when they were 17 or younger. |
| Women with full-time, executive-level jobs report reading an average of 14 romances per month. |