Author Archives: Janis Arnold

George Orwell: 1984

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Janis Arnold

The more things change, the more they stay the same . . . Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr George Orwell wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), a literary political novel, in the nineteen forties. The cautionary tale was published in 1949; its stated purpose was to … Continue reading →

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Shade Island Sunsets

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Janis Arnold

This is an excerpt from my new mystery . . .SHADE ISLAND . . .tell me what you think . . . Macy Rose is looking out the back porch window, watching the sun drop below the horizon, and thinking … Continue reading →

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No Similarities Between the Two of Us

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Janis Arnold

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 San Juan, Puerto Rico: I pushed the down arrow to call the elevator in the Condominio Sol y Mar, a twelve-floor building in the Condado section of San Juan. The top two floors, both called penthouses, had … Continue reading →

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The Visual Storyboard: A Novel Idea!

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Janis Arnold

  Since learning about storyboards from script writers, I have been using this nifty visual format to keep my work alive during the down times when I’m so busy with my day job that my novel’s characters get totally neglected. This … Continue reading →

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James Lee Burke Was Born in Houston, Texas!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Janis Arnold

Currently I’m listening to James Lee Burke’s book Rain Gods for the second time as I commute from San Antonio to Houston to see family and write for my sister’s commercial real estate publication: REDNews.com. No doubt everybody in the … Continue reading →

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