• family,  happy birthday,  my view

    Sweet Birthday Wishes Ma!

    Wishing the best of birthdays today to my Super Cool Mom today. I’m thinking that though a blue box would be pretty neat gift she just may take a sweet blue cake as a 2nd best substitute.

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     And look I even included a little funny. Aren’t I the best daughter ev-ah!! (Shhh don’t answer this is public and that wasn’t a question)

     

    Have the best day Ma, I love you!

     

     

    Love,

    Me and the Gang

     

    Image fm We heart it.

  • authors,  Books

    It’s a Festival and there are Books!

    Happy Friday! I’m a bit bleary eyed from all the writing this week, but it won’t stop me. I will write on! I’m getting towards the end and it’s starting to feel really good. I hope you have a great weekend planned. This Sunday I will be han…ging out with chaptermates from RWA/NYC at the Brooklyn Book Festival and signing print copies of THROUGH THE LENS. The chapter will be out at booth #78 all day and I’ll be there signing from 2-4, rain or shine. Hope to see you there!
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    All the best,
    KMJ
    image from Tin House
  • my view,  Through The Lens,  writing life

    What a Day!

    Yesterday was an amazing day! Like I said to a writer friend on twitter, “I feel like a seat filler at the Oscars.” Just how did I get invited to this party? It was just magical seeing my 1st published book, THROUGH THE LENS climb in the ranks and getting to hang out with all the cool kids. I was totally nerding out. Once again, I can’t thank all my FB, Twitter friends and Crimson Sisters enough for sharing, tweeting and doing what they could to spread the word on the Kindle Daily Deal yesterday. Once again it proved to me just how wonderful and giving the romance community is. I feel so lucky to be a part of it. And I’m so happy to announce that thanks to you all Through The Lens, as if this moment has made it to #1 in Multicultural and Interracial Romance.

     

    Oh and I’m guest blogging today over at my local RWA/NYC chapter blog today with an excerpt from THROUGH THE LENS. Check it out here. Thanks.

     

    I am so grateful and feel truly blessed. Love to you all.

     

     

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    All the best,

    KMJ

  • my view,  Through The Lens,  writing life

    Happy Pub-iversary to me!

    Once again I was sleeping (well, writing in this case) on the job. I went and put a post up on September 3, then went back into my writing cave, letting my characters and my deadline take me away, not even noticing until some old friends (once again, characters) came a knocking by the names of Mika and Ale to tell me that I was forgetting something.

    You see, September 3rd was my 1st anniversary as a published author! Whee and Woo Hooo! I can’t believe it’s been a year already that Through The Lens has been out, but the calendar says it’s so (not to mention my new grey hairs) and the calendar (or Miss Clairol) doesn’t lie. It’s been a roller coaster year of fun and learning and there is still so much more growing I have to do and stories I’d like to write. I can’t thank you all enough for sticking by me on my journey with your kind words and encouragement.

    Cheers to all of you and remember to keep Looking Through The Lens. You never know when you’ll see a brand new view.

    Through The Lens Final Cover

     

    All the best,

    KMJ

  • my view,  writing life

    Hello September

    Good day everyone. With the long weekend over it’s back to classes for the kids and back to work for me. This month it’s grind it out time. Book 3 is waiting!

    Wishing you a Happy September.

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    Cheers to a great one for all of us. For some reason September always feels like my New Year with back to school and all. A time to reflect and hit the restart button. How about you?

     

    All the best,

    KMJ

  • family,  my view

    Top Of The World…

    Ma…

    Well in this pic I’m the Ma. It’s a panoramic shot taking from the rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art this past weekend by my DD. Can you spot me in the pic? What a lovely day with my DD before she heads back to college next week. Hoping to keep this Top of the world feeling  for as long as possible and passing it on to you.

     

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    All the best,
    KMJ