Welcome to Jane Dougherty’s site. You will find posts about writing in general, my writing in particular, and random notes about where I live, and my animals and other family.
Thanks for dropping in.
As of October 27 2020 my first chapbook of poetry thicker than water is available from most Amazon sites. My second poetry collection, birds and other feathers, followed on November 27 2020.
Congratulations, you have been nominated for a Liebster Award! Details here: http://deprifun.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/liebster-award/
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Hi Jane,
I stumbled onto your blog following links from The Truth You Always Knew. You said your youngest asked the question, what came before the Big Bang. The answer to that is something I’m exploring in my own blog, Steve’s Pen at WordPress.com. Maybe you’d like to visit. I’ll be following you from now on.
Thanks Steve, I’ll have a look. It’s a question that I find fascinating, but the theories do my brain in!
I made it Jane, lovely to be here and as I am a space nutter I can see this will be interesting. 🙂 Thanks for following my blog too.
Love your beautiful pictures, Jane!
It’s a cheap way of being an art collector!
Hi Jane – thanks for the comment on my latest writing post. I find the web in general and wordpress in particular to be a great solace, where else in past times did writers have such a massive support group and people to test their ideas on.
I think we wear our fortunes too lightly.
It’s very strange, but I feel I actually like some of the people in the blogosphere I have never met better than most ‘real’ people I know. Something to do with shared interests maybe?
No-one can fake emotion in writing, as hard as they may try. The goodness of people shine through.
That’s worth quoting, James. You must have great faith in human nature. I immediately thought of poets like Hardy who by all accounts was impossible to live with, like Dickens, and Yeats who was a crypto-fascist though he probably wasn’t aware of it. But who are we to judge someone’s nature by the way they behave in a public way or in a single instance?
I do SO love your book trailers, how on earth do you do them? Clever lady! Anyway sweetie, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award, very well deserved! 😀
Thank you, Sophie, I’m very flattered you have thought of me. I think I’m going to be like you though and sit on it for a while before accepting it. I am absolutely snowed under with editing at the moment, as well as trying to get my first book finally out of the door.
If you want to have a go at book trailers have a look at Animoto. It’s the most foolproof site I’ve found. Since you can provide the graphics, all you have to do is find some appropriate music, write a bit of text, and Bob’s your uncle.
Thank you for following; your site is going to be an enjoyable read. Ann
Thanks Ann. I’m enjoying reading poetry on blogs, yours being one of them.
Thank you. Ann
What a page rich with art. Fantastic 🙂
Thanks. It’s due for an update soon. Maybe when the book’s released.
Jane, I love your blog. I’m very new to all of this and a bit overwhelmed, but willing to learn. I wouldn’t have found you if it weren’t for marsocial.com.
Glad you found it! You’ll get the hang of blogging very quickly. It’s the organisation of it that takes the time initially, but once you’ve got the different sections going, you just write.
Hi Jane, I’m really pleased to say that your poem, ‘Time Was’, has won the mini monthly writing competition on my blog for August. And well deserved too – I loved the imagery that you created with this piece!
As winner I would now like to invite you to set the writing prompt for September’s competition. This can be anything, from a general theme to a specific brief, and I would be grateful if you could email this to me at elizfrat@hotmail.co.uk . Thank you again for taking part this month and I enjoy your work 🙂
I don’t know what to say, except that I am very pleased and very flattered (I’m blushing wildly here) that people enjoyed my poem. Thank you, Elizabeth for your generosity in using your blog to promote other writers’ work.
It is my pleasure and I love reading all the entries that come in. I appreciate each and every entry and so far the quality of submissions has been really strong. Thank you for setting the next writing prompt and for taking part in what I’m trying to do. All the best and keep up the good work! 🙂
So enjoying your blog and posts and the videos too…hope all is well. Sorry I have been remiss in visiting so often; I am finding it hard to type and sit for long and have been neglecting my blog too though I have stuff scheduled there. I will try and visit more often as I cannot give in and give up. Good luck with everything and much success which you deserve. Thanks for visiting my author pages – appreciated. 🙂
Sorry to hear you’re having problems. I haven’t been as assiduous as I ought either. Revising and editing has been getting in the way of reading and blogging. Thanks for the good wishes—I hope to be able to announce a(nother) release date for Dark Citadel soon.
I’ve got a bit lost. I was trying to find your latest post and ended up on this page. There are quite a lot of pages on this site, but I have to say, however I arrived here, and whether this is the latest page or not, these pictures are gorgeous. Did you do them? If you did, stop making those sandwiches immediately and do some more. They really are striking
I just added another gallery of ‘portraits’ of my characters, and a book trailer. I’m glad you like the pictures. I didn’t either paint or photograph any of them, just borrowed them because they suit the characters or the settings in the book. I’ll get another set together maybe next weekend when the book comes out.
Very best of luck with your book. Keep me posted. I’ve got one at the publishers now so I understand the nerves and excitement aspect
Thanks Peter. I’ll send up a flare or something on Friday. You have rather longer to bite your nails to the quick, if I remember rightly. Good luck to you too.
Thanks Peter! Do you have the links to your book yet? You need to make a bit of a splash; you have a lot of followers who will want to support you.
Sounds a really good read and full of fantasy and I am sure Laura will read it. I am her Mum and also a writer and enjoy a good novel. Good luck in your writing and I certainly enjoyed the bookish banter with Laura Crean.
Thank you, Frances. I enjoyed doing Laura’s very chatty interview. She might well read The Dark Citadel when she gets the time, but we all have so many obligations in the way of reading other people’s work that I don’t expect it to be for a while. Best wishes and hope your own writing projects are bearing fruit.
Thank you so much for sharing
It was a pleasure to create, Gede. Thanks for dropping in.
Thanks for dropping by my crazy un paid blog.
These are some strange pictures, but beautifully strange.
Thanks for returning the visit, Charly. Strange often is beautiful. Glad you approve.
Don´t thank me, as I always say I don´t return to a place that I don´t like what it has. So thank you for showing me your blog.
Where is my head? You´re the one who nominated me, how the hell did that happen?
I surely appreciate it but I don´t know how the process work or how you found that story. I´m just curious, thanks again.
Stay Frosty.
Kendall and I read hundreds of blogs before we made a long short list to discuss together. When you put your mind to trawling through WordPress you can unearth some gems 🙂
Thanks for unearthing me
Every time I visit I think what a fab page and so interesting too….makes me smile 🙂
Thanks for dropping in! I’m afraid I’m one of those people who never finds the time to go out, but the door is always open for anyone who wants to call.
Me too. Terrible pair. If I do venture out I can never decide where to go first. Endless choices lol. Glad you were in when I called. 🙂
Can’t go out. It’s pouring again!
Loving your stuff.
Thanks. I’m trying to get back into blogging mode. Life is conspiring against it though.
It always does. I was on hiatus too.
Fight back
I’m fighting. Got a few poems to post 🙂
So glad you visited my blog – yours looks really interesting! Lovely to meet you. TDx
Thanks for returning the visit. My blog is a bit of a mess. I ought to try and tidy it up a bit but it’s too daunting a task 🙂
Thank you so much for visiting and following my blog. Looking forward to reading your posts and your book, which sounds rather cool. Reminds me to get back into picking away at my scattered drafts now that I’ve finished procrastinating with this year’s NaPoWriMo. But first I think I’ll procrastinate a little longer with a new tale set in Providence … 😉
Your blog was a real find. I love Italian and though I read it well enough I’d never dare write in it except for very short things. I’m more comfortable with French.
What is your book about? If you ever do take a stroll through Providence let me know how you find it—I’d love to know!
I’m currently trying to download your book but having difficulty from the Italian end, as usual! Sometimes to download songs and books from sites ‘not available in my country’ I need to to a bit of re-routing to pretend I’m not really here 😉 I shall persevere and let you know…
I must confess, my book is…books…I have 9 works on the boil (poetry, short stories, non fiction), 2 first drafts (YA and Spec Fic) finished, research for others, and…well, I’m an edit-phobe. Plucking away at the structure one of them, however!
We almost plumped for Italy but decided it might be a bit too chaotic for us, and came to France instead. I still regret Rome though. Know how you feel about being submerged by draughts. The Green Woman series is finished, or it will be when I get the last edits back, but I have another YA spec fic story in draught plus the first part of a pretty odd historical fantasy and two collections of short stories. The poetry is just for fun. Give us a shout out when the draught is all in the right order 🙂
I hope you manage to get Amazon to work. There have been glitches all along the line this time around.
Hello Jane — Thanks for stopping by my blog and reading one of my stories. I’ve been browsing through your blog and find it fascinating. I will be following you. Have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you Lori! This blog is getting like a lumber room. I don’t know where things are any more! Good luck with the story writing, I’ll be back for more, and enjoy what’s left of the weekend.
Nice reading about you
Thanks for visiting my blog. Be in touch. Browse through the category sections, I feel you may find something of your interest.
Please visit my new blog, hope you like it 🙂
http://ajaytaobotanicalblog.wordpress.com/
thank you so much dear 🙂
I have nominated your beautiful blog for a Liebster Award. To accept the nomination, follow the link below and follow the post’s prompts.
http://peterbouchier.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/liebster-award/
That’s lovely of you Peter but I’ve already had the Leibster Award. I ought to have left the button on my blog but I lost it when I changed the theme and created a home page. Thanks for thinking of me though.
Love the trailers! It is my kind of literature 🙂
Short, sweet, and with music 🙂
Yes, the music adds to the drama:) And the images are brilliant. Cannot wait to get the book, I love the YA fiction being a YA myself in my heart 🙂
Obviously I’m thrilled you even say you’d like to read it! I do hope you enjoy it 🙂
Now I am finishing one, and then will check out your book. Cannot wait! 🙂 Is it on Kindle?
Now that is a very good question. If potential readers can’t see how to get hold of a copy I really need to do something about organizing this blog! It is on Kindle. I’m on the point of changing the cover and will post the new one today. I’ll make sure I put the purchase link on the post. Thanks for pointing it out 🙂
No worries, it is not because your page is badly organized 🙂 I am trying to interact with every person I am following, and sure I am missing a lot, but what can I do! The link would be very helpful though 🙂
I put the links on the new cover post. I ought to put them on the home page though, it’s stupid not to. I’ll get onto it.
Thanks! 🙂
Got the Dark citadel, probably will start reading next monday (have another book to finish). Thanks!:)
Ah that’s great of you! I do hope you enjoy it 🙂
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Jane, Your Trailers are magnificent! No wonder Patty loves your works with her Dark poetry & her youth fantasy novels! Best wishes with your great success & a bright future as an author! Phil from excuseusforliving.com
Thank you, Philip. Success is always just around the corner, but I’ll catch up with it one day 🙂
Just ordered my Kindle copy of The Dark Citadel. I hope to begin reading this weekend. Can’t wait!
Best news this morning 🙂 I do hope you enjoy it!
Am just delighted reading through ….someday mayhaps we shall meet and I shall make you the finest cup of chai ❤❤
Sometimes I try to imagine meet-ups with virtual friends. It was easy when I only had one or two. Now there are so many people I am sure I would love to spend time with, the intimate cup of tea has turned into the kind of party I’d need to hire a marquee and a band for. Then it wouldn’t be intimate. Not everyone would get on. Could be disastrous. Back to individual meet-ups again maybe 🙂
Am to be found skulking in the shadows…i’ll sip my cup from afar whilst the music plays 😄
I’ll wave to you from the shadows on the other side of the marquee 🙂
Love being a virtual friend to you and many others. 🙂
You’d be on my guest list, Jane. I might even put you in charge of the play list. As long as we can have some Barry White 🙂
LOL oh, all right then….if we can have some metal or rock too….
I don’t mind Eric Clapton and Free (schooldays) but that’s as far back as I go. None of that long-haired hippie stuff and psychedelia please!
Blast I shall have to bring along my Doris Day, Howard Keel, Mario Lanza records….lol
Hmmmmm.
Amazing! I guess, I am an armature lol
I wouldn’t say that! You’ve written a fair few books yourself 🙂
My drawings for my children’s book look generic compared to yours.. I haven’t drawn in years.. I had my children’s story but no money for an illustrator. 😉
Which drawings did you mean? They weren’t mine so don’t give me the credit. I borrow a lot of Pre-Raphaelite stuff because they suit the mood of what I write.
OHooo lol. Kewl.. I thought you did all the drawings.. 🙂
Hi Jane – I just wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. There is a special tab on my blog for it. I don’t know if you do these or not (my first, probably last time) but I have a link there that will bring readers to your blog.
Thank you, Laine! I have a policy of not accepting blog awards because of all the hard slog of nominating and linking so many other bloggers. Lazy I know, but it takes me forever. But it’s churlish not to acknowledge such a generous gesture—you took the trouble to do all that linking business after all! So I’ll do a post with my diluted version. Thanks again 🙂
Thanks Jane. That’s not necessary. I wanted to publicize the authors I actually read most on WordPress, but it was very difficult to pick only 15, and as you say – a lot of work. I now have my own policy too lol 🙂
Done it, Laine! It’s a way of promoting other authors so I’ve done it gladly. Though it does take a hell of a long time!
Yes… that is very kind of you though – thank you 🙂
Thank you for dropping by to have a read!
I simply LOVE ALL of your book covers! The art and design are fantastic. And The Dark Citadel has officially gone on my Amazon Wish list for the holidays. It’s been such a pleasure following your blog and it is one of my favorites.
What a lovely comment! Thank you, Marcy for your encouragement. I’m so pleased you like the covers. They’re simple because I don’t have fancy software, but I hoped they were effective. And thanks for saying you’d like to read The Dark Citadel. If you do, I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you for the follow, Jane. I look forward to reading your work.
I’ve been looking around your site and you write very impressive poetry. You’ve been too places I haven’t, thank goodness, and I admire you for being able to take your words there with you.
nice pictures
Thank you! My own personal art gallery 🙂
Loving the photos and the video too. Thanks for popping into my author blog too. If you read the CF article let me know your thoughts – CF appreciate seeing the comments there….they’ll keep me on LOL xx Hoping all is going well and this week is a fab one xx
Thanks Jane 🙂 Been and commented.
Thanks so much appreciated. You have been so busy I see…trying to catch up with all your posts when I can. Enjoy them no end…if only there were more hours in a day – we all cry!
There is nowhere near enough time to keep up with blogs and twitter, and get the writing done! Thanks for dropping in 🙂
You seem to manage really well. I muddle through. 🙂
The writing gets done in general, but it’s the house and everything else that gets into a muddle 🙂
Tell me about it – such a distraction!
Appreciated Jane. 🙂 Enjoy your day.
Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I just purchased one of your books on Amazon, Grá mo Chroí: Love Stories from Irish Myth. Looking forward to reading it!
Thanks you, Cheryl! Much appreciated, and I hope you enjoy the stories 🙂
Started reading ‘Beyond the Realm of Night’ and felt really sad about what happened to Jonah. It’s not often this happens to me so your writing is really good. Will you be continuing Jonah’s life in the shadows in a separate story?
I’m glad Jonah’s story moved you, Lev. I hope you’ll find he gets a sort of closure in the final volume. He doesn’t really have a life as such any more, just a memory, so for me, his story is over. I have written his backstory though; it’s one of the stories included in In the Beginning and tells his story before he meets up with Deborah and how he sees his role in the scheme of things.
I am sorry to hear that his story is over in the final volume. Because he and the pups entered the shadows at location 1390 of the final volume as sentient beings or spirits (?), I assumed that he still had a role to play. Or was he with Deborah in spirit until the end?
It’s one of the ideas in the story, that memory and reality are not easily disentangled. And the door between life and death isn’t permanently closed. Jonah is still present, even though his body is dead, and he stays with Deborah forever. I’m writing a follow on series set a few years after the end of The Green Woman, and Jonah is still very much in her thoughts.
Thanks for explaining Jane. And good luck with your writing. It’s reading books like yours that enable me to get through a dark period of my life.
The book trailer is awesome! 🙂 🙂
Thank you! They’re fun to do as long as you can find the right music royalty free. That can be difficult.
I agree. I haven’t had to look up royalty free pictures for a while and they were becoming a chore to find.
I try to stick to paintings. There’s a whole stock of those. Modern stuff and photos are more problematic.
Oh. Something I had no idea about. Thanks for the tip.
If you look on wikipedia commons you’ll find masses of stuff that’s royalty free.
I had but some of it is watermarked and that’s another confusion. I don’t want to break any rules. I had generally checked whether such and such is allowed for copying but it takes time. Thank you for your suggestion. ❤
Great post
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Thank you for calling by. I did look at your blog thank you !
Hi there, really enjoy your writing and thought you might enjoy a Free Style writing challenge… Check it out on my blog http://wordessence.org/2015/05/10/freestyle-writing-challenge/
Thank you! I’ll take a look 🙂
Thanks for following The immortal Jukebox Jane. I hope you will much to entertain you (and comment on!). i look forward to exploration of your blog. Regards Thom.
You’re very welcome, Thom. I don’t spend nearly as much time as I’d like reading other blogs. Enjoyed the post on Bryan Ferry. I’m a fan too.
Thanks very much. Thom
Fabulous collection of images, Jane. Love them.
Thanks Jean 🙂 I have so many pictures on this blog now I’m waiting for WP to tell me I’ve had my quota.
Beautiful new look to your blog, Jane! Loving it!
Glad you like it. The black background was good for setting off pictures but not so good for reading.
I know… that’s why I changed mine too.
You have a nice blog jane, i love it!
Thank you! Jane Dougherty https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/ The Green Woman
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The trailers are beautiful. Will go over to Amazon now!!!!!