Jannie Balliett
is a published author, freelance writer, editor, advice columnist, and founder of an Online writers workshop, teaching the novice, intermediate, and advanced writer.
She is a member of Sisters In Crime Internet Chapter, The Short Mystery Fiction Society, Brazos Writers Group, and other writer affiliations.
Jannie is currently writing a paranormal crime thriller,
LEAVE A WHISPER, which she intends to make into a series. She's written a childrens book, THE TAIL THAT WAGGED THE DOG, about her grandson and his Boxer dog, Rocky, that teaches children it's okay to be different. A series is planned
for Rocky and his adventures, with a lesson and moral in each story.
Her work of short stories, poetry, and flash fiction, is published in The
Writers Post Journal magazine, and Whim's Place first anthology of flash stories, ON A WHIM, that will be available at
Barnes & Nobles and Amazon sometime in 2008. She has revised and updated
a novel, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH, which she began writing seventeen years ago, and has on the back burner for future resurrection.
She writes thrillers: paranormal crime and paranormal
mysteries. She also writes short stories. Poetry is just for her personal pleasure, although published-- and some of her poetry is dark and written especially for her novel LEAVE A WHISPER.
She is chief editor
for her editorial service, A1 Editorial Service, helping other writers prepare their works for submission. She specializes
for the self-published writer. (Her original editorial
service, Balliett Editorial Service is being phased out to A1 Editorial Service soon.)
She
is also an expert in the writing books category on (profile) AllExperts.com as well as the Boxer breed category (profile) at AllExperts.com.
She's a transplanted Texan, has raised three grown Texans, and recently lost her oldest daughter on September 12, 2007, in a horrific and tragic car accident. She wrote a poem dedicated to her daughter. She lost a step-son in 2002, and wrote a dedicated poem that is published in the Writers Post Journal magazine. She has six grandchildren, ( and one grown step-grandson, making
it seven ) and two great-granddaughters. She lives in the Dallas area with her female Boxer, Roxxie, who always listens without
interrupting, never talks back, and critiques her work honestly, fairly, and better than anyone. She's lived in East Texas
for thirty years and moved to Austin, Texas where she lived for three years, and misses Austin. She plans to move back to
a Central Texas town near Austin and family soon.
Please consider a donation to help her obtain a literary agent and aid in publishing her novel, "Leave
A Whisper." All donations are appreciated to further her quest, and will be rewarded with acknowledgment in her novel(s).
