Handful of Dirt (sequel series to Ruins) and Other News

Despite a pandemic, a move, and a hip replacement, my newest book, Handful of Dirt, is finally available in ebook and print formats. Currently, there is a minor glitch on the cover of the print version so either be patient until that can be corrected or suffer the glaring typo (LOL). Or just order the print version.

Handful of Dirt has characters from my Ruins series but is written in a different genre–paranormal, murder mystery. It also represents a move to a new publisher, Per Bastet Publishing, after Museitup Publishing closed its doors in the summer. Per Bastet will be picking up my back catalog and will be re-releasing my books one at a time over the coming months. I’m also awaiting a multi-book contract from another publisher for a time warp series. In addition, I have written the first book in a paranormal cozy series and am plodding away on the second book.

Handful of Dirt Cover Fixed Immediately

All issues with the cover of Handful of Dirt were fixed immediately after I posted about its release. You can get digital versions (Kindle) or paperback copies on Amazon.

Since we are opening up a bit in our battle with COVID, I should be out and about later in the year to do conventions and signings. I can’t wait.

Book 3 of Time Warp Series Submitted

I submitted book 3 of my time warp series to Seventh Star Press. I signed a four-book contract with them. They already have Nabaril Immersion and Nabaril Acculturation, and now have Nabaril Integration. Book 4 will take a bit to strategize, research, plot, and write. It will be out late next year.

I should be starting edits for Nabaril Immersion very soon. I’ll keep you posted.

Long-Awaited Ruins Legacy Out in Digital Format

It took me half a decade to get this one finished but the story kept evolving.  Sometimes you just can’t let your characters take over, but, in this case, they crafted a better book than the one I intended.

Blurb

Kate Ferguson’s life is crumbling around her as she is shoved out of her ten-year-old son’s life as he prepares for his testing to be the next shaman. Relegated to babysitting a pregnant woman she doesn’t even know in an unfamiliar place, she is bombarded by her son’s growing abilities and her own, dark secrets, strange revelations, spiritual trials, and an intriguing female ranch hand who challenges everything she knows.

Buy Links

MuseItUp Publishing (You can get all formats here in one download.):

https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/now-available-in-ebook/ruins-legacy-detail

 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ruins-Legacy-Janie-Franz-ebook/dp/B07DKQJGVY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1541041204&sr=8-4&keywords=ruins+legacy

 

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ruins-legacy-janie-franz/1128841982?ean=2940155562153

 

If you live in Australia, you can get the book at Angus & Robertson:

https://www.angusrobertson.com.au/ebooks/ruins-legacy-janie-franz/p/9781773920139

 

The Bowdancer Saga in Print

 

At long last, The Bowdancer Saga is in print! The first three books of the Bowdancer series are under ONE print cover. Read how the series begins with The Bowdancer, The Wayfarer’s Road, and Warrior Women.

Available at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bowdancer-Saga-Janie-Franz/dp/1771278463/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1476468125&sr=1-1&keywords=Janie+Franz

Before Christmas, it will be available at the MuseItUp Publishing online bookstore.

Holiday Special: Bowdancer Saga Bundle for $2.99

 

HOLIDAY SPECIAL

 NOV 28, 2014

FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY

$2.99

As a special holiday treat, The Bowdancer Saga will be available in a single package for one low price. Just in time for holiday gift-giving, you can download The Bowdancer, The Wayfarer’s Road, and Warrior Women, in one bundle. Normally, all three books would cost $12.50. But for two short weeks right after the Thanksgiving holiday, you can get all three books for $2.99.

The holiday Bowdancer Sage bundle will be available at Amazon and other ebooksellers on Nov 28.

You can lock in  your order now by going directly to MuseItUp Publishing here:

https://museituppublishing.com/bookstore/index.php/bundles/the-bowdancer-saga-detail

Get the first three books in this exciting six part series today.

 

Refrain Placed #6 in Preditors & Editors Readers Poll

We are happy to announce that Refrain, the second book of The Lost Song trilogy (and book # 5 of the Bowdancer Saga) placed #6 in the 2014 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll

COMING SOON:  The reissue of The Bowdancer will be available Feb 27 from MuseItUp Publishing.

 

Welcome to the Worlds of Author Janie Franz

Welcome.

Feel free to explore these pages to find news about  Janie Franz, her books, and her characters—strong, intelligent, and empowered women.

Her flagship series, The Bowdancer Saga, continues under the publishing roof of MuseItUp Publishing.

Coda, book 6 of the Saga and the last book of The Lost Song Trilogy, will be released in November 2013.

And the first three books that began it all–The Bowdancer, The Wayfarer’s Road, and Warrior Women–will be re-released in 2014.

Read the origins of this unusual fantasy series that delves into herbal lore (culinary and healing), spirituality, chants and dance, and the human need for connection and belonging.