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For 14 years I have had the amazing job of editing and publishing bestselling and award-winning novels written by my husband, J. Robert Whittle and, from 2008, co-authored by yours truly. Initially, I began as Robert’s editor and was the person who kept the office and the websites in order. He would say that I also organized his life! My part in this success story is huge (I admit modestly), but I also have another life as you will here discover! Note: The books above are those I have authored/co-authored, my husband also has 7 other novels on our main website.

Besides ‘keeping the home fires burning,’ as my parents and grandparents used to say, I try to keep contact with our international (Canada, England and Australia) blended family of four children, many grandchildren and four great-grands. Sadly, only one of these families live in the Victoria area so we only have one little grandson to spoil! I also love my hobbies and have been trying to fit them in a bit more lately … photography, digital scrapbooking and genealogy (using Facebook to find our worldwide family).

  With all this going on, it’s sometimes difficult for me to remember I have a business to run and, for me, this would be editing, publishing and marketing Robert’s and my 12 amazingly popular books which remain my focus and will for some years to come. Many of our novels are set in the area where we live – Victoria, BC and the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Robert still sells the books at the Bastion Square Summer Market (outdoor in the centre of town) and I am still publishing, producing and looking after the websites, although not with such urgency now (don’t tell Robert I said this!!) Clicking on the bookcovers above will take you to each book on our main website.

Our bestselling and award-winning novels are the product of my husband J. Robert Whittle’s amazing imagination and natural talent which we fortunately discovered in 1995. The books are available through our website, craft shows and craft markets in BC, Canada. Our books are also found in select bookstores in Victoria, BC and Vancouver Island and by phoning us (see contact page).

To find out more about us, how I met Robert (his Bio) and why we do what we do, read both our biographies. Mine is on the ‘Joyce’ tab above. When I published the first of our books in Dec. 1998, weren’t we surprised when people wanted more and put Robert under such pressure , I had to produce a book every year for 9 years! Who was the one under pressure eh!

Thanks to the loyalty of our countless thousands of devoted fans who ask us regularly if we will continue a series or write a sequel to our single novels. Sorry, they are all complete … and we can’t promise if there will be a new book but we’re working on it. In the meantime, our books are all on ebooks! We’ve come an incredible distance in the publishing industry for two amateur ‘oldies’ and we’re not quite ready to quit yet!

Lastly, to answer a couple of your questions … this is a WordPress Blog using iThemes Flexx.  As the webmaster of our various websites for almost 20 years, I’ve seen programs come and go. I’m self-taught but now needing something a little easier to learn and iThemes Builder has made it so much easier for everyone. Getting to learn all these new web tools has been fun but still a challenge for this now senior citizen … so have patience with me, I work slowly!! Thanks for your kind comments and your support. If I can do this, anyone can!!!