Janice Deal
@janicemdeal.bsky.social
Author of two novels and two short-story collections. My latest novel, "The Blue Door," published by @newdoorbooks.bsky.social, is available at your retailer of choice or here: https://www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
Warm thanks to walk · listen · create for hosting a conversation between myself and author Sharon White, and to Ann de Forest for moderating our confab for the Walking America platform! Tune in here:
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Walking America 5 – Janice Deal, Sharon White hosted by Ann de Forest
Video recording of a Walking America event. There are two basic plots in literature, the late John Gardner once suggested – somebody goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town. In two new novels, a...
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May 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Warm thanks to walk · listen · create for hosting a conversation between myself and author Sharon White, and to Ann de Forest for moderating our confab for the Walking America platform! Tune in here:
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Can't wait!
Award-winning author @janicemdeal.bsky.social comes to #Philly next week for 3 events.
Main Line folks, this one's for you: Main Point Books, 6:30, May 15, with @elisejuska.bsky.social, whose REUNION is just out in paperback.
Details here:
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#fiction #booklover
Main Line folks, this one's for you: Main Point Books, 6:30, May 15, with @elisejuska.bsky.social, whose REUNION is just out in paperback.
Details here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/janice-dea...
#fiction #booklover
May 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Can't wait!
So excited!
Coming Wed. eve: @janicemdeal.bsky.social with Kate Brandes at Head House Books!
Says BOOKLIST: "An engaging, briskly told tale of self-discovery, mother-daughter dynamics, and the complicated bonds of unsettling personal truths."
Info:
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#booksigning #novel
Says BOOKLIST: "An engaging, briskly told tale of self-discovery, mother-daughter dynamics, and the complicated bonds of unsettling personal truths."
Info:
www.headhousebooks.com/event/evenin...
#booksigning #novel
May 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
So excited!
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Celebrated Chicago author @janicemdeal.bsky.social returns to Philly for 3 events next week:
www.newdoorbooks.net/post/events-...
Her new novel THE BLUE DOOR is about a mother and daughter - a great gift for Mom.
#fiction #booksigning #novel
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Her new novel THE BLUE DOOR is about a mother and daughter - a great gift for Mom.
#fiction #booksigning #novel
May 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Celebrated Chicago author @janicemdeal.bsky.social returns to Philly for 3 events next week:
www.newdoorbooks.net/post/events-...
Her new novel THE BLUE DOOR is about a mother and daughter - a great gift for Mom.
#fiction #booksigning #novel
www.newdoorbooks.net/post/events-...
Her new novel THE BLUE DOOR is about a mother and daughter - a great gift for Mom.
#fiction #booksigning #novel
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A huge crowd of 53 turned out for the launch of THE BLUE DOOR by @janicemdeal.bsky.social.
Chicago-area folks, there's another book signing tonight in Barbara's Bookstore, Yorktown Center, where Jan will be joined by Kathy Bergen:
barbarasbookstore.com/event/2025-0...
#novel #indieauthor
Chicago-area folks, there's another book signing tonight in Barbara's Bookstore, Yorktown Center, where Jan will be joined by Kathy Bergen:
barbarasbookstore.com/event/2025-0...
#novel #indieauthor
April 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A huge crowd of 53 turned out for the launch of THE BLUE DOOR by @janicemdeal.bsky.social.
Chicago-area folks, there's another book signing tonight in Barbara's Bookstore, Yorktown Center, where Jan will be joined by Kathy Bergen:
barbarasbookstore.com/event/2025-0...
#novel #indieauthor
Chicago-area folks, there's another book signing tonight in Barbara's Bookstore, Yorktown Center, where Jan will be joined by Kathy Bergen:
barbarasbookstore.com/event/2025-0...
#novel #indieauthor
Overjoyed to share @marywizchicago.bsky.social's thoughtful review of my novel “The Blue Door.” She describes the book as “a slim and lovely novel, quiet and moving.” Grateful!
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Book Review: “The Blue Door” by Janice Deal
Flo is an eccentric, living somewhere in the suburban Southwest with four cats and a dog called “Dog.” There is something temporary about Flo—the heroine of Janice Deal’s new novel, “The Blue Door”—so...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Overjoyed to share @marywizchicago.bsky.social's thoughtful review of my novel “The Blue Door.” She describes the book as “a slim and lovely novel, quiet and moving.” Grateful!
lit.newcity.com/2025/04/21/s... #BookReview #BookLaunch #Fiction #Literature
lit.newcity.com/2025/04/21/s... #BookReview #BookLaunch #Fiction #Literature
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@janicemdeal.bsky.social keeps surprising us (and we thought we knew her well!) with the 8 things she loves.
Her novel THE BLUE DOOR releases 4/22. First author appearance is virtual, 4/16, 3 p.m. Eastern, on WALKING AMERICA.
Tickets here:
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
#indieauthor #novel
Her novel THE BLUE DOOR releases 4/22. First author appearance is virtual, 4/16, 3 p.m. Eastern, on WALKING AMERICA.
Tickets here:
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
#indieauthor #novel
April 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@janicemdeal.bsky.social keeps surprising us (and we thought we knew her well!) with the 8 things she loves.
Her novel THE BLUE DOOR releases 4/22. First author appearance is virtual, 4/16, 3 p.m. Eastern, on WALKING AMERICA.
Tickets here:
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
#indieauthor #novel
Her novel THE BLUE DOOR releases 4/22. First author appearance is virtual, 4/16, 3 p.m. Eastern, on WALKING AMERICA.
Tickets here:
walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...
#indieauthor #novel
My Q&A w/Nathaniel Popkin of @newdoorbooks.bsky.social covers the themes of my new novel "The Blue Door," which Nathaniel edited. Thank you to Nathaniel and to my publisher New Door Books! #Publishing #Books #Writing #Literaryfiction
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An Interview with Janice Deal
A Q&A with Janice Deal, author of The Blue Door, conducted by Nathaniel Popkin of our Editorial Board, the book's principal editor.This is a novel about a mother, Flo, grappling with something horribl...
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March 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My Q&A w/Nathaniel Popkin of @newdoorbooks.bsky.social covers the themes of my new novel "The Blue Door," which Nathaniel edited. Thank you to Nathaniel and to my publisher New Door Books! #Publishing #Books #Writing #Literaryfiction
www.newdoorbooks.net/post/an-inte...
www.newdoorbooks.net/post/an-inte...
Loved being on Paul Zeidman's The Creative Writing Life podcast (@podcastcwl.bsky.social)! We talked about all things writing, including how a fairy tale ended up in my new novel “The Blue Door” from @newdoorbooks.bsky.social. Thank you, Paul! #Writing #Fiction #podcast
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Janice Deal
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March 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Loved being on Paul Zeidman's The Creative Writing Life podcast (@podcastcwl.bsky.social)! We talked about all things writing, including how a fairy tale ended up in my new novel “The Blue Door” from @newdoorbooks.bsky.social. Thank you, Paul! #Writing #Fiction #podcast
youtu.be/aSEs5W-89Iw?...
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At age 14 Flo's daughter was convicted of murder. An open-and-shut case in one sense - but in the aftermath, nothing is clear.
THE BLUE DOOR: a profound novel of trauma, family relationships, and the craziness in all of us.
www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
#fiction #indieauthor #traumahealing
THE BLUE DOOR: a profound novel of trauma, family relationships, and the craziness in all of us.
www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
#fiction #indieauthor #traumahealing
March 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
At age 14 Flo's daughter was convicted of murder. An open-and-shut case in one sense - but in the aftermath, nothing is clear.
THE BLUE DOOR: a profound novel of trauma, family relationships, and the craziness in all of us.
www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
#fiction #indieauthor #traumahealing
THE BLUE DOOR: a profound novel of trauma, family relationships, and the craziness in all of us.
www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
#fiction #indieauthor #traumahealing
Unboxing my new novel "The Blue Door" from
@newdoorbooks.bsky.social! (And thank you to Lexi the cat for helping with the unboxing 🐈.) #Unboxing #Video #Books #Writing #WritingCommunity #Chicago #ChicagoWriters
@newdoorbooks.bsky.social! (And thank you to Lexi the cat for helping with the unboxing 🐈.) #Unboxing #Video #Books #Writing #WritingCommunity #Chicago #ChicagoWriters
March 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Unboxing my new novel "The Blue Door" from
@newdoorbooks.bsky.social! (And thank you to Lexi the cat for helping with the unboxing 🐈.) #Unboxing #Video #Books #Writing #WritingCommunity #Chicago #ChicagoWriters
@newdoorbooks.bsky.social! (And thank you to Lexi the cat for helping with the unboxing 🐈.) #Unboxing #Video #Books #Writing #WritingCommunity #Chicago #ChicagoWriters
Thank you @newdoorbooks.bsky.social!
It's a treat to publish a second book of fiction by award-winning author @janicemdeal.bsky.social. This one's a meditative novel about a mother struggling to cope with a daughter convicted of murder.
Talk about difficult family relationships!
To preorder, go to
www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
Talk about difficult family relationships!
To preorder, go to
www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
March 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Thank you @newdoorbooks.bsky.social!
My new novel, "The Blue Door," lands on April 22! Thank you to the incredible team at @newdoorbooks.bsky.social for believing in my writing. Learn more & preorder your copy here: pathwaybookservice.com/products/the... #Fiction #Writing #Books #WritingCommunity #authorlife
The Blue Door
How much responsibility and guilt can a mother bear for a child who has done wrong?This is the question that haunts Flo when her daughter Teddy plans to visit after a long separation. The prospect of ...
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March 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My new novel, "The Blue Door," lands on April 22! Thank you to the incredible team at @newdoorbooks.bsky.social for believing in my writing. Learn more & preorder your copy here: pathwaybookservice.com/products/the... #Fiction #Writing #Books #WritingCommunity #authorlife
Flo, the protagonist of my forthcoming novel, "The Blue Door," spends time w/ me in a Q&A from @womenwriters.bsky.social. Flo shares her thoughts on good & evil, navigating adversity, & more; thanks to Barbara Bos for giving Flo a chance to wax rhapsodic!: booksbywomen.org/authors-inte... #Books
Authors Interviewing Characters: Janice Deal - Women Writers, Women's Books
THE BLUE DOOR How much responsibility and guilt can a mother bear for a child who has done wrong? This is the question that haunts Flo when her daughter Teddy plans to visit after a long separation. T...
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February 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Flo, the protagonist of my forthcoming novel, "The Blue Door," spends time w/ me in a Q&A from @womenwriters.bsky.social. Flo shares her thoughts on good & evil, navigating adversity, & more; thanks to Barbara Bos for giving Flo a chance to wax rhapsodic!: booksbywomen.org/authors-inte... #Books
How librarians saved the day in World War II via @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/how-libraria...
How librarians saved the day in World War II.
In her new book, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II, scholar Elyse Graham explores the secret history of U.S. intelligence and lays out yet anoth…
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February 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
How librarians saved the day in World War II via @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/how-libraria...
The Louvre’s Masterpieces - What exactly is a masterpiece? Follow this trail to find out!
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January 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The Music Of Painting | Magazine | MoMA
Three composers contemplate Édouard Vuillard’s The Window with original pieces.
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January 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Darwin on How to Evolve Your Imagination www.themarginalian.org/2025/01/26/d...
Darwin on How to Evolve Your Imagination
The year the young Charles Darwin (February 12, 1809–April 19, 1882) boarded The Beagle, Mary Shelley contemplated the nature of the imagination in her preface to the most famous edition of F…
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January 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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François Prost's fascinating photo series of Love Hotels in Japan: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #Photography #Creativity
François Prost's fascinating photo series of Love Hotels in Japan
The award-winning Parisian photographer and art director takes us on a journey through the establishments where you can rent for an hour and
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January 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
François Prost's fascinating photo series of Love Hotels in Japan: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/... #Photography #Creativity
What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them (via @literaryhub.bsky.social) lithub.com/what-roman-c...
What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them
“In a way the coin is our superior. The hardness of its metal secures for it ‘eternal’ existence. A coin does not grow, it issues ready-made from the mint and should remain as it …
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January 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What Roman Coins Reveal About the People Who Made Them (via @literaryhub.bsky.social) lithub.com/what-roman-c...
A Marriage That Changed Literary History: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #Books #LIterature #Reading
A Marriage That Changed Literary History
Fanny Stevenson forced her husband, Robert Louis Stevenson, to live a bigger life than he had known.
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December 31, 2024 at 9:33 PM
A Marriage That Changed Literary History: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #Books #LIterature #Reading
Kristopher Jansma on What Writers Can Learn from the Failures and Rejections of Famous Authors (via @electriclit.bsky.social): electricliterature.com/kristopher-j... #Writing #Writers #WritingLife
Kristopher Jansma on What Writers Can Learn from the Failures and Rejections of Famous Authors - Electric Literature
His beloved Electric Lit column "Unfinished Business" is now an essay collection that analyzes the creative processes of canonical writers
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December 26, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Kristopher Jansma on What Writers Can Learn from the Failures and Rejections of Famous Authors (via @electriclit.bsky.social): electricliterature.com/kristopher-j... #Writing #Writers #WritingLife
What the @newyorker.com is reading to start the new year:
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What We’re Reading to Start the New Year
New Yorker writers and contributors on the books they’re ringing in 2025 with.
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December 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM
What the @newyorker.com is reading to start the new year:
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The best designed books of 2024 via @fastcompany.com
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The best design books of 2024
From an atlas of never-built architecture to a monograph on Alexander Girard, 2024 had a wealth of exciting design books.
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December 24, 2024 at 2:26 PM
The best designed books of 2024 via @fastcompany.com
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