Welcome to My Website   Like a good story, work is in progress so feel free to read my bio and send me an email. You'll find story synopses, excerpts, lesson plans, therapeutic poetry, creative writing workshops/seminars and media information. My first book Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale was published November 2006. My second book Emily/Out of My Mother's Darkness has just been released April 2009.   Thanks for stopping by. Sincerely,
	Janie Lancaster grew up in Middletown, New York. She has two grown children and a teenage granddaughter. She now lives in southern California with her husband Don, her blue eyed childhood sweetheart. After working as a sign language interpreter for the last fifteen years and a college professor for seven she has set out on a course to fulfill her childhood dream to publish her written works. In 1997 at the Wildacres Children's Book Writers Workshop in North Carolina Janie was picked the most determined to be a writer. She has gone to numerous conferences sponsored by The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, The San Diego Book Awards Association and The San Diego Writers/Editors Guild. At this time she has written three children's novels, fifteen picture books and numerous poems. Her first novel, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale , is being printed as a serial story in newspapers throughout the country. This is being done through the Newspapers in Education programs where children read newspapers in classrooms. The book is now available worldwide in book storesand online at: Borders.com,  Target.com, B&N.com and Amazon.com by Star Publish. http://starpublishllc.com  Libraries and schools can order from Ingram and Baker & Taylor or direct from the author.   Buy Now! Click here to e-mail Janie for ordering signed books or books in bulk. Ask for special bulk rates.    Janie is a survivor of childhood traumas. She plans to take her readers through dreams and fairy tales, abandonment and recovery and on to survival. Her inspirational poetry will be included in her true-life story she is now working on entitled When Silence Reigns, a therapeutic book about how creative, writing gave voice to a silenced child. Coping with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Myofascial Pain, PTSS and Seasonal Affective Disorder is also a part of Janie's story of survival. At the time of this writing, she is in the process of editing and getting her books ready for publication. Some of her works in progress for children are:  Emily/Out of My Mother's Darkness (Autobiographical Fiction) view synopsis  Just Released Barnes and Nobles click here (Book cover design is a work in progress) Read and interview about the Emily book at: ednews.org  Jasmine the Wooden Girl (Novel for ages 8-12) view synopsis  Opal & The Secret Code (Picture book) Deaf culture   Opal & Moonlit Nights (Picture book) Deaf culture  Moggee Frog Thumb (Picture book)  Ava Matty & Her Daddy Love Mommy (Picture book)  Bennie Beneli's Shadow (Picture book)  Goodbye Room (Picture book) Next work in progress.  Edweana Beana & A Polka Dot Day (Picture book)  Edweana Beana & Faces in Clouds (Picture book)   Mosby a Therapy Dog & Me a Wannabe (Picture book)                                                                    Email Janie by clicking here
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	Therapeutic Writing		Read Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale synopsis
	Teacher's Workshops		Therapeutic Poetry
	School Visits		NIE Information

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Interview with Ednews

Michael F. Shaughnessy Senior Columnist EdNews.org
Eastern New Mexico University 


Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale
Picked one of the top ten for Historical Fiction.
A Writer to Believe In
http://www.writerstobelievein.com/HistoricalFiction.php 

One reader calls the Julie book a Hallmark story. It touched her heart.

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