I have started working on a Journal-3 approach to my next book, working title "My Best Friend". I have 13 Journals that I have written during the course of my life. "Janet Tallulah" is a combination of Journals 1 and Journal 2. It is detailed and personal. Journal 3 is a new approach that I am finding more interesting as a writer. I am editing my long-hand writings, adding memories from today while fleshing out characters and moments in times past. It will be a combination of past and present - who I was then with who I am now. All of that is currently evolving. I LOVE the process. It is exciting.

Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Michael Connelly, Jonathan Kellerman, John Lescourt, Elizabeth George, Donna Leon, P.D James, Martha Grimes - Good Mystery Writers, especially Legal Mysteries. I love to solve puzzles, so the British writers appeal to me rather than brutal violent stories. I really don't like horror stories or love stories. I used to, but not any more.

I started writing while I was practicing law and living in Los Angeles, California. It was there that I published several books. In 2015, I semi-retired and moved to Nice, France. Since then, I have been writing most days. When I am not writing, I walk. In the mornings, I am up early, walking up and down hills, working on building my "French legs". The French women - old and young - are slender and strong. I think it is because they walk everywhere - there are few places to park in this town. So, I, too, am walking - working on getting slender and strong. I read (mysteries and legal thrillers), travel (Paris, San Remo, Italy, Sardinia, St. Tropez, Provence, Marseilles, Monaco, Cannes, ....), dine (fabulous food), drink Côtes de Provence Vin Rose (or blanc or rouge), go to the beach, learn French, and .... It's great! Life begins at 70!

I like legal mysteries as well as mysteries, in general. And, I have favorite writers. So, I look for new publications by my favorite writers while trying to branch out - a little. I don't like reading just for the sake of reading - I need to like the writer.

I don't remember the first story I ever read - probably a fairy tale. Mother would ready fairy tales to me. My favorite fairy tale was and still is "Cinderella". I also remember reading "The Little Engine that Could". "Heidi". "Honey Bunch" series. "Sue Barton" series. I have always loved to read and study and write.

Yes, I do. I wrote a story about something that happened to my father. I watched it happen and felt helpless to do anything about it. So, I wrote the story. It concerned a Company that was doing very well. The stock was going over the counter. So, the President/CEO of the Company formed a Board of Directors and hired a "wunderkind" from NYC to take over the day-to-day management. Offers to purchase were coming in from huge corporations. Suddenly, the President/CEO had an unexpected stroke and was unable to help the "wunderkind" learn the Company's method of operation. The "wunderkind" began firing long-time employees and bringing in the new. It did not take long before the Company was filing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. All the while, the President/CEO, paralyzed from the stroke, watched without being able to speak, while the "wunderkind" destroyed the Company. It still breaks my heart when I think about it.

I write a little every day - some days more that others. I have notes that I have taken over the years and work from those. There is so much that I want to say. The hard part is trying to decide what to use. At first, I used everything, but that didn't work so well. Now, I try to select. I think it is better. And, I now have the time to ponder everything. I have not tried to do a novel yet. I am more interested in writing about the process of living and its challenges.

My first cover "The Origins of George Bernard Shaw's Life Force Philosophy" was done by professionals at www.createspace.com. The next several covers were done by my husband, Steve Orlandella, before he died. Now, I pay professionals to design my covers. My latest book, "JAYSPEAK on the Cote d'Azur", has a cover designed by a professional. I think it is quite good.

I don't know. These days, I am into legal mysteries. Plus, I love books by Scott Turow, Elizabeth George, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, David Baldacci, John Sanford, Donna Leon, John Lescroart, and Nelson DeMille.

Mysteries - legal and otherwise. Plus, I like political intrigue. The books I read need to solve a problem. I don't like books that have serial killers that never get caught. I need for the plot to resolve somehow. It doesn't have to be a happy ending, just a resolution of some sort.

I like reading on the Kindle app on my IPad. I download books onto Kindle. Or, iBooks.

So far, I have created Pages on Facebook, and I get a lot of "likes". But, that doesn't translate into sales. I am open to suggestions because I need to develop some marketing techniques that work for my Journal writings.

My desk has a lot of things on it - computer, printer, containers, stapler, clock, paper weights, Kleenex, coasters, address book, notepads. Yet, everything is organized. I like it this way.

I grew up in Gainesville, Georgia. I moved to Los Angeles when I was in my late-20's. And, I now live in France. The South - Georgia - has always been important to me. Everything I write, and everything I do has a Southern foundation. That is who I am. That is who I was. That is who I will be. That said, the South is different things to different people. I embrace some things and reject others. I cherish my Southern upbringing. It was special in ways that are difficult to describe. And, that will always be who I am - no matter where I live and what I say. That just IS.

In Kindergarten.