Tag Archives: Best Friends and Other Lovers

January Blues

Posted on January 29, 2024 by jfkaufmann

I don’t like January, that time after holidays when life tries to get back to a normal routine but somehow fails. At work, this is the beginning of a new fiscal year; in other words, work soars up after the … Continue reading →

Posted in Home | Tagged Best Friends and Other Lovers, book reviews, Emily Henry, friends-to-lovers romance, January blues, People We Meet on Vacation | 11 Comments

I’ve been waiting…

Posted on December 2, 2022 by jfkaufmann

A happy announcement: It’s been a while since I finished the first draft of my recent novella, I Will Be Waiting for You at the End of the Story. It took me no more than three weeks to write it … Continue reading →

Posted in Home | Tagged beautiful book covers, Best Friends and Other Lovers, book covers, cover design, editor, fiction editors, indie publishing, love stories, naming the characters, novella, novellas, romance fiction | 4 Comments

First, Second and Third of all…

Posted on November 4, 2022 by jfkaufmann

First of all, congratulations to my friend JP McLean on her newest book, Ghost Mark! I read it before it was published, and I loved it! Stay tuned for my review, and in the meantime, if you like well-written, clever … Continue reading →

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Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Posted on August 28, 2022 by jfkaufmann

I was ready to close my blog for good. After several years of posting about what I read and what I write, with a few excursions into the art of film, painting and history, I was ready to throw in … Continue reading →

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The Best Antidote for Self-doubt

Posted on August 19, 2022 by jfkaufmann

I almost wept when I read Audrie Driscoll’s review my three story collection, Best Friends and Other Lovers. It’s been so long since I got any feedback about my writing. Yesterday I told my friend, Georgette, about it. “I probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Reviews | Tagged Best Friends and Other Lovers, Reviews, writing insecurities | 8 Comments

A Long Journey Home

Posted on March 6, 2022 by jfkaufmann

At the beginning of Covid-19, Amazon suspended the shipping of proof copies. I was reluctant to publish the paper versions of my books without physical verification, so they sat there, unpublished. Finally, almost two years after I’d formatted them, my … Continue reading →

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DIY Formatting? Not so Sure.

Posted on July 20, 2020 by jfkaufmann

It’s been said over and over again that you should never edit your own book. After three months of preparing my three manuscripts for publishing, I’m not sure that self-formatting is a good idea either. Cover design by Srdjan Filipovic … Continue reading →

Posted in Home | Tagged Best Friends and Other Lovers, D2D, Draft2Digital, e-book formatting, fantasy novel, fantasy romance, Guardian of the Realm, indie publishing, love stories, The Red Cliffs Chronicles, The Two-blood Legacy, The Two-blood Legacy Chapter 4 | 16 Comments

FREE DOWNLOAD – Best Friends and Other Lovers

Posted on March 29, 2020 by jfkaufmann

Best Friends and Other Lovers is now available and it’s FREE on Amazon Kindle. If you have a Kindle reader, or a phone, or a laptop, please download it between March 29 and April 2. This is a collection of … Continue reading →

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