Janet Alcorn

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  • Delta Dawn,  Photos,  Travel,  What's On Your Bookshelf

    California Delta Part 1: Paradise Cut (+Books! and Memes!)

    January 22, 2023 /

    Today I’m going to take you on a visit to one of my favorite places in the world–and the setting for my novel-in-progress, Delta Dawn–the California Delta. Well, I’m going to take you to one tiny piece of it, Paradise Cut outside my hometown of Tracy, California. We’ll also talk books, and I have the usual batch of meme-y hilarity. But first: Welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Natalie the Explorer and the What’s On Your Bookshelf Challenge, hosted by Sue, Donna, Jo and Deb. Grab a treat, have a seat, and let’s get to it. When most non-Californians think of the state, they think of Hollywood, San Francisco, Silicon Valley–movie stars and…

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    How my novel, Delta Dawn, got its name (#IWSG)

    March 31, 2026
    Arizona Authors Association logo and bookshelves

    Delta Dawn won first place! (Weekend Coffee Share #14)

    November 12, 2021
  • Arizona,  Photos,  Vanishing, Inc.

    Photo safari through a historic Flagstaff neighborhood

    April 29, 2020 /

    My first novel, Vanishing, Inc., is set in a fictional mountain town in Arizona called Ponderosa. I live in Flagstaff, a not-so-fictional mountain town in Arizona that makes an appearance in my story, but since I’m writing a paranormal romance (a time travel romance, to be specific), I wanted the freedom of a fictional setting. I don’t want some overly-literal reader leaving me a one-star review because there are, in fact, no time portals in Flagstaff. Hey, you know it could happen. I’m sure plenty of tourists have walked through standing stones in Scotland and become very grumpy because they did not immediately find themselves in the arms of a lusty…

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    Visiting Willcox, Arizona + a few updates

    August 12, 2023

    A Visit to Mission San Xavier del Bac

    July 14, 2023
    Cabin with orange-tan walls, redwood-colored trim, and a porch with 2 white chairs, trees behind and 2 garden beds in front

    Dispatch from Up North, Part 1: Salt River Canyon and Rainbow Lake

    September 23, 2022

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