What's New with Jayne?

"I write coastal cozies with a splash of humor"

Jayne Ormerod

​​JAYNE'S MARKET NEWS:

PAWS-ITIVELY COASTAL, Four Mutt Mysteries Set Along the Shore will release in May, 2023.  Jayne has compiled her four

       Mutt Mysteries novellas into one handy book. Watch for release information.

"SORRY, WRONG NUMBER" is included in Virginia is for Mysteries, Volume III. Published by Koehler Books. Available 

        through your favorite book retailer either in print or electronic versions. 

"WAG MORE, BARK LESS!" is included in The Big Fang anthology. Proceeds of the sale will benefit the Harbor

       Humane Society. 

GOIN' COASTAL is burning up the sales charts. This is a collection of two novellas and two short stories that all have two

        things in common: a coastal setting and a gruesome murder!  


SEE JAYNE SPEAK:

Saturday, May 20, 2023--MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MYSTERY: South Norfolk Memorial Library. Jayne will be on a panel titled

     "Sherlock Holmes' Impact on the Mystery Genre" at 1:30. Event runs from 10 am to 4 p.m. for book sales and author

     signings. Tons of other fun planned for the day, too! Click here to check out the Chesapeake Library page for updates.

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7 pm--FOR GAWD'S SAKE--PUT SOME CLOTHES ON! HOW TO DRESS YOUR NOVEL'S SKELETON: KPC

     Writers Group. Kempsville Presbyterian Church, 805 Kempsville Rd, Virginia Beach, VA. 


OH, THE PLACES JAYNE'S BEEN!

November 5, 2022: Newport News Library Local Authors Showcase, Book Signing and Author Meet and Greet.

November 1, 2022: Newport News Library Local Authors Showcase: How to Self-Publish panel discussion.

September 23-24, 2022: Hampton Roads Writers Conference. 

September 12, 2022: Mystery by the Sea, the Southeastern Virginia Chapter of Sisters in Crime. "So Close...and Yet So Far:          Everything You've Always Wanted to Know about Psychic/Narrative Distance but were Afraid to Ask."

August 13, 2022: Saude Creek Winery. Book signing and wine tasting.

April 19, 2022: KPC Writers. "So Close...and Yet So Far: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Psychic/Narrative

     Distance but were Afraid to Ask." 

​March 5, 2022: Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, held virtually. "Story Road: Crafting Big Stories in a Short Story Format"

     panel participant. Will be available on YOUTUBE in April.

December 11, 2021: Book signing at The Attic at East Beach​​​​

October 17, 2021: Book signing and book chat, Book Warehouse of Williamsburg, VA

August 28, 2021: Book signing and book chat, The Attic at East Beach

June 15, 2021: "Top Ten Tips for Writers", KPC Writers, via ZOOM

January 11, 2020: Mystery by the Sea, "Do you have 20/20 Vision for your Writing?"

December 21, 2019: Barnes and Noble book signing, Chesterfield Towne Center

October 1, 2019: Show and Grow your Prose at Gus and George's Spaghetti and Steak House 

September 19-21, 2019: Hampton Roads Writers Conference

May 3, 2019: CNU Writer's Conference, presenting "The Many Hats of the Writer"

March 9, 2019: Show and Grow your Prose at the Muse Writers Center

March 2, 2019: Norfolk Public Library Author Fair