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Happy November, everyone. It’s my favorite time of the year—golden leaves and crisp breezes. I’m experiencing a true fall and loving every minute of it.

I've had to turn off the comments feature for a bit because of spammers. Sorry about that, folks.

Today the GCC brings Jana DeLeon to visit. She’s the author of Unlucky. Here’s the scoop:

About the Book:

Her luck’s so bad it’s a crime.

Everyone in Royal Flush, Louisiana, knows Mallory Devereaux is a walking disaster.  At least now she’s found a way to take advantage of her chronic bad luck:  by “cooling” cards on her uncle’s casino boat.  As long as the crooks invited to his special poker tournament don’t win their money back, she’ll get a cut of the profit.

But Mal isn’t the only one working some major mojo.  There’s a dark-eyed dealer sending her looks steamier than the bayou in August.  Turns out he’s an undercover agent named Jake Randoll, and for a Yank, he’s pretty darn smart.  Smart enough to enlist her help to catch a money launderer.  As they race to untangle a web of decades-old lies and secrets amid a gathering of criminals, Mallory can’t help hoping her luck’s about to change….

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About the Author:

Jana DeLeon was raised in southwest Louisiana among the bayous and gators. Her hometown is Carlyss, but you probably won’t find it on a map. Her family owned a camp located on a bayou just off the Gulf of Mexico—you could only get there by boat. The most important feature was the rope hammock hanging in the shade on a huge deck that stretched out over the water.

Jana and her brother spent thousands of hours combing the bayous in a flat-bottom aluminum boat, studying the natural habitat of many birds, nutria and alligators. She would like you to know that no animals were injured during these "studies," but they kept makers of peroxide in business.

Jana now resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, René, three spoiled dogs and three spoiled cats.

Jana’s Take on the RosettWrites Q & A:

Dream vacation destination?  Anywhere with a beach!

You've just won the lottery. What's the first thing you do/buy?  Give notice to my day job.  I figure a five-second notice by postcard would do.

Favorite mystery/thriller movie?  The Usual Suspects

Favorite junk food?  Nachos

What's one food you absolutely can't stand?  Liver

Paper or plastic?  Plastic

What's one talent you wish you had?  I'd love to be able to sing in tune

M&Ms or Godiva?  M&Ms

Favorite time of Day?  Morning

Tell us a little about your book. Did an event or idea inspire the book? UNLUCKY is about a woman with luck so bad it's a statistical improbability.   She's using her bad luck to her favor by working as a "cooler" at her uncle's casino during a private poker tournament of criminals.   The inspiration for my heroine was easy – she's me.   I have absolutely, positively no luck at cards.  In fact, it's so bad that if I sit down at a table to play, not only do I lose, but everyone at the table does also.

What's your writing style? Outline or no outline? I would love to be a panster forever, but that whole selling on proposal thing kind of changed my approach to writing a little.   So I have an outline, but it's subject to change. J

What do you wish you'd known about either the craft of writing or the business of publishing when you first started writing?  How long it takes to get anything done and that you should write for two publishers or in two genres or you do a lot of sitting and waiting.

What's up next for you? What are you working on now?  I have a proposal in now and I'm hoping for good news soon.   It's a blend of mystery, romance and light paranormal, that I'm just dying to do, so keep your fingers crossed!

Thanks for dropping in, Jana.