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Unfortunately due to illness we did not make it to Aruba in 2023. Sigh! I miss the sun, surf and sand and of course the wonderful food! We will make up for it in 2024 when we go.
I am Jemsbooks aka Janice Spina, aka J. E. Spina, author, blogger, book reviewer, avid reader, copy editor, and writer of poetry and stories for children of all ages and adults, and supporter of my fellow authors. My talented and handsome husband, John, is my illustrator and cover creator.
I have been writing since the age of nine in the form of poetry with greeting cards. In my twenties I branched off into children’s books, novels and more. Since then, I haven’t stopped writing.
When one of my sports’ poems was published in The Lawrence Eagle Tribune Newspaper in October 2008 my road to writing got serious. From then on, I concentrated on all the stories I had written over the years and enlisted my husband as the illustrator. He was at first reluctant but after working on a few books he began to get more comfortable and knowledgeable.
I didn’t become a published author until 2013. With the grace of God, I will continue to write and my husband will illustrate and create my covers for as long as we possibly can.
Our goal is to encourage all ages to read daily to increase their vocabulary, enhance their creativity, good health and wellbeing, and foster a love of reading that will carry throughout their lifetime. Let’s make the next generation a generation of readers, thinkers and doers.
All our books are available on my Amazon Author page, Barnes & Noble, or by clicking on book covers to the right side of this post, and on Jemsbooks.com. At this time, we have 45 published books (22 children’s books, 12 MG/PT, 2 YA, 9 novels for 18+) with more coming for all ages in 2024 and beyond.
Since I began writing I have branched out into more novels and now fantasy. I love trying something different so as not to get stale in my craft. I also like to have something for all tastes and ages in reading for you to enjoy. Happy Reading everyone!
As you can see by my photos above, we love to vacation in Aruba and hope to continue to do so as long as we can.
Thank you for stopping by and for your continuing support. Being an indie author is a hard road to travel and your help along the way is appreciated! Drop me a line sometime. I would love to hear from you on my Contact Page or by email at jjspina (at) comcast (dot) net.
Wish me luck!
Blessings & Hugs! Stay Safe, Stay Well and God Bless!
READING GIVES YOU WINGS TO FLY! SOAR WITH JEMSBOOKS ALL YEAR THROUGH! HAPPY READING!
Janice Spina aka J.E. Spina
Award-Winning Author
Jemsbooks for All Ages!
Jemsbooks.com
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Jjspina(at)comcast(dot)net
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JEMSBOOKS 
This professor has a soft spot for children’s novels!
Thank you Professor for stopping by my blog. Happy to hear you like children’s books.
Jancie, you have a lovely site. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Adrian for stopping by! I appreciate your kind words. Best wishes!
Hey, I’ve awarded you the “Inner Peace” and “Sunshine” Awards, yay !
Congrats:)
Warm regards
Don Charisma
How sweet of you, Don! Thank you so much! I will check it out as soon as I can. 🙂 best regards!
TY so much! I am away but will look them over when I return! Very kind of you to think of me, Don! 🙂
You are welcome, have a look when you have time:) warm regards DC
Hi Janice, I’m so excited you visited my blog. I swear by Goodreads & was overjoyed to find your books there. Super respect!
Thank you Bipasha for your kind words. I appreciate your support. I love Goodreads too. Do you have a book there too? Best regards and thank you for visiting my blog.
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Thank you, Don, for this prestigious award. I appreciate your support and kindness. I will work on this award soon.
Best wishes to you.
I do children’s books too…and I’ve also just finished a murder mystery. I was just thinking that these were pretty divergent aspects of my personality (murder + kids = yuck!), so I’m relieved to see I’m not the only one. Good luck with your mystery! Wasn’t it wicked fun to write?
Hi Jennifer, yes it was! Thank you so much for stopping by. Hope to see you again. Let’s follow each other. I have written three more novels, not edited yet, a YA fantasy, a spiritual/mystery, and a historical novel. I like to write in different genres. Children’s books are fun too! I love to see my grandchildren reading them and the look of delight on their faces.
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Thank you, Don, for another much appreciated award. I still have to design my Angel Award. I will get to this one right after I complete the other. You are very kind and thoughtful!
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TY for the Inner Peace Award. I posted the Butterfly Award on my blog. I appreciate your kindness and support.
I’ve nominated you for some awards. If you choose to accept them, you’ll find them here:- http://africolonialstories.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/award-time/
Thank you, Jo, for all the awards. You are very kind. It may be a little while before I get to them. Just returned from 2 weeks in Italy and dealing with over 3,000 emails. Yikes! Got a lot to get through. Vacation was well worth it! Have a wonderful time!
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Wow, Don, another award! You are very kind and generous to think of me. I am humbled and honored. Thank you, my friend.
I’ve tagged you in a My Writing Process Blog Tour here http://africolonialstories.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/my-writing-process-blog-hop/ – join in only if you want to, but I wanted to share my admiration of your writing anyway.
Thank you, Jo, you are too kind. I am very busy right now editing my novel for publication, copy editing other authors’ books, reviewing books and posting on two blogs. How much time do I have to do this?
Only if you fancy joining in – I’ve tagged you in a Meet My Main Character blog tour here http://africolonialstories.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/meet-my-main-character-blog-tour-2/. Don’t feel obligated to partake though – I just had to add you because you’re the coolest. 🙂
Thank you, Jo, for your kind compliments. You are the cool one! I will try to do one of these but have never done one before. May need some coaching.
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I write children’s books under Janice Spina and novels under J. E. Spina. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Janice, I have nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger award and hope that you will accept. best wishes Sally. https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award-and-the-nominees-are/
Thank you very much, Sally. I will do my best over the next week or two to work on this. I appreciate your kindness in giving me this lovely award!
My pleasure and no hurry, I know that when busy it can take some time to schedule. Have a lovely week. best wishes Sally
Janice, thank you for the follow and likes. Hope you like my other artworks. 🙂
Thank you, Tienny, for stopping by. I enjoyed your artwork and blog.
Thank you
Hi Janice, thank you so much for your kind support of my blog and I have nominated you for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers award… or…. a bouquet of flowers if you prefer… hugs Sally
https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/a-quick-awards-ceremony-before-the-baftas-the-sisterhood-of-the-world-bloggers/
Sally, I am so sorry, just saw this. I will check it out! Thank you for your kindness and support. You are the best! Love & hugs!
I did, however, see this elsewhere and followed through with the award! So hectic lately that I forgot I had already done it. Sorry! Hugs!
Hi!
Hi Tokoni, nice to meet you. Thank you for stopping by.
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Thank you, Sally! I will do something soon. Have had a busy weekend. ❤️
Hi Janice I have tagged you in the Three Day Quote Challenge but only if you have time or the inclination…. hugs https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/three-day-quote-challenge-day-two/
Completed the challenge in one day. I hope that is okay. Busy next couple of days again, ❤️
Thanks Janice it was wonderful – have a lovely day.. hugs
Thank you, Sally. It was my pleasure, sweet and lovely friend! Blessings & hugs!
Very nice blog! Exciting new book!
Thank you, Lynz! Nice to see you! Blessings!
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I’m an automatic fan of anyone who opens the world of books to kids, encouraging them to read voraciously. Reading was my escape as a child, saved me from total meltdown. I must have read Alice in Wonderland nearly 50 times. Going to the library was my favorite “class”!! And when I worked in a library as an adult, gosh it was like being in a candy store–patrons would laugh at me because, in the process of checking out their books for them, I’d be grabbing them and saying, “Oh I want this when you bring it back!!”
Thank you, J Lapis, for your kind words. I, too, always loved going to the library and perusing and touching the books. I loved book stores like that too! Love the smell of the new books and the feel. Now I read on my Nook device and IPad. It just isn’t the same but it is a lot easier.
Nice to meet you. Thank you for stopping by. Hope to see you again. More books always coming along. Blessing to you!
Oh yes, Book Stores!! I used to spend a fortune….love the feel and smell of those sharp new pages…adds a sensual element to reading that the hi-tech readers just don’t have, sigh.
Hello Janice – What a wonderful collection of books you have produced. Thanks for stopping by my website.
Thank you so much, Toni, for your kind comments and also for stopping by my blog! Loved your website! Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
And the same to you Janice – enjoy this wonderful time of year to the full!
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It was a pleasure to have you on my blog – a wonderful post, Hugh! Best wishes! 🙂
A pleasure to meet you Janice. We share a passion for writing and blogging it seems. And how wonderful that your husband is an illustrator! I have published two books (historical fiction and spiritual fiction) and I am currently in the process of editing my first children’s book. After self-publishing my last book I have decided not to publish any more without an agent and/or publisher…so that will be my next project, to find one!
Thanks for stopping by, Bev. I am blessed to have a talented husband to work with on my books. Best wishes for your search for a publisher and/or agent. 😀
Thank you for following my blog! And it is wonderful to meet you.
My pleasure, Charles. Thank you too. Best wishes!
Hey there Janice! Just browsing around the blogosphere, finding some fun and interesting blogs to follow to make some new friends in 2016. If you like, hop on over to my world at http://www.thatssojacob.wordpress.com, and if you see anything you like, comment or follow! Have a great day and happy new year!
Thanks for stopping by, Jacob. I will stop by and check it out. Blessings of 2016!
Thank you for the follow, Janice! I love your blog! 🙂
Thank you for stopping by and for your kind words. 😊
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Wow, what a great review, Hugh! Thank you so much! This was a nice surprise to start my day! 😘
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Thank you, Hugh, for spreading the word about my books and for your exceptional review! Much appreciated! 😘
Love the book titles.
Thats quite an output too, nice work, and to have your husband as illustrator seems a perfect match.
Interesting blog you have ☺
Thank you, Lion. 😆
Janice, love all of your children’s books! Just read a great review on your latest Davey & Derek one! Your husband’s illustrations are extraordinary! 💛 Christine Elizabeth
Thank you so much, Christine! My husband thanks you too! 😆
Thank you so much, Chris! ❤️
Wow! I’m so glad I have stumbled across your blog. I’m hoping to be inspired and yours looks like the perfect place. I’m definitely keen to check out some of your books. I used to live in Spain teaching English and I was constantly looking for new and interesting books to share with the students. I also have 3 little dogs and I always say I want to create a children’s book, using them s my characters. With a little twist, I’d love to either write the book for Spanish children learning English and if successful do it the other way round…
Any words of advice? 🙂
Also, I’ve just started (after years and years of saying I would) started reading the Harry Potter books! Fab!
Hi Laulani, so nice to meet you. Thank you for stopping by my blog.
My inspirations are my grandchildren. I love children and want to see them enjoy reading. Writing is one way to inspire children to read. If you just jot down ideas as you watch your pets or children at play it may help you create a story to put into a book. I write in rhyme but books do not have to be in rhyme. You start with a subject and think about what this subject can do and go from there.
My stories just come to me sometimes in a dream or I sit down at the computer and write whatever comes into my head then go over it all again and put it into rhyme.
Harry Potter books are fabulous! I read them all. I haven’t read the newest books about beasts though by J.K. Rowling. She is incredible and someone I look up to and hope one day to emulate.
Good luck! Hope you like my books! 🙂
Thanks so much 🙂 I really think I will start jotting down my “doggy tales” haah! 😀
You are so prolific, Janice. I can’t imagine how you do it! My blogging friend, Carol Sherrit, (theeternaltraveler.wordpress.com) and I took a course in writing children’s book together online. I’m way too much tell and not enough show. I can’t believe how much some people fit into 300 words, which was always our assignment. 🙂
I’m still learning myself. I am a prolific reader and review over 100 books a year. It’s a wonderful learning process. Thanks for stopping by.😀
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Your books look lovely. I’ll be following 😊
Thank you, Samantha! 🤗
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Thank you, Tina, for sharing! 🤗 😘 ❤️
Hey Janice! Do you ever listen to audiobooks?
No, sorry I don’t I read my kindle or Nook mostly.
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Glad to have found you through Annika Perry’s blog – I’m looking forward to reading your posts!
Thank you, Book Club Mom. 😆
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Hi Janice,
I just did a short review of your book Hunting Mariah on my blog. Just to let you know. 🙂
Thank you, Carol, I will check it out. 🤗 😘
Wow, thank you, Carol! That is a fantastic review! You made my day! I am so excited!! 🤗 😘
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Hi, Janice.
So nice to meet you.
Sorry it took me a day or two to get here.
Nice to meet you too, Patty! 💕
Hi, your about page is put together quite nicely.
Have a great weekend.
Thank you Patty! 💕 Hope you have a nice weekend too!