Pauline Baird Jones

  • Yes, I am Stumped!

    There are days when your word well just runs dry. Yup, I’m stumped. I’ve been avoiding my blog all day. I did my laundry and other chores, rather than face the blank blog. And, worse, I promised to not be serious this week (after two weeks of serious in a row. How crazy is that??)…

  • Revealing Post For Friday #scifirom #sfrb

    This month I’d like to showcase my redone Project Enterprise covers! I’m super excited and hope you enjoy seeing them, too! First up is The Key! The key will unlock more than an unknown civilization; it will define who one woman will become…. And book 2 Girl Gone Nova! Impossible missions, an irritating male, time travel and…love?…

  • Showcasing the PE Gang!

    The Science Fiction Romance Brigade Showcase is today! What that means is thanks to this once-a-month event, you get some linked together, science fiction romance fun! I thought I’d use the showcase to talk about my “new” release. Okay, my Project Enterprise is far from new, but me bringing the gang all together in ONE BIG HUGE BUNDLE,…

  • Tuesday Bonus: An Excerpt from THE KEY

    About the book and series: Project Enterprise: an above-top-secret expedition to a distant galaxy. A mysterious place where lives – and hearts – are on the line. US Air Force Ace Sara Donovan thought she left her past behind when she joined Project Enterprise. Instead, she found herself thrust into an alien war. Project Enterprise…

  • Reasons to be a Bear?

    My sister and I were waiting for a herd of deer to cross the road. Seriously, it was a herd of about twenty deer. Watching them meander from one side to the other, well, I got to wondering why the large population around town doesn’t attract more predators into town. It wasn’t just a random…

  • Need a Brand (no, not there)

    I’m old enough to remember a time when automobile brands were so distinct, even an auto illiterate like me could tell who had manufactured what. While I’m not an auto expert, branding has been on my mind a lot as I struggle to find my brand as an author. (First time subject came up, I…

  • Why Did the Chicken Cross the Galaxy?

    Why Did the Chicken Cross the Galaxy?

    Why does the chicken (or anyone) cross the galaxy? Why to get to the other side. Of course, you know that I had to hunt down some chicken-crossing-the-road jokes and was actually surprised there were so many. Here are some, modified for my galactic theme, of course: Q. Why did the chicken cross only halfway…

  • W4W Friday: Survived March. Up Next: April (Fools)

    When we moved to Texas eleven years ago (wow, almost twelve!), my Mom told me, “Now don’t fade into the woodwork.” I told her, “Too late.” I’m an introvert. Shy (I bluff pretty good, but oh yes I am). And a hermit. I can fade into the woodwork really fast.  The hubs didn’t have any…

  • Talking Trees (No, Not TO the Trees) and Surviving Stuff

    Last week, I talked numbers (even though numbers hate me and often mock me). I know it was a departure for me to talk about my adventures (NUD-ventures) in self publishing, but sometimes I just have to write stuff to get it out of my head. Since I’m not friends with Math, that was a…

  • I Needed To Get it Out of my Head – Why I Wrote THE KEY

    The Key was never meant to be a book. It wasn’t meant to be anything. I’d been OD-ing on Stargate Atlantis and got an idea for the show—yeah, total fan fiction—that I could NOT get out of my head. In desperation, I decided to just write it down. Put it on paper and GET IT…