Pauline Baird Jones

  • Advice: The Good, the Bad, the Massively Wrong

    If you watch Big Bang Theory, then you know that Sheldon made some career changes last season when he felt stalled in his research. In that odd way information has of synching, I also saw a Facebook meme about bad advice possibly from Anne Rice (this was a Facebook meme) and a blog post from…

  • Why I Wrote A DANGEROUS DANCE

    My sixth novel, A Dangerous Dance came about as the result of a personal perfect storm, though I did not know it at the time. My career in the “little time” was ticking along at what was a normal rate for back then. It might have been a bit “fast” (i.e. writing a book a…

  • Thanks for Taking a Chance on Me :-)

    Thanks for Taking a Chance on Me 🙂

    Many, many years ago a young girl fell in love with books. She loved them so much she risked getting in trouble in school to read when she should have been doing her schoolwork. She kept a flashlight under the bed, so she could read when she was supposed to be asleep. She walked while…

  • Dude Deserved His Happy Ending or Why I Wrote MISSING YOU

    Luke, the hero of Missing You, helped both his brothers get their gals. He was a hero before he was a hero. The widower totally deserved to be happy again, to have the right gal in his life. I know what you’re thinking. “Gal, that guy is fictional.” But you see, after two novels, none…