Janny J. Johnson / Writing Jan
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I'm glad you found my page! I'm a Pacific Northwest freelance writer and author of parenting essays, children's picture books and I've also written a middle-grade novel.
The rugged Oregon coast is where my heart is happiest, and where I love to write.
Writing first became an outlet for me when I managed a household full of kids and pets. I had a background in art, yet that wasn't quite the
right thing for me. So I took some classes and joined two critique groups, and began to write--putting down on paper all that was going on in my busy life.
I was raised in the Pacific Northwest. I married my best friend, am the mother of four children, and the grandmother of seven.
I have always heard women talk about how being a grandmother was so much fun. Boy, were they right. There's nothing better than to have a little body headed my way at bullet-speed, calling, "Nana!"
However, most of the time I write in my den with my little 5 pound, apricot colored, Papillon dog at my side. His name is Typo!
Official Writing Bio:
Janny is a Pacific Northwest writer who was once the mom in a household filled with a husband, four children, an exchange student, five cats, two goldfish, a dog, a bird and a bunny. Now she sits in a recliner and writes about those days. She's been published in parenting magazines in the US and Canada, and was featured in the Thin Threads anthology: Moms and Grandmas. She won Honorable Mention in the Keats Soulwriting memoir contest in 2014 and second place for short memoir in the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association contest in 2013.
Janny J. Johnson
Contact me: writingjan@zoho.com
