Author Archives: jkansanen

“Wild As The Wind” is the culmination of over 20-plus years of creative inspiration, procrastination, action and reevaluation. This first installment of a Young Adult fantasy series based in the Berkshires is currently available on Amazon in paperback and e-book format. I want to thank Authors’ Lounge for this opportunity to chat about it! TheContinue reading “Authors’ Lounge feature on “Wild As The Wind””

Please donate to Monte’s March & the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts In conjunction with the $3.99 holiday e-book promotion for “Wild As The Wind,” the Kindle version will be available for FREE this upcoming Cyber Monday (November 30) for all Amazon customers. Click HERE for the direct link to the Amazon page or HEREContinue reading “Kindle Version Of “Wild As The Wind” FREE this Cyber Monday”

The first installment of a Young Adult Fantasy book series based in Western Massachusetts has made its exclusive debut on the free Amazon Kindle app today. The Autumn Equinox is the official date for the e-book release of “Wild As The Wind.” The paperback version will be available soon. “I’m absolutely excited to debut ‘WildContinue reading ““Wild As The Wind” Available Exclusively On Amazon Kindle…”

I’ve been incommunicado from this blog for almost two months but for very good reason. There has been a lot of progress behind the scenes on the first book in my series on the Ferriman twins, Viola and Sebastian. Lots of news to share! First of all, I knew I needed to dust off andContinue reading “Indian Summer is on the horizon…”

We have all faced two major news stories dominating the headlines: the onset of the ever-mysterious COVID-19 and the renewed battle versus the historically-based systemic racism against people of color. When it has come to the federal response to both issues, the common denominator between the two is the completely bungled response from our PresidentContinue reading “The ceremony of innocence is drowned…”

I’ve put off posting another blog over the past few weeks due to the issues of racism, police reform and the continuing battle against COVID-19 that have dominated the air waves. Simply put, it comes to a point when you let those who are most affected pass the mic around and allow them to tellContinue reading “Now we will count to twelve…”