Jillian Chantal is the nom de plume of a lawyer moonlighting as a writer of romantic fiction. Most often she can be found either at her keyboard banging out words, working on a legal issue or just surfing the web and calling it research. Her other guilty pleasure is her one-sided love affair with the actor Alan Rickman. She owns all his movies and would probably give away her cat for a chance to meet him. She’d keep her children, though. It would be a sacrifice, but she would be brave.
Jillian lives on the Florida Gulf Coast where she bemoans the humidity most of the year but she’ s otherwise charming and engaging (at least in her own mind).
She has PRO status in the RWA and is an active member of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Romance Writer’s of America where she currently serves as treasurer and chairman of the 2012 Silken Sands Conference. She is also a member of Sisters in Crime.
Her first novel was published November 23, 2010 by Siren-BookStrand. It’s called Solo Honeymoon. Her second, also with BookStrand came out on February 22, 2011 and is called Surfer Bride.
Her third release, due to be published in July 2011, is called Redemption for the Devil and it will be published by Desert Breeze Publishing.
She also has short stories published in two issues of RomanceStoriesMagazine online.
Hi, “Jillian!”
You may remember me, Shirley, friend of Darls. I had the pleasure of meeting you one afternoon @ the bookstore when I crashed one of your NANOWRIMO meetings.
I’m brand spankin’ new to the blogosphere and you’re my first communication. Hoping to see you again in this realm!
Happy writing,
Shirley Graham
By: stillraisinghischildren on July 18, 2011
at 4:12 pm
Hey Shirley. Sorry i didn’t get back to you sooner. I. In Italy this week. Maybe we can meet at BAM some Saturday.
By: Jillian Chantal on July 20, 2011
at 11:04 am
Jillian – I can’t thank you enough for the great advice you gave me at Saturday’s GCCRWA meeting. You gave me some invaluable tips and I’ve already capitalized on some of them. I officially have my own webpage now – joanchandler.wordpress.com – with a grand total of two new blog posts! ha! Well, it’s a start right?
By: joanchandler on November 13, 2011
at 7:07 pm
Go Joan. Yay. Glad I inspired you. I’ll check oit your blog.
By: Jillian Chantal on November 13, 2011
at 7:11 pm
Hello!
I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. Congrats!
http://loving2write.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-versatile-blogger-award/
By: Relationship columnist♥ on January 9, 2012
at 10:51 am