Jillian Chantal

I decided I needed a new name for publication and had decided on Amanda Paige which were the names I had chosen for my boys had they been girls.  To my chagrin, I found out that there is already an Amanda writing Irish Revolution manuscripts.  So, since I want to market mine called Redemption for the Devil,  I decided I better choose something else.    

 I remember a character in a Victoria Holt novel I read in junior high named Chantal.  Since that is close to my real last name, I chose that.  Jillian was a choice of name for my second son (suggested by the first son who was seven at the time).  I debated the British spelling of Gillian, since I like to set my stories in the British Isles, but I decided on the American version, because, after all, I am an American. (How’s that for a long sentence?)

So, here I am, Jillian Chantal.  It may all be for naught but I’m going to give it a go.