Jeanne Valentine

Jeanne Valentine was born in the U.K. and spent a few years based in Athens, Greece where for the latter part of her stay she was a freelance journalist and columnist/travel writer. She now lives in London.

Ms Valentine wrote general feature articles, travel features and interviews on a regular basis She wrote features for monthly magazines such, She also produced and edited a travel programme on the English language radio station OLYMPIC ACTION. Ms Valentine also wrote travel features for airline magazines such as DELTA and UNITED AIRLINES.

Ms Valentine is well travelled and worked on various travel trade magazines and newspapers for international travel organisations such as ASTA, ACTA , ABTA on their annual travel congress newspapers, travelling to cities such as Heidelberg, Miami, Mexico City, Singapore, Rome and many other places in the process.

Since her return to the U.K. Ms Valentine has completed and copyrighted fifteen film and television scripts, comedy sketches, an anthology of short stories, poetry and lyrics, and a stage play. She is also a member of Raindance. Ms Valentine also has her own writing website
http://www.storyscene.com

Ms Valentine also works as a freelance journalist. She speaks fluent Greek.

pseudonym - Ms Valentine is also known under the name of Veronica Jason

Credentials

Jeanne Valentine in 60 seconds

When did you start writing?

1985 Athens

What do you love about short stories?

The inventiveness of writers

Do you write in other forms?

Screenplays, theatrical plays, poetry, articles

What distracts you from writing?

other work

Outside of writing, what are your other passions?

Travel, reading, sewing, art, music

What is your favourite book?

Pride & Prejudice by, Jane Austen

Who are your favourite writers?

Anthony Burgess, Dorothy Parker and Saul Bellow

Where is your dream location?

Bahamas

What one item would you put into Room 101?

Plastic flowers

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Sit down and write regularly - anything you think of, then learn your craft.