Jade Varden Official Blog

As of the start of the month of August, the Writer's Guild of America has been on strike for 100-plus days. But why should indie authors care?   What's the Fight About? The WGA is a labor union. This gives members of the union the right to collective bargaining. As union employees, the members of the WGA are under contract. When the business entity or entities that a union works for offers a contract that most members of the union do not like and do not want, they can then choose to use their collective bargaining power to force that company or companies to meet the demands of the union by going on strike. To put it plainly, a majority of the members of the WGA do not like the contract they were offered. Writer's strikes are not uncommon and in the past, the WGA has used their right to strike in order to get more money for their work. But this strike is very different. This strike is about money, sure, but it's also about a much deeper issue that affects all writers eve...

When you build an entire life on a foundation of lies, it only takes one truth for the whole thing to come crashing down. I never invited the truth in. I never went searching for it. I never had any reason to suspect that the two people I loved most were dishonest with me every second of every day. I made one bad decision, and in a single day my entire world changed. Recommended to all YA book lovers! I seriously couldn't put it down once I started reading it. All the characters were nice and the story as a whole was amazing! I'm so, so glad I got a chance to read such a wonderful story! There were many surprise elements neatly tucked into the story and just the right amount of romance in it. I could easily just relax and lose myself in the story without any problem. I really, really liked Ms. Varden's writing style. It was simply superb! - Josheka, Amazon     Oh wow! I LOVED this book! Justice was well written, had a good pace, and had so many tw...