A marriage made in heaven...

[Gary Compton]

So got JoJo.

All I need now is DoDo. Wasn't that a dinosaur?

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Awesome! I'm wondering to myself why I'm surprised to find that Boneman writes romance. Well, and now I'm wondering it to everyone, I suppose.

Shouldn't that be J.K. Marryat, then, for luck?

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Why not Jennifer? It sounds a bit like Jeffery, and goodness know it's a very popular name. There must have been a reason for that.

Jennifer Marryat. Lots of double letters, very pretty. And can't be confused with our other Jo.

 

[Juliana]

Congratulations to both Gary and, um, Jo.
Goodness, Tickety Boo is on fire! (In the best possible, nonflammable sense...)

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Actually, with no vested interest because I've no probs with Jo, I think Jennifer Marryat has a nice flow to it, too.

 

[thaddeus6th]

Congrats

By chance, Jo's the name I went for in my Magic, Metal and Steam short story heroine.

 

[Susan Boulton]

Congrats to Gary, and "Jo".

"Jo", has told me about these stories and I am looking forward to reading them.

You both know this is totally going to confuse me, being nearly 60 and all my memory is not that good.

 

[HareBrain]

Is it giving the ending away for a rom-com author to have a surname containing the word "Marry"?

 

[Ursa major]

Jo is perfect for romance. In Scotland a jo is (or was) a sweetheart. (Does that mean the contract for the series is a sweetheart deal...?)


As for dodos: tell a palaeontologist that a dodo is a dinosaur and they might give you the bird....

 

[Boneman]

So, why Jo? Well, I asked my niece (who coincidentally) is Jo (-anne) about writers of romance and she works for Penguin, but in the children's books division and she asked her colleagues who do all handle the lurve stories, and they were unanimous is saying the consensus is that female readers can be put off by male writers in this genre. It's a bit like saying women writers can't write male gay stories, which Mouse has proved is complete nonsense, but by being Jo, the reader can choose to gender believe what they wish... The book should rise or fall on its merits, but every little bit helps!

 

[chopper]

congrats there BM! nice to see so many Chronners with success! *cake dance*

 

[Boneman]

Thanks Chopper! Fingers so crossed...

 

[Jo Zebedee]

So, why Jo? Well, I asked my niece (who coincidentally) is Jo (-anne) about writers of romance and she works for Penguin, but in the children's books division and she asked her colleagues who do all handle the lurve stories, and they were unanimous is saying the consensus is that female readers can be put off by male writers in this genre. It's a bit like saying women writers can't write male gay stories, which Mouse has proved is complete nonsense, but by being Jo, the reader can choose to gender believe what they wish... The book should rise or fall on its merits, but every little bit helps!

Heh, one of the reasons I went for Jo (I'm really a Joanne) was that I was writing sci fi and thought the name could be read either way because, like it or not, we women aren't always seen as natural writers of sci fi. Still. Grrrrr.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Congrats

By chance, Jo's the name I went for in my Magic, Metal and Steam short story heroine.

Interestingly enough, Jo is also the heroine of the stories I'm writing/intending-to-write (depending on which one) for the various anthologies!

Springs, it must be contagious.

Oh, and my Jo was for the same reason, so that potential clients may assume it's a man's agency if they wish.

 

[Parson]

Hey congratulations Joneman. I hope you "set" or "break" some publishing records.

 

[chopper]

tibia honest, i wondered when the puns would turn up

 

[Ursa major]

Given Jo's recent sex change, I thought it best to avoid rib ticklers.

 

[Abernovo]

Congratulations, both.

 

[JoanDrake]

The first of many, I am sure. Congratulations

(uh...I mean books, of course)

 

[Serendipity]

Congratulations Jo and Gary. I hope your offspring... err... romcom will do well!