Aussie Author & International Bestseller Jane Hinchey writes funny, witchy, paranormal cozy mysteries and sexy, snarky, badass, urban fantasies under the name J.A. Hinchey.

Living in the City of Churches (aka Adelaide, South Australia) with her man, two cats, and turtle, she would really prefer to live in a magical town where cooking could be done with a snap of her fingers, and her house would clean itself.

When she’s not in her writing cave she’s usually playing the Sims, Civilizations or something similar, binge-watching Netflix or upping the ante in the crazy cat lady stakes.

Okay, now that we’ve got the official Bio out of the way, let’s get real.

It took me 20 years to write my first book.

Not because I’m a slow writer, but because of fear. The stories that I was telling myself about not being enough.

• Not good enough
• Not smart enough

I’d start. Then stop. I was my own worse critic. One minute I loved what I wrote, the next hated it and cringed at the thought of anyone ever reading it.

In a bid to satisfy my entrepreneurial heart I immersed myself in other endeavours. I started a pet sitting business, then sold it. I became a website designer and was AWESOME at it, but then fell out of love with it. In between times I’d take job after job, because you know, money. And I hated it all. I really just wanted to be a writer, an author, but I’d been telling myself the story that I couldn’t for so long that I believed it. I didn’t think it was possible.

Until one day I started writing. I stopped fighting. I stopped resisting. I stopped listening to all the reasons why I couldn’t…and let myself believe that maybe, just maybe…I could.

And THAT is why today I’ve published over twenty books.

What story are you telling yourself? About your book dream? About your business? What untruth have you believed for longer than you’d care to admit?

The new story I’m telling myself?