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SUNNY IN THE NORTH POLE
COMING SOON!
Jana's 6th Script - Screenplay
Facing cancellation, a neurotic weather anchor leaves Florida for the first time ever to film a last-ditch Christmas special in the small town of North Pole, Alaska, where a sexy, fiercely protective local begins to melt her icy perfection—until a lie threatens to blow everything up.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BARRY
Jana's 5th Script - Screenplay
Completed in February, 2026
When a rigid planner and a chaotic designer are double-booked to dog-sit a beach house, eight surprise Valentine’s puppies spark sleepless chaos—and feelings they never planned for before the owners return.
ROUGH SEAS
THE FLYING SPY TAKES A DIVE
Jana's 4th script - Television
- 2025 Top Finalist in Round 5 ISA’s Hollywood Genre Comedy
- 2026 2nd Round Selections in the ISA Fast Track Fellowship
- 2026 2nd Selection in Film Freeway’s Los Angeles International Screenplay
- 2026 Semifinalist in Stage 32 Film and Television Comedy
- 2026 Quarter-Finalist LA International Diversity Initiative
THE FLYING SPY TAKES A DIVE
BUFFETT BABES - Tiki Treasures
THE FLYING SPY TAKES A DIVE
Jana's 3rd Script - Screenplay
- 2026 Quarter-finalist - Wiki Screenplay Contest
- 2026 ISA Diversity Initiative - Second Round Selection
BUFFETT BABES - Tiki Treasures
BUFFETT BABES - Tiki Treasures
BUFFETT BABES - Tiki Treasures
Jana's 2nd Script - Screenplay
- Top Finalist in the Round Four
- 2025 HollywoodGenre Comedy Screenplay
- Quarter-Finalist 2025 ISA's EMERGING Screenwriters - Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition
CHRISTMAS CRACKS
BUFFETT BABES - Tiki Treasures
BUFFETT BABES - Tiki Treasures
Jana's FIRST-EVER script!
- 2024 Semifinalist - Pitch to Page Screenwriting Contest
- 2025 Quarter-finalist – Film Freeway – Outstanding Screenplay Feature Competition
Novels & children's series updates
BOOK SIGNING
Enjoyed spending the day at Tattered Cover Books in Denver for a book fair hosted by Writing Heights in September, 2025. Promoted my children's series, JAQ'S WACKY DREAMS and met some wonderful new friends.
ALLERGIES OVER THE ATLANTIC
ALLERGIES OVER THE ATLANTIC 2nd place in the Georgia Romance Writers Moonlight & Magnolia Conference 2024 - Romantic Suspense category
** JANA has just completed the screen adaptation of ALLERGIES OVER THE ATLANTIC. See THE FLYING SPY TAKES A DIVE information above!
MOUNTAINS OF DOUGH
MOUNTAINS OF DOUGH
1st Place in TWO contests:
2022 PNWA Conference
&
2022 Orange Rose Contest