{"id":17,"date":"2017-08-07T13:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T13:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamayejones.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-12-25T03:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T03:43:30","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/williamayejones.com\/it\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<section class=\"pos-r hidden-xs hidden-sm\"  id=\"shortcode-126c98a54e4674511336d75086c6e3b0\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"shortcode-011781ab1875d04cd4fb58c2f8dc330f\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-6 text-left\" >\r\n\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"spacer\" id=\"shortcode-ed9431f005ab089053e70bcb2e4384cb\"><\/div><div class=\"SpecialHeading fw-heading  text-left mt-20 mb-60\" id=\"shortcode-c7f9466092d69f29e9e49088a9ef6bee\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"special-title special-heading-letter\">Williamaye Jones<\/h2>\t\t<div class=\"special-subtitle\">Novelist exploring power, faith, and women\u2019s lives in Renaissance Italy<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"TextBlock  is-wow fadeInUp\" id=\"shortcode-1149f570afbef290db0d66f02162526c\" data-wow-delay=\"0s\">\r\n\t<p>I write historical and women\u2019s fiction shaped by moments of upheaval\u2014when belief fractures, loyalty is tested, and inheritance becomes a burden. This space is for readers drawn to layered stories, moral tension, and the long shadows history leaves behind.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"spacer\" id=\"shortcode-73c545d2a544485e21ecbdee3bb647f3\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"TextBlock\" id=\"shortcode-5808250cd439a5d6bdac1e653fafc93d\" >\r\n\t<p data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"530\"><em data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"530\">A forthcoming historical novel<\/em><\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-button btn is-page-flip btn-normal  is-wow fadeIn\" data-post-id=\"212\"><i class=\"icon-book-open\"><\/i><span>Read an excerpt from Virago<\/span><\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"TextBlock\" id=\"shortcode-893add671f54b3bfbc545f8fc589af4a\" >\r\n\t<p data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"650\"><em data-start=\"582\" data-end=\"650\">Virago is a completed historical novel currently under submission.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"shortcode-5fe57323af03aedc86aea585cfb9c96d\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-6 text-left\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"BookImageBackground  book-bg-type-1\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"bg-image is-parallax\" data-bg-image=\"\/\/williamayejones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Italy-field.png\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BookImage   text-right\" id=\"shortcode-87fb9fcd0fd4f52dbfdd9c0a6512f7ed\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"book-image-wrapper SingleProductImage\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"PageFlipBook\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"has-edge has-edge-thick is-page-flip\" data-post-id=\"212\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-flip-book-ribbon\"><span>Read the Book<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/williamayejones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/WJ-WIP-Book-468x700.png\" class=\"wp-post-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><!-- end BookImage -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"pos-r section-light\"  id=\"shortcode-c6b8942222bab1de5e2ee74a342156fc\" >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay-color\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"shortcode-2e61271c011108cf3202943408464975\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-12 text-left\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"SpecialHeading fw-heading  text-center mt-20 mb-60\" id=\"shortcode-298ac1191a186cb65df959b7fe35a082\" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"special-title special-heading-letter\">A Historical Fiction Novel About<\/h2>\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"spacer\" id=\"shortcode-079ee02eb3d6ac85eacae067948bcf38\"><\/div><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"shortcode-ed73393e68f7fd858c491511c7b0b770\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-4 text-left\" >\r\n\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BoxIcon box-icon-vertical  is-wow fadeInUp\" id=\"shortcode-6a6abb1c0f9cfc482a6a63ec5f07bc97\" data-wow-delay=\"0.1s\">\r\n\t<div class=\"box-icon-header-wrapper pos-r\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"box-icon-title\">Italy<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-map\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-text\">A landscape shaped by faith, fortune, and the dangerous illusion of certainty.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><!-- end BoxIcon -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"shortcode-0de3717d85e0189982331d05c30945d2\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-4 text-left\" >\r\n\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BoxIcon box-icon-vertical  is-wow fadeInUp\" id=\"shortcode-514294fc4a24b2ff926237f18e7debbb\" data-wow-delay=\"0.3s\">\r\n\t<div class=\"box-icon-header-wrapper pos-r\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"box-icon-title\">Maneuvers<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-strategy\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-text\">Fragile alliances, foreign incursions, and the private wars waged behind palace walls.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><!-- end BoxIcon -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"shortcode-5f6d0196d2e251a09b92cd356835c4e6\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-4 text-left\" >\r\n\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"BoxIcon box-icon-vertical  is-wow fadeInUp\" id=\"shortcode-3c6616450263d591bb08110dcad188c4\" data-wow-delay=\"0.5s\">\r\n\t<div class=\"box-icon-header-wrapper pos-r\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"box-icon-title\">Family<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"icon-profile-female\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-icon-text\">What we inherit. What we protect. What we sacrifice in order to survive.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><!-- end BoxIcon -->\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"pos-r\"  id=\"shortcode-d83b1f2e03ad21abe50f24383713919c\" >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fw-row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"shortcode-bdd6e0debdca4d5e7019905ad8adb252\" class=\"fw-col-xs-12 fw-col-sm-12 fw-col-md-12 text-left\" >\r\n\t\r\n\r\n<div class=\"SpecialTextBlock special-text-block-has-image pos-r  is-wow fadeInUp\" id=\"shortcode-90e29aba47e23450d98aceb026a5d8f9\" data-wow-delay=\"0s\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"SpecialHeading fw-heading mb-40\">\r\n\t\t<h2 class=\"special-title special-heading-letter\">Williamaye Jones<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"special-subtitle\">Novelist, Reader, and Cultural Observer<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"special-text-block-image\">\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"bg-image\" data-bg-image=\"\/\/williamayejones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CNKP6213-rotated.jpg\"><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"special-text-block-content font-subheading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"3064\" data-end=\"3208\">Williamaye Jones is a novelist whose work explores power, faith, and the interior lives of women navigating moments of upheaval.<\/p><p data-start=\"3215\" data-end=\"3425\">Her fiction returns often to Renaissance Italy\u2014a world shaped by ambition, fragile alliances, and the consequences of belief\u2014while also extending into contemporary women\u2019s fiction rooted in emotional suspense.<\/p><p data-start=\"3432\" data-end=\"3606\">She is currently querying a completed historical novel and developing a series of novellas set in Italy, with her fiction debuting in 2026. 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