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Jodie Toohey

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Jodie Toohey is the owner and operator of Wordsy Woman Author Services, a company that helps authors, soon-to-be authors, and want-to-be authors from pre-idea to readers with craft advice, revision and editing services, and book marketing planning services. She is the author of seven books, three poetry collections - Crush and Other Love Poems for Girls, The Other Side of Crazy, and Versed in Nature: Hiking Northwest Illinois and West Iowa State Parks - and three novels - Missing Emily: Croatian Life Letters, Melody Madson - May It Please the Court?, Taming the Twisted, and Taming the Twisted 2 Reconstructing Rain. Jodie lives with her family in Davenport, Iowa.

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Jodie Toohey My current project is a historical novel set in 1860 in Camanche, Iowa. On June 3rd that year, the town was hit by a tornado which wiped out most of t…moreMy current project is a historical novel set in 1860 in Camanche, Iowa. On June 3rd that year, the town was hit by a tornado which wiped out most of the town. I chose this event because when I was growing up, the lore was that if Camanche (pop. @5,000) wouldn't have been hit by the tornado, it would've grew bigger than Clinton (pop. @35,000). My grandmother also grew up in Camanche and I loved hearing her stories.

In my story, the main character, a teen, is faced with raising her siblings when her parents are killed in the tornado. There's also a murder and romance...(less)
Jodie Toohey I wrote my most recent book, "Melody Madson - May It Please the Court?" while working as a paralegal at a law firm. The idea for putting a 16-year old…moreI wrote my most recent book, "Melody Madson - May It Please the Court?" while working as a paralegal at a law firm. The idea for putting a 16-year old genius in a law firm as a lawyer just popped into my head one night as I was trying to fall asleep. I thought it would be a fun story to tell and might give teens a glimpse into what it could feel like to work as an attorney.

Recently, I realized I was able to write from Melody's perspective so well because when I started working at the law firm when I was about 27, I felt like I was still 16...(less)
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