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Jessica Minyard

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Jessica wrote and illustrated her first story in the fourth grade. “The Dragon of Grindley Grun” was about an evil wizard, a princess, and a dragon who was actually a prince. She likes to think her writing has evolved since that very first story, even though she still writes about magic and evil wizards...sometimes.

She likes to sing loudly and dance on occasion without being particularly talented at either. Her interests include reading, writing, procrastinating, animal advocacy, musicals, accessories, memes, and sweet tea.

Jessica lives in Kentucky with a spoiled pitbull.

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	Girls Just Wanna Have Fundamental Rights by Shannon O'Connor (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Abugov (Goodreads Author), Rose Bak (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 83 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stones and Finger Bones (The Black Towers, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girls of Fall 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	heat (Nightingale & Sparrow, issue no. III) by Juliette Sebock (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anushka Bidani (Contributor), Frances Boyle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Crimes Against the Uterus: Poems of Resistance by Jean-Marie Bub (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kayt Christensen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samantha Rose Johnson (Editor) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Littlest Dragon 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Communion of the Damned (The Black Towers, #1.5) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Midnight Epiphanies

*Spoiler alert. None of the epiphanies happened at midnight, I just thought it was a cool title.*

It’s time for a confession: I have been struggling hard with the first draft of Trouble With the Truth (my 2024 release and the third book in the Penn Warren University series). Man, I thought I struggled with What Kind of Fool, but it has been nothing compared to the heartache TWTT is giving me.

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Plum (Steel Bones Motorcycle Club, #4)

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“Evil is just . . . so harsh. I prefer ethically unfettered.”
― Jessica Minyard, Stones and Finger Bones

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“Evil is just . . . so harsh. I prefer ethically unfettered.”
― Jessica Minyard, Stones and Finger Bones

tags: character, fantasy, young-adult-fantasy

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“Let our scars fall in love.”
― Galway Kinnell

tags: poetry

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“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”
― Gertrude Stein

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“She wanted to be extraordinary, to possess a savage glitter.”
― Joy Williams

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“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
― Steve Jobs

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