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J. Schlenker

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J. Schlenker, a late-blooming author, lives with her husband, Chris, in the splendid center of nowhere in the foothills of Appalachia in Kentucky, where the only things to disturb her writing are croaking frogs, screaming guineas, and the occasional sounds of hay being cut in the fields.

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J. Schlenker The exploration and seemingly realness of the endless worlds and many universes that the human mind can create.
J. Schlenker "Jessica Lost Her Wobble" is about a middle-aged woman who moves to an island to contemplate her life. That is my only published work.
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"Jessica Lost Her Wobble" is about a middle-aged woman who moves to an island to contemplate her life. That is my only published work.
I'm working on two more books, "The Innkeeper on the Edge," a woman moves to France, encounters a ghost, has a past life regression, and meets her future husband, and "The Color of Cold and Ice," about color, Van Gogh, and the cold as seen through two families coming together. And, I have a number of short stories I'm working on. Most of them tend to be comedy.(less)
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Are you a pantser, or do you outline?

I am a planner all the way. I first think the whole story through in my head, start to finish. This is where I usually lose sleep. The ideas come to me as I try to drift off. By the time I sit at my computer and draft an outline, I’ve considered the whole thing through more than once. Of course, characters have their own ideas, and sometimes things change a

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I discovered this author through a book club, and I'm glad I did. Loved her descriptions. Actually, sometimes, I got so caught up in the construction of words that I would lose track of the story. Flora was my favorite character, even though the main ...more
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If anyone deserves to win the lottery, it’s Samantha, aka Sam. All her life, she had been a giver, not in terms of money in the beginning, because she scraped by on a budget set by a husband who refused to let
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Poonam Hey J, thanks for the friend request.... Looking forward to all the bookish discussions :))


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Anna Hi J. Thank you for the friend request.


Cheryl Thank you for the friend request!
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Joëlle Thanks for the friend request!
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Grahame Thanks for the friendvite, J! :)


Waffles - Kelsey Hey J, thanks so much for the friendship request. Can't wait to share books with you!


Rachel Annie Many thanks for the add!


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Jan Thanks for the invite! :-)


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