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Joy E. Rancatore

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Legacy and identity, founded on hope-filled faith, infuse the tales of the soul written from the heart of JOY E. RANCATORE. Her Carolina’s Legacy Collection embraces everyday moments that constitute a lifetime and its heritage. Told around multiple related characters, this collection explores faith, life, death and the demons within through four mediums—novel, novella, short stories and epistolary.

An avid reader, student of human behaviors and unwitting empath, Joy absorbs emotions and spills them onto the pages of her work. Joy’s technical background includes more than two decades of professional writing and editing. Ongoing training in writing, publishing, business and counseling enables her to package soul-filled stories for her readers.
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Joy E. Rancatore Right now, I am working on final revisions on a nonfiction writing craft book with my co-author. It's all about how to find—and keep—a writing critiqu…moreRight now, I am working on final revisions on a nonfiction writing craft book with my co-author. It's all about how to find—and keep—a writing critique partner! We're pretty excited about it because it's the book we needed a few years ago when we were trying to figure out how to be critique partners.(less)
Joy E. Rancatore Inspiration comes in various forms at different times. It could be in the lilt of a tune, the whispers of a new character, a brilliant sunset or sunri…moreInspiration comes in various forms at different times. It could be in the lilt of a tune, the whispers of a new character, a brilliant sunset or sunrise, a funny phrase spoken by one of my children or the tragic realities of the world in which we live. Whatever the inspiration, the words or the characters guide and move me, scene to scene, beginning to end. I'm thrilled to push the pen or tap the keys to get these stories out to readers like you!(less)
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12 Months of Reading October 2025

Welcome to October’s 12 Months of Reading! Each month in 2025, I will host a different reading challenge category. These categories are broad to fit a variety of reading preferences. 

The October 2025 12 Months of Reading Challenge category is: a book with leaves or autumn colors on the cover. 

If you’re anything like me, you love autumn: the smells,

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“As I read more in this one little book, I understood for the first time ever that I’m a sinner. I can’t do anything good on my own—which I pretty much knew. What I didn’t know was there was someone who came to save me. Someone perfect who could take on the punishment I deserved. Perfection’s not in my skill set, but God sent his son Jesus to be that for me. He let himself be put up on that cross—like the one out by the pond—and his father turned his back on him because he took my sin … he took your sin … he took it all on him, so we don’t have to. “Like we’ve all heard Ben say, ‘We can’t ever do more bad than God’s willing and able to forgive.’ More than that, we don’t ever have to be separated from God. I’ve”
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“Nothin’ can be done about the past. It was. But it doesn’t have to be our present or future. We get to move on. We get to make wiser choices based on what that past taught us. We get to serve and bless others using that past.”
Joy E. Rancatore, Any Good Thing

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“Life starts out with everyone clapping when you take a poo and goes downhill from there. ”
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“That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all the time; they are always very busy thinking of what things they can do next. That is not what people want. People want to be left alone to look after their cattle.”
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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
Ernest Hemingway

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
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