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Joya Goffney grew up in New Waverly, a small town in East Texas. In high school, she challenged herself with to-do lists full of risk-taking items like ‘hug a random boy’ and ‘eat a cricket,’ which inspired her debut novel. With a passion for black social psychology, she moved out of the countryside to attend the University of Texas in Austin, where she still resides.

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Joya Goffney Yes, yes, yes! You can expect more YA love stories from me in the next few years :)
Joya Goffney I've had a lot of trouble with this as of late, and I've had to do a lot of soul searching about why all of a sudden it's so difficult to write... It …moreI've had a lot of trouble with this as of late, and I've had to do a lot of soul searching about why all of a sudden it's so difficult to write... It seems I mostly write as an escape. I find it so much easier to write when I love my characters and when I can truly put myself in their shoes. So, then, my advice for dealing with writer's block is to find the right emotions for the scene (s), not necessarily the right words. (less)
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“There are enough closed doors and glass ceilings in the world. My comfort zone shouldn’t be one of them.”
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“I wasted so much time living in fear that I thought I was comfortable, but I was writing in a cage that I didn't know existed, making lists of all my worries with no intent to do anything about them.”
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