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Vanessa Wells

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	Magic and Other Disasters (The Chronicles of Topeka, TX #1) 4.34 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2013	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
	Grumpy Old Gods: Volume 1 by Vanessa Wells (Goodreads Author), Katharina Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth Shaffer 4.24 avg rating — 33 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
	Grumpy Old Gods Volume 2 by Vanessa Wells (Goodreads Author), Juneta Key (Goodreads Author), Marshall J. Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 20 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
	Seventeen Stones 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Trick or Treat by Vanessa Wells (Goodreads Author), Michelle Storey, Emma Darling 4.10 avg rating — 10 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
	The Tale of the Bandersnatch (Seventeen Stones #2) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	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 Magus (Seventeen Stones #3) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015	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
	Grumpy Old Gods, Volume 3 by Vanessa Wells (Goodreads Author), Juneta Key (Goodreads Author), Greg Nagler 4.40 avg rating — 5 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
	Disturbing Tranquility: There's nothing more tranquil than death... really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Magic and Other Distractions (The Chronicles of Topeka, TX #2) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2017	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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The two cops, Detective Bob and Officer Dobbs circled the supervillain known only as Psycho Shannon warily as she sat, cigarette lit, handcuffed, and completely unimpressed at their interrogation table.

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A sweet story for special children and the special adults who take care of them. Perfectly suited for younger kids’ reading level, I have to admit, this made me tear up a bit. It makes me grateful for all the big hearted people who become foster pare ...more
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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“If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.”
― Holly Lisle, Gods Old and Dark

tags: life

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“A voice speaks to each of us in the still silent places - a voice that tells us to stand, to have courage, to do what is right.”
― Holly Lisle, Diplomacy of Wolves

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“Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.”
― Holly Lisle, Diplomacy of Wolves

tags: inspirational-success-failure

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“And let’s debunk one bit of writer myth while we’re here: Doing a seventeenth revision on a project does not make a writer an artist or move him above the writer hoi polloi any more than dressing entirely in black or wearing tweed jackets with leather elbow patches or big, black drover coats. These are all affectations, and smack of dilettantism. Real writers, and real artists, finish books and move on to the next project.”
― Holly Lisle

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