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J.A. Beard is a restless soul married to an equally restless soul. His two children are too young yet to discuss whether or not they are restless souls. When he hasn't been writing, studying history, or making excuses for not writing, he's tried his hand at several careers including intelligence analysis, programming, and research science. Though he likes to declare himself the Pie Master, he's yet to prove his worth in the brutal baking show-downs of Celebration, Florida. ...more

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Average rating: 3.7 · 554 ratings · 99 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Castles, Customs, and Kings: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors by Debra Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), M.M. Bennetts (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maggi Andersen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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 Emerald City (Osland Trilogy, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Castles, Customs, and Kings Volume 2: True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors by Debra Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sue Millard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mary F. Burns (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	A Woman of Proper Accomplishments 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Eternal City (Osland Trilogy, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	The Final City: #3 3.60 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
	Mind Crafter (Cleansing War Saga, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Impossible Intern it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 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
	[(Ultimate Audition Book: 200 Monologues Two Minutes and under)] [Author: J.A. Beard] published on (June, 1998) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Changing Directions

I haven't had a lot of time to write this summer due to personal commitments related to my children. I have, however, had a lot of time to think about my writing and where I want to go with it.

So, to be efficient, I'm announcing that I'm going to retire this pen name. I'm moving into some different genres and styles. I feel that I've drifted from what I wanted to do when I started writing and publ Read more of this blog post »

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“...to go to a dance with a guy who has all the personality of a serial killer mixed with a sponge.”
― J.A. Beard

tags: gail-dorjee, humor, the-emerald-city, witty-comebacks

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“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

tags: memories

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“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

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“...to go to a dance with a guy who has all the personality of a serial killer mixed with a sponge.”
― J.A. Beard

tags: gail-dorjee, humor, the-emerald-city, witty-comebacks

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“A brick could be used to raise your status as an upstanding citizen. Don’t get too excited, though. It’ll only raise you up about three inches. ”
― Jarod Kintz, Brick

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“I run like I have cirrus clouds for legs and rainbow knees. What is life, if not a marathon of love? ”
― Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.

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message 12: by J.A.

Jun 22, 2012 05:55AM

You're welcome.

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message 11: by Christine

Jun 22, 2012 05:40AM

thanks for being my friend

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message 10: by J.A.

Mar 12, 2012 06:37PM

You're welcome, Robert.

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message 9: by Robert

Mar 12, 2012 06:30PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request, J.A.

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message 8: by J.A.

Mar 02, 2012 06:47PM

You're welcome.

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message 7: by Kat (last edited Mar 02, 2012 06:45PM)

Mar 02, 2012 06:45PM

Thanks so much for friending me!

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message 6: by J.A.

Jan 31, 2012 05:58PM

Tabitha wrote: "Thanks for the add."

You're welcome. :)

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Jan 31, 2012 01:54PM

You're welcome. :)

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message 4: by Bridget

Jan 31, 2012 12:50PM

Thanks for the friend request, Jeremy.

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message 3: by J.A.

Jan 18, 2012 07:24PM

You're welcome.

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message 2: by Midu

Jan 18, 2012 07:24PM

Thanks for the invite, J.A!

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message 1: by Tiphanie

May 24, 2011 11:16AM

Hi Jeremy,

How's it going? Since you have over 50 books in your profile, are you a librarian? I need someone to combine my two Heart Stealer books into one.

Thanks!
Tiphanie

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