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Jessica’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jessica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Jessica Lave
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Microfiction: Showing versus Telling Exercise
In order to get in the habit of writing again, seeing as I’ve been editing and rewriting for such a long time without really writing much of anything new, I’m going to try doing prompts more, and practice showing and telling, something I’d like to work on. Specifically, I’d like to get better at distinguishing […]
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A 21st Century Fairy Tale
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Realistically Yours
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Flight: A 30th Street Fiction Anthology
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Quiet on the Set: A Novel
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Broken: A 30th Street Fiction Anthology
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| I ended up liking this one quite a bit but it was a bit of a slow beginning and the main character Hal was very judgemental and unlikeable at the beginning. Once there were more chapters with Stella's POV, it began to flow better and was more interes ...more | |
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| Couldn't get into it. The prologue in first person is very enticing, but once it got to the doctor's story, I didn't like it. The ex-wife is too stereotypical and unredeeming and the kid was a little hard to buy into for the age she was supposed to b ...more | |
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| Got almost halfway through the audiobook before I decided to give up, but I was only passively listening because it wasn't awful, but it wasn't very interesting either. The characters were pretty two-dimensional and stereotypical, and the voice the n ...more | |
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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
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| Lots of interviews and history given in a loosely connected way. Some anecdotes were fascinating, but others were tedious. Maybe fiction has spoiled me on this subject, but this was just not consistently interesting enough to keep my attention long e ...more | |
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“We can never be entirely original, as artists or as people. The genius and vision of those who came before us is too great for us to digress from entirely. Though, as creatures that are compelled to test and surpass our own creative abilities, we must always strive for that originality in everything we do in order to move the world forward.”
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“When the chips are down, you are given
the chance to find the strength you never knew you had and put it toward the greater good. Or go over to the dark side. You know, if that’s how you roll.”
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the chance to find the strength you never knew you had and put it toward the greater good. Or go over to the dark side. You know, if that’s how you roll.”
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“We all have to face our faults and mistakes, and then choose to overcome them or let them drag us down.”
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“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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Jun 07, 2013 11:32AM
LAST STOP! Here's the latest and last stop of my blog tour over at It's Raining Books! A guest post on 5 things you probably wouldn't guess about me! http://www.its-raining-books.blogspot...
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New tour stop for Thursday is a guest post about music and how it inspires writing. Check it out at Tina's Book Reviews: http://www.tinasbookreviews.com/2013/...
New tour stop at Love, Laughter, Friendship today is an interview, AND a 5-star review! Stop by and check it out, and don't forget: comments enter you to win a $20 Fandango gift card! http://maw25.wordpress.com/2013/06/05...
Two stops today! One interview at Andi's Book Reviews: http://andisbookreviews.blogspot.com/... and a guest post about my biggest fear as an author at Long and Short Reviews: http://www.longandshortreviews.com/gu...
First tour stop of the week is on The Bookcast! I had a blast chatting about Quiet on the Set: A Novel. And, you can read the first 10 pages of the book on their blog! Listen to the interview here: http://www.thebookcast.com/indie-auth... or on their podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
And, last stop during week 1 of the virtual book tour was an interview with Books and Other Spells! Read the post here: http://nightskydarkstar.blogspot.com/...
Stop #4 is an interview at Farm Girl Books! Check out the interview here: http://www.farmgirlbook.com/2013/05/a...
Third stop on the blog tour for Quiet on the Set: A Novel is an interview at Lisa Haselton's blog. Check it out here! http://lisahaseltonsreviewsandintervi...Don't forget: comments enter you to win a $20 Fandango gift card!
Second stop on the blog tour for Quiet on the Set: A Novel is over at Welcome to My World of Dreams with a guest post about my writing "space". Commenters are entered to win a Fandango gift card! (That's about 2+ free movies!) Read the post here: http://www.jhthomas.blogspot.com/2013...
The blog tour for Quiet on the Set: A Novel starts TODAY! Check out the first stop, my interview at Bunny's Review, here: http://www.blog.kybunnies.com/quiet-o...
Just got the first review in for Quiet on the Set: A Novel! Check it out over on Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/review/R161H85C...
The new book Quiet on the Set: A Novel is OUT!! Get it in print at CreateSpace or get the ebook for Kindle!
Realistically Yours is FREE for Kindle until midnight tomorrow (12/13/12)! Make sure to get it on Amazon during this limited promotion! http://www.amazon.com/Realistically-Y...
New 4 star review on Amazon for A 21st Century Fairy Tale! Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2DWWX4P...
Don't miss out! A 21st Century Fairy Tale is available FREE for Kindle through Halloween night! Head over to Amazon to get your free copy before this Halloween special ends!
New guest post on My Book and My Coffee: The 3 C's of the Author-Blogger Relationship: http://www.mybookandmycoffee.com/2012...Check it out!
One 5 star review on Amazon within 2 weeks of the release! Check out A 21st Century Fairy Tale on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/A-21st-Century-...
And don't forget to enter the giveaway here on Goodreads! http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
