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	Escaping the Arroyo 3.84 avg rating — 844 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Reel to Real: The Video Store Murders by Joyce Nance (Goodreads Author), Margaret L. Briggs (Editor), Rita Hubbard (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 188 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 Crime Gene (The Crime Gene Series Book 1) 3.25 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Nance's Mystery Writer's Thesaurus 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Sharp as Stars - Poems of Love and Loss by Joyce Nance (Goodreads Author), Kathy Teller it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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
	Crime Doesn't Pay - Even for Cats (Cat Crime Book Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	{ [ ESCAPING THE ARROYO ] } Nance, Joyce ( AUTHOR ) Jun-21-2012 Paperback by Joyce Nance (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 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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"Hello," I said to the vastness known as the Goodreads Blog. I wish to tell the world that I have completed a new book. It's called "Reel to Real: The Video Store Murders". It is about Albuquerque's 1996 Hollywood Video murders. It is a true crime novel.

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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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A Stolen Life

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“It is always the best policy to speak the truth — unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.”
― Joyce Nance, Reel to Real: The Video Store Murders

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“If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.” CHINESE PROVERB”
― Joyce Nance, Reel to Real: The Video Store Murders

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“Colene had received no counseling, either, on how to handle the vague fears that crept into her thoughts or guidance on stifling the bad dreams that stole her sleep nightly. She was always on alert - heard everything . . . saw everything. Years later, she would be diagnosed with PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but knowing that didn't help much and it even came to pass that others used it against her.”
― Joyce Nance, Escaping the Arroyo

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“Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”
― Stephen King

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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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message 22: by Joyce Nance

Sep 26, 2016 09:47AM

Harpy You didn't happen to read my most recent book "The Crime Gene" did you. I am seeking reviews if you have. thank you either way. joyce

Harpy wrote: ""JOYCE'S RECENT UPDATES
Joyce Nance is now friends with Harpy"

LOL,

thank you for being......friends with....wow :)"

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message 21: by Penny

Sep 16, 2013 07:56AM

Thanks for the friend request!

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message 20: by Monica

Feb 28, 2013 03:35PM

Hello! Thanks for the friend request.

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message 19: by Joyce Nance

Dec 22, 2012 06:39PM

Jill wrote: "Hi Joyce, thanks for the friend invite!"

I love your avatar

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message 18: by Dustin

Dec 15, 2012 02:51PM

Hi, Joyce!

You are very welcome, my friend.:)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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message 17: by Joyce Nance

Dec 13, 2012 10:59AM

thanks dustin. likewise I'm sure. joyce

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message 16: by Dustin

Dec 13, 2012 10:59AM

Hi, good day, Joyce!

I hope all's well with you and yours.:)

Thank you for the friend request, it's much appreciated.

Have a wonderful day!

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message 15: by Kat

Dec 09, 2012 09:08AM

Hello! Thanks for the friend-vite.

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message 14: by Lolita

Dec 08, 2012 10:56AM

Joyce wrote: "Lolita wrote: "thanks for the friending Joyce...
ans wow, you are an author."

nice to meet you too."

:)

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message 13: by Joyce Nance

Dec 08, 2012 09:39AM

Lolita wrote: "thanks for the friending Joyce...
ans wow, you are an author."

nice to meet you too.

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message 12: by Lolita (last edited Dec 08, 2012 11:02AM)

Dec 08, 2012 09:00AM

thanks for the friending Joyce...
and wow, you are an author.

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message 11: by Debra

Nov 25, 2012 03:29PM

Thank you for the invite, Joyce!;)

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message 10: by Susan

Nov 24, 2012 09:18AM

Thank you for the invite Joyce! I,am heading your way next week! We are moving to Phoenix! My husband got a great engineering job working at INTEL!!! We are so excited to leave the frozen Tundra of
Wisconsin!! Have a great day!

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message 9: by Janie

Nov 24, 2012 08:24AM

Thanks for the request. :)

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message 8: by Joyce Nance

Nov 17, 2012 09:46AM

Nice to meet you, Em. I have another friend named M. Any relation?

joyce

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message 7: by Joyce Nance

Nov 11, 2012 08:10PM

thank you. i subscribed to your blog. you sound very interesting with your interest in important things like cats, true crime and the beach. i look forward to following your blog. joyce

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message 6: by Lori

Nov 11, 2012 07:06PM

Thanks so much for the friend-ing, Joyce!

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message 5: by Lucy Qhuay

Nov 09, 2012 10:03AM

Thanks for adding me, Joyce! :)

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message 4: by Joyce Nance

Nov 08, 2012 05:40AM

Colleen wrote: "Thank you for adding me. I look forward to reading your book."

I'm going to have the book free on kindle tomorrow on amazon FYI. If you do get around to reading it, I would be interested to know what you think. Hope the week it going pleasantly for you. joyce

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message 3: by Christine

Nov 08, 2012 04:16AM