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Jincy Willett


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Literature & Fiction


From the author's website: "An aging, bitter, unpleasant woman living in Escondido, California, who spends her days parsing the sentences of total strangers and her nights teaching and writing. Sometimes, late at night, in the dark, she laughs inappropriately." This is also the short bio on her character, Amy Gallup, on her blog in "The Writing Class." ...more

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Average rating: 3.61 · 17,801 ratings · 2,466 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Writing Class
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Amy Falls Down (Amy Gallup...
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Jenny and the Jaws of Life
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Amy Among the Serial Killers
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Series by Jincy Willett

The Writing Class Amy Falls Down Amy Among the Serial Killers
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Quotes by Jincy Willett  (?)
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“Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.”
― Jincy Willett, The Writing Class
tags: books, reading
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“Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write.”
― Jincy Willett, The Writing Class
tags: inspiration, writing
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“...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.”
― Jincy Willett, The Writing Class
tags: inspiration, writing
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