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Jennifer L. Hotes

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in Mountain View, CA, The United States

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Mystery, Paranormal, Fantasy

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Raised across the river from a nuclear reactor, Jennifer thought two-headed animals at the county fair were normal until she moved to the big city. Jennifer has been looking at the world through a cracked kaleidoscope since she was born and has been writing since her parents pushed her crib against a blank wall.

She would give her last possession for a bowl of gumbo from Disneyland's New Orleans Square and tries to run five days a week.

Fortunate enough to marry her best friend, she and her husband reside in Seattle and the proud parents of two strong, fierce daughters. ...more

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	Four Rubbings (The Stone Witch #1) 4.07 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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 Pirate's Booty (Inventor-in-Training Book 1) by D.M. Darroch (Goodreads Author), Jennifer L. Hotes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — 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
	Birch: A Witch Tree 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Josie Jameson and the Stone Witch (The Stone Witch #2) 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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
	Cyborgia (Inventor-in-Training Book 3) by D.M. Darroch (Goodreads Author), Jennifer L. Hotes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 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
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	The Crystal Lair (Inventor-in-Training Book 2) by D.M. Darroch (Goodreads Author), Jennifer L. Hotes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.50 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
	Four Rubbings (The Stone Witch Series) (Volume 1) by Jennifer L. Hotes (2013-08-26) 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
	Inventor-in-Training: Box Set, Books 1-3 by D.M. Darroch (Goodreads Author), Jennifer L. Hotes (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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“A steady spray of mist silently soaks my fooyball jersey, an irritating rain we locals call spit. Not worth the trouble of opening an umbrella. Not worth spit. Kind of like me.”
― Jennifer Hotes

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“A steady spray of mist silently soaks my football jersey, an irritating rain we locals call spit. Not worth the trouble of opening an umbrella. Not worth spit. Kind of like me.”
― Jennifer Hotes, Four Rubbings

tags: casey-s-words, four-rubbings, spit

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“I spend more time with the living, than the dead now.”
― Jennifer Hotes, Four Rubbings

tags: characters-of-four-rubbings, dead, four-rubbings, grace, living, observation

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“Thank you for wearing that dress which is like whoa.”
― John Green

tags: john-green, the-fault-in-our-stars

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“I kind of conned you into believing you were falling in love with a healthy person.”
― John Green

tags: john-green, the-fault-in-our-stars

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“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”
― Gandhi

tags: actions, habits, values

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“Music is a language - and language, at its finest, should be music.”
― T.L. Rese

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches