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Sean Thompson

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Born
in Brooklyn, NY, The United States
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January 2014

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I want to see more diversity in YA literature. I also want it to push certain boundaries (i.e. I have a lot of faith in young readers to handle certain subject matter and bring about change for the better). Dreams of a Nobody is (and will be) my small contribution toward that aim. (As you can see, I'm not all that good at talking about myself - unless you ask. Check out my ask me anything blog post and ask away.

Here's a synopsis: Dreams of a Nobody (part 1) is the beginning of the story of Amos Kieran, a young boy chosen by his king to play a key role in bringing world peace. All Amos has to do is kill a few hundred or a few thousand people (however many the king needs to create his vision of peace) at the cost of his own life—a small price
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“Counting Stars”

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♪ Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,
Knees and Toes
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,
Knees and Toes
And Eyes and Ears and Mouth and Nose
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes! ♪

I’ve seen just a few too many yesterdays to get away with liking that song today, but I was never too old to be embarrassed singing and dancing. The smiles on my siblings’ faces made sure of that. It’s amazing how th Read more of this blog post »
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Published on February 15, 2014 16:41
Average rating: 4.0 · 6 ratings · 3 reviews · 1 distinct work
Dreams of a Nobody (Part 1)

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“My mom once told me I shot down from the stars; you know, instead of that whole stork nonsense. I used to believe her until I found out the truth. I prefer the star story, but I’m told that if I live long enough my preference will change.”
Sean Thompson, Dreams of a Nobody

“I want to run around and play, too. I want to play tag without constantly being “it,” because when I chase somebody now I’m ordered to make them a body that can never tag me back. I want to spin around until I get dizzy and feel like I have to puke. Then laugh and do it all over again. Not spin around to kill the person ready to stab me in the back and then vomit because of the resulting nausea. There’s a part of me that wants to do the things that I now think are too stupid or too childish; it’s just that part of me owes a debt to Death, and they’re playing a mean game of hide-and-seek.”
Sean Thompson, Dreams of a Nobody

“He has a cigarette dangling loosely from His lips, the lit end smoldering and showing itself to me as the moon. Its heat caused the colors to melt into one another and the flicked ashes streak down the sky as shooting stars. Did the stress of perfecting Creation ever get bad enough to make God need a cigarette? I mean, He has to be stressed making something like me and my situation, right? You can’t be relaxed and at ease when you do that. He can’t not give a damn. I wonder how many times He redrew me before saying to hell with it. Then I looked at my clothes and bare feet. To hell with it, indeed.”
Sean Thompson, Dreams of a Nobody

“I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.”
Joan Didion

“You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.”
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“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”
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“You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin”
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“You your best thing, Sethe. You are.”
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