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Jacqueline Dooley

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Fantasy, Young Adult, Children's

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Tad Williams, Terry Brooks, John Green, Anne McCaffrey, Stephen King, ...more

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Author of Doorways to Arkomo and Spiritwood. Writer of sad essays. ClickZ contributor and freelance B2B content writer by day. #binders

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An Honest Look At My Dream of Being a Novelist

I started writingmy first novel abouttwenty years ago. It took more than half a decade to complete. Back then, I used to spend my lunch break ina tiny bookstore near my job (I worked as an administrative assistant for a busy medical practice). I’d buy the latest issue of Writer’s Digest Magazine the minute it came out. Each issue felt like a secret only I knew about. The magazine was filled with a

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	Doorways to Arkomo (Spirit Oak's Gift, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Doorways Home (The Spirit Oak's Gift, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 8 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
	Spiritwood 3.67 avg rating — 3 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
	Doorways Home: Book Two of The Spirit Oak's Gift by Jacqueline Dooley (Goodreads Author), Judith Krongard (illustrator) 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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