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Jessica Abel

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

Website

http://www.jessicaabel.com/

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Comics, Graphic Novels, Nonfiction

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February 2015

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Author and coach Jessica Abel is the author of Growing Gills, Out on the Wire, La Perdida, and two textbooks about making comics, Drawing Words & Writing Pictures and Mastering Comics. Abel’s latest work of fiction is the Eisner-nominated Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 15,317 ratings · 2,011 reviews · 53 distinct works • Similar authors

	La Perdida 3.31 avg rating — 2,186 ratings — published 2002 — 23 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
	Drawing Words and Writing Pictures by Jessica Abel (Goodreads Author), Matt Madden 4.09 avg rating — 1,739 ratings — published 2008 — 7 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
	Out on the Wire: Uncovering the Secrets of Radio's New Masters of Story with Ira Glass 4.22 avg rating — 1,523 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Life Sucks by Jessica Abel (Goodreads Author), Gabriel Soria, Warren Pleece (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 1,774 ratings — published 2008 — 8 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
	Trish Trash #1: Rollergirl of Mars (Trish Trash graphic novels) 3.42 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life 4.23 avg rating — 252 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
	Radio: An Illustrated Guide by Jessica Abel (Goodreads Author), Ira Glass 4.03 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued by Jessica Abel (Goodreads Author), Matt Madden 4.24 avg rating — 172 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
	Soundtrack: An Artbabe Collection 3.57 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Trish Trash #2 (2) (Trish Trash graphic novels) 3.56 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2017 — 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

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“The decision to carve out time and attention to make your work is a breathtaking act of ego. You’re saying, “I don’t care what everyone else thinks I should be doing with my time. I know this is what I need to do.” If”
― Jessica Abel, Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life

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“I sit in front of the notebook and feel like it’s just too late for me. And that this book isn’t working, nothing’s working, everything feels like it’s made of spiders.”
― Jessica Abel, Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life

tags: depression, despair, spiders, writing

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“I sit in front of the notebook and feel like it’s just too late for me. And that this book isn’t working, nothing’s working, everything feels like it’s made of spiders.” Those”
― Jessica Abel, Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life

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