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Jan 22
2 min

What to Read: Wherever You Are Part II

Arizona: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling Forgive me the pun, but what an utterly disarming book this is! I ...

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JoyJarrett

Jan 18
1 min

What to Read: Wherever You Are

Most of this is purely a wish-fulfillment post, but why not do a little armchair travel daydreaming. Here's a fun list of what to read in...

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JoyJarrett

Jan 18
4 min

Ultimate Guide: Books for a Fun Escape

In no particular order, here are some wonderful books I've read that managed to pull me out of the worries of my life and transport me in...

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JoyJarrett

Feb 11, 2018
2 min

Author Brand

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about author brand. It’s all well and good that I love to write across genres. I’ve written paranormal YA...

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JoyJarrett

Aug 4, 2017
2 min

Priorities

I’m feeling profoundly sad and shocked today, my confusion about priorities cleared in an instant to one single thing. I was very self-ab...

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Dare to Dream: The Value of Writing Conferences

JoyJarrett

Apr 18, 2016
4 min

Dare to Dream: The Value of Writing Conferences

I just got back from an amazing weekend at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference and the theme this year was Dare to Dream. This was my first...

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Lessons on writing from The Late Night Show

JoyJarrett

Mar 10, 2016
3 min

Lessons on writing from The Late Night Show

“The key is to tell a story that’s as emotionally engaging as possible.” JJ Abrams The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert this Tue...

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JoyJarrett

Jan 29, 2016
6 min

I got skills, baby!

Every once in a while, some writers pull off a successful story that features an unlikable protagonist. But for the sake of this post, I’...

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JoyJarrett

Jan 20, 2016
4 min

Trusting Your Reader

“What writing is…telepathy, of course. All the arts depend upon telepathy to some degree, but I believe that writing offers the purest di...

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JoyJarrett

Jan 12, 2016
3 min

Wish fulfillment

“To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.” Jane Austen-Sense and Sensibility My wish, above all else, is to write the best damn st...

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JoyJarrett

Jan 22
2 min

What to Read: Wherever You Are Part II

Arizona: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling Forgive me the pun, but what an utterly disarming book this is! I ...

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JoyJarrett

Jan 18
1 min

What to Read: Wherever You Are

Most of this is purely a wish-fulfillment post, but why not do a little armchair travel daydreaming. Here's a fun list of what to read in...

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