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    What to Read: Wherever You Are
    JoyJarrett
    • 2 hours ago
    • 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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    Ultimate Guide: Books for a Fun Escape
    JoyJarrett
    • 19 hours ago
    • 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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    Author Brand
    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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    Priorities
    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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    I got skills, baby!
    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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    Trusting Your Reader
    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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    Wish fulfillment
    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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