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NaNoWriMo

October 29, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary 2 Comments

So I have this friend Karena who is a writer.  She started a writing group and invited me because I write a little bit and I review books.  I told her about the one and only book idea I had when she asked if I wanted to be a writer.  She thought I should write ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 29, 2014 10:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Reading Diary | Tagged With: NaNoWriMo, Writing
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Flashback Friday: Welcome to the First Class You Will Ever Fail

October 17, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday 3 Comments

Flashback Friday is a feature I did in 2011 when I first started this blog.  It was a way to practice my writing by sharing stories of things that happened in my life.  This feature is what inspired the name of my blog.  This short story is about a class I took in college where I ... Read More »

 Posted on: October 17, 2014 10:02 am By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: True Story, Writing
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Flashback Friday: Superman

September 5, 2014 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday 1 Comment

Flashback Friday is a feature I did in 2011 when I first started this blog.  It was a way to practice my writing by sharing stories of things that happened in my life.  This feature is what inspired the name of my blog.  I haven't done any writing since 2011, but since I'm in a writing ... Read More »

 Posted on: September 5, 2014 10:26 am By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: True Story, Writing
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"Cold"

March 9, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: My Fictional Stories 4 Comments

This is my first ever fictional short story and I'm so happy to debut it on my blog! I'm going to present it at the Writing for Charity event next week, so I'd love any feedback you have - good and bad! I've never seen anything like it before. I mean, I've seen humans before but they never ... Read More »

 Posted on: March 9, 2012 1:35 am By Jessica Filed Under: My Fictional Stories | Tagged With: Fiction, Writing
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Flashback Friday: The Relationship Without A Label

January 20, 2012 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday 5 Comments

Flashback Friday is where I post some of my own writing about my life. This story has a little more teen angst than what I usually write, but I hope you'll like it. This really did happen to me, though I changed the names in the story. Also, I'm re-creating this just from my memory ... Read More »

 Posted on: January 20, 2012 1:11 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: True Story, Writing
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