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Perfection & Other Illusive Things

A young adult contemporary with a touch of magical realism.

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Do you blame yourself, as the reader, when you struggle with the world-building? When things seem hazy and you can't quite make sense of it all? When the edges aren't clear? • I usually do, but then there's Laini Taylor, who does some crazy elaborate world-building, and Maggie Stiefvater, who could perhaps even be considered convoluted at times, though always clear. • #worldbuilding #craft #QOTD #amreading #amlearning #yalit

How do you like to start your weekends? I'm starting this one early, brain fresh. • It's been a while since I've had much time to be an author, so making the most of these two days. • The plan? 60 pages of revisions that will *not* be easy ~ some big changes to the end of this one. adding a new first chapter to something else. And critiquing a manuscript for a friend ✔ • #amwriting #amrevising #poitbyjmercer

So I walked into the bookstore this weekend and purchased these based on my interest in their first pages. • Because I've been collecting books based on recommendations lately and I lose interest SO fast. It's sad. • Okay, so title and cover had to catch me first, but I was more liberal with those. • #firstlines #amreading #yalit #bookstagram

"The night Kate Harker decided to burn down the school chapel, she wasn't angry or drunk. She was desperate." • #Sunday ... Also not pictured: tator tots. • #amreading #ThisSavageSong #yalit #bookstagram #firstlines #craft #goals

Just putting this here. Go conquer your weekend 😉 • #quotes #inspiration #amwriting #craft #practicemakesart #justdoit

Is it awards season? It feels like awards season... • So excited! So excited that the kindle of Triplicity will be free this weekend for download 🎉 • #triplicitybyjmercer #amreading #yalit #yacontemporary #yamystery and of course always a little #yaromance #freebook #giveaway #awards #moonbeamchildrensbookaward

I was born a... • #amreading #bornacrime #memoir #writingprompt

I was tagged by @brehallbooks to talk about my writing journey ⬇️ ✒How old were you when you started writing? 7th grade | babysitting after the kids went to bed | filled notebooks with probably novella length stories. ✒How many novels have you finished? 14! Not including those notebooks. ✒Best piece of writing advice you ever received? "A river cuts through rock not because of its power but its persistence." Not really advice, but a quote I ran across early on that I think about often. You can figure out anything if you really want it. ✒Title of your earliest saved manuscript? Haven, now Shady Woods, book 1 of a 5 book series, all written, that may or may not see the light of day. ✒Favorite part about the writing process? Inspiration and surprises! ✒Favorite genre? The book I can't put down... ok ok ya fantasy, probably. ✒Hardest part of the writing process? Patience 🙃 ✒Goal you have for the next year: publish my next novel. ⬇️ Tagging @booksbysr @mkgaud @adamdovestories

Can you reread and enjoy? Or are you a one-off-er? • So I have a really hard time rereading and rewatching things. Once I know the story, my interest is on to other things. I've enjoyed every sentence I've reread of this book and still would recommend it to everyone, but I'm not motivated to finish it a second time. I need the rush of surprise and intrigue, I guess. Going to try it again with a few of my other favorites, but this one is going back on my favorites shelf. • #craft #prose #cover #yalit #favorites #reread #bookstagram

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