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Jenny B. Jones

@JenBJones

Award-winning YA & romance author of A Sugar Creek Christmas & Can't Let You Go. Loves ice cream, artful sarcasm, & Jesus. YA librarian by day!

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There is something deeply wrong with a country that chooses to make running for their lives part of kids’ back to school ritual. When we finally passed a gun safety bill in 2022, mass shooting began to drop. But it was an unacceptably small start. We must do more.


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I told you we’d be back


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It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI. Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas. Writing is where we do our best thinking.


I loved this honest post @holly_schindler Thanks for sharing with us.

Today, it's the full story on my living arrangements AND a bit about learning to respect all my characters, even the minor ones: hollyschindler.substack.com/p/writers-jour… #writinglife #writingjourney #writingcommunity #characterdevelopment #CharacterArcs

holly_schindler's tweet image. Today, it's the full story on my living arrangements AND a bit about learning to respect all my characters, even the minor ones:
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#writinglife #writingjourney #writingcommunity #characterdevelopment #CharacterArcs


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80 years ago today, April 15th 1945, my grandmother Masha Greenbaum was liberated from the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen by the British Army. She never got over the sight of the first British soldier whose tank rolled into the camp. He got out, stared at the pile of…


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Majority of attempts to ban books in U.S. come from organized groups, not parents | The Guardian buff.ly/sUSzgwK


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A strong midpoint makes your screenwriting significantly easier. I look for these four traits: 1. It’s emotional. 2. Involves the dramatic question. 3. Feels like a victory or a defeat. 4. The last gasp of the protagonist's old self. If I hit all four, I'm in great shape.


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We have a President We have Johnny Cash We have Arkansas diamonds and Derbies We have Maya and Rosetta and Mrs. Bates We have Wright’s Barbecue We have a Delta and the Ozarks and Ouachitas We say it ARKANSAW And we dance in Sweet Sixteens. 😤


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I ask you to be vigilant against the temptation to cultivate a warlike spirit. Be vigilant lest you be poisoned by propaganda that instils hatred, divides the world into friends to be defended and foes to be fought.


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My new podcast, How I Met My Kdrama, has over 100 downloads! Thanks for listening and helping the podcast get off to a great start! I appreciate every download, comment, and share! buzzsprout.com/2435348/achiev…

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How I Met My KDrama

✨ Every Kdrama viewer has an origin story.  We dive into how we discovered Kdramas and the shows that have stolen our hearts.☂️Kdrama is our Roman Empire.


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I kept changing my mind which Jimmy Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

mluckovichajc's tweet image. I kept changing my mind which Jimmy Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
mluckovichajc's tweet image. I kept changing my mind which Jimmy Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.
mluckovichajc's tweet image. I kept changing my mind which Jimmy Carter cartoon i should go with. Here's all three.

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12 years ago, 20 first-graders and six educators were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They should still be with us—finishing their first semester of college, teaching, laughing, and making new memories. We must honor their memory with action that addresses gun violence.


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Canada, you may hear loud bangs coming from the basement for the next month or so. Don't worry about it. Just make sure the door is shut and locked.


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NBC shouldn’t bring out steve kornacki until prime time and they should do it with smoke and pyrotechnics like he’s a Super Bowl quarterback


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Not to start political drama on the timeline but why is the queen of another government voting in our election????

Anne Hathaway shares she has voted for Kamala Harris.

PopBase's tweet image. Anne Hathaway shares she has voted for Kamala Harris.
PopBase's tweet image. Anne Hathaway shares she has voted for Kamala Harris.


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I hope Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman, and Madeline Kahn are having the most epically funny reunion the afterlife has ever seen.


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This AMAZING. North Carolina Central University hosted a “Soar to the Polls” with a marching band & just look at how many young people showed up to soar to the polls. This is why we’re going to win. These young people are going to save us.


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Incredible picture of twilight at Lake Nimrod with Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS front and center. Great photo from Tom Hallum. Wow! #ARWX #comet

JamesBryantWX's tweet image. Incredible picture of twilight at Lake Nimrod with Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS front and center.

Great photo from Tom Hallum. Wow! #ARWX #comet

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A man browses for books in the old Public library of Cincinnati. The building was demolished in 1955. Today an office building and a parking lot stand where it used to be.

HistoryInPics's tweet image. A man browses for books in the old Public library of Cincinnati. The building was demolished in 1955. Today an office building and a parking lot stand where it used to be.

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Today is the LAST DAY to register to vote in these states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas! Good people in these states: please check your voter registration TODAY and register if you aren’t already!


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