• “The Student”

    Last summer, I started my first flash fiction challenge. I only made it through the first two challenges out of four. That is alright though. The fun of making myself write in areas that I am not the most familiar is good for me. It challenged me and that is the point of the challenge…at

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  • Real or not…

    I prefer to hold a book in my hands.  A real book. Maybe that is because I am 40 years old and grew up without the choice of a “real” book or an electronic version. I grew up in a rural county  without a computer in the house and where we could not have cable

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  • You know you have found an author to hold on to when you read a trilogy she has written and feel heartbroken when it is over…simply because it is over. This has happened to me after each book of The Chemical Garden Trilogy which consists of Wither, Fever, and Sever.  Those books left me feeling as if

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  • Summer Reading

    As a special education teacher, it is always bittersweet when summer finally arrives. I am beyond ready for the break from IEPs, meetings, and SOL drama. However, the thought of leaving “my kids” is heartbreaking. I call them “my kids” not because they are “sped” but because during those 9-10 months of school I spend so

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  • Book Sale Preview!

    Get ready, get set… and GO! May 2 through May 4th THE GIRL WHO SAW WORDS will be on sale on Amazon for 99 cents! Mark your calendars! ❤ Book Trailer “The Girl Who Saw Words”

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  • Goodreads Giveaway

    You have less than a week to sign up for the Goodreads Giveaway!! Goodreads Book Giveaway The Girl Who Saw Words by Jessica Warren Giveaway ends April 09, 2016. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway The Girl Who Saw Words is a unique picture book about a girl who sees every word she

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  • Seeing the World in Subtitles

    Many people do not realize that although we all have different learning styles, we also have different views of experiencing our every day world.

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  • Ten years ago, my sister was watching 20/20 or Primetime News and saw a story that immediately made her think of me. The story was about people whose senses seem to be blended: people who taste color, see certain numbers in color, “see” words they say, etc. Finally, I now had a name for my “different

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  • Snow Day Read

    A  lot of us (on the East Coast of United States) are about to deal with snow whether it be winter watches or blizzard warnings. So what to do while snowed in? Eat s’mores and read! So today…my second book Stories After Dark is free! Go and enjoy a quick read! BUT don’t read this book

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  • The Powers of Negativity

    I am no stranger of thinking negatively…from thinking I am the most unattractive woman around to thinking that the stranger next to me is a serial killer. Although, really, that last one might be more of a paranoid side effect of reading too many Ted Bundy true stories, along with living in Tallahassee, Florida years

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  • Every January, Goodreads asks about a reading goal. Every January, I type in my book number and start a list of books to read. Today, I looked back at the books from 2015 and realized that (1) I didn’t read enough books and (2) I forgot to put some books on Goodreads, but I still

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  • Tomorrow is the last day of NaNoWriMo 2015. I can’t believe the month is coming to a close. November has been a month of ups and downs for me. It has also been the most depressing NaNoWriMo I have had in three years….but as Lily Tomlin has said, “The road to success  is always under

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