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Good Friday. Is it really good?

April 2, 2021 Jill Willis Leave a comment

Jesus lost his life on this day. How would anyone commemorate it as good? Why not call it Bad Friday?…

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Posted in: Christianity Filed under: #Christian, #ChristianBlog, #Christianblogger, #Christianity, #ChristianLife, #Christianmom, #Christianwoman, #Easter, #GoodFriday, #sacrifice

Every Day is International Read to Me Day

March 19, 2021 Jill Willis Leave a comment

If you love to read, here’s a way you can support global learning without leaving the comfort of your armchair.…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: @emmamactaggart, @jillkwillis, @scbwi, #acfwcommunity, #amreading, #instareads, #internationalreadtomeday, #ireadya, #readingtime

The Mother Lode of Book Reviews for Teens

March 5, 2021 Jill Willis

Earlier this week, I asked my Facebook friends (most of whom are moms and grandmoms) how they selected books to…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: @StorytellerSquad, #amwriting, #avidreader, #bookblog, #BookLovers, #bookreviews, #booksofinstagram, #cleanteenbooks, #Kindle, #MGbookreviews, #readersofinstagram, #yabookreviews, #YAfiction

Baking & Bonding

February 19, 2021 Jill Willis 5 Comments

In my young adult novel, The Demons Among Us (launching in September), the sixteen-year-old main character, Joy, is learning to…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: @jules.grove, #acfwcommunity, #amwriting, #bakingandbonding, #bananabread, #bananabreadrecipes, #bettycrocker, #quarantinebaking, #sweetpotatofries, #thedemonsamongus, #YAfiction

Writing about Ethnic Characters

February 5, 2021 Jill Willis 2 Comments

I’ve heard Edwina Perkins speak twice. After her first presentation, entitled The Danger and Power of Words, I felt like…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: @EdwinaPerkins, @HarambeePress, @StacySherrod, #acfwcommunity, #acfwnga, #amwriting, #Juneteenth, #novelists, #pullingtogether, #racisminpublishing, #writingcommunity

Top 10 Teen Reads

January 15, 2021 Jill Willis

It’s the time of year when libraries tally their top ten check-outs of 2020. I thought it might be interesting…

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Posted in: Writing, Young Adult Filed under: #acfwcommunity, #americanroyals, #amreading, #cjredwine, #concreterose, #goodreads, #thehateugive, #themarkofathena, #top10teenreads

I’ve signed with a publisher!

January 1, 2021 Jill Willis 14 Comments

What a long journey! When I sold my public relations firm in 2013 and decided to write a book, I…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: #acfwcommunity, #amwriting, #BRMCWC, #crestonmapes, #dreamscometrue, #miriamromain, #redemptionpress, #storytellersquad, #thedemonsamongus, Young Adult Fiction

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2020 Jill Willis

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, that whoever believes in…

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Posted in: Holidays Filed under: #jesusbirthday, #John316, #MerryChristmas

Top 15 Bestselling YA Books and Series

December 5, 2020 Jill Willis

Thinking about gifting books to your favorite young adult for Christmas? This year, because of COVID, most students will enjoy…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: #amreading, #bestsellers, #bestsellingyabooks, #christmasgifts, #harrypotter, #yabooks, #yabookseries, #YAfiction

A Bright—not Black—Friday

November 27, 2020 Jill Willis 2 Comments

Last year’s Thanksgiving made me dig deep to hitch up a smile. Both my children celebrated the holiday away from…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: #2020, #acfwcommunity, #amwriting, #blackfriday, #brightfriday, #BRMCWC, #christmasdecorations, #christmasgifts, #inlaws, #Thanksgiving, #usmarinecorps, #usmarines

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