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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

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

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

How Christianity and books launched Friday the 13th

November 13, 2020 Jill Willis 2 Comments

Are you hunkering down in your home today, worried that bad luck might befall you? Don’t feel alone, one in…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: #acfwcommunity, #acfwnga, #amwriting, #badluck, #blackcat, #fridaythe13th, #superstitions, #thecanterburytales

NaNoWriMo Makes Me Nervous

November 6, 2020 Jill Willis 4 Comments

Friends, I need a little prayer. For the past four years, I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo . . . with dismal…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: #acfwcommunity, #acfwnga, #amwriting, #Macbook, #nanowrimo, #prayforme

Zeta tried to steal our joy

October 30, 2020 Jill Willis 2 Comments

Yesterday started off with frightening thuds around 5 a.m. when straight-line winds from Tropical Storm Zeta tore through our yard,…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: #acfwcommunity, #amwriting, #choosejoy, #HurricaneZeta, #LennarHomes, #newhome, #Penske, #Zeta

7 Free Audiobook Platforms

October 23, 2020 Jill Willis

Listening to audiobooks can get pricey. Check out these seven platforms to download free audiobooks.

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: #acfwcommunity, #amreading, #audiobooks, #DigitalBook, #freeaudiobooks, #HooplaDigital, #LibriVox, #LoyalBooks, #OverDrive, #ProjectGutenberg, #storytellersquad

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