JESS PENNINGTON

YA novelist, book-lover & insomniac All original work remains property of Jess Pennington

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"I am a writer" I say as I’m staring at the blank piece of paper for hours.

"I love writing" I say, grinding my teeth and breaking my pencil in half.

"Writing keeps me sane" I say, laughing like a maniac and spinning my head around 360 degrees while climbing up the wall.

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And let go of what doesn’t.

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"Girl with Black Eye" by Norman Rockwell, 1953

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THIS JUST BLEW ME AWAY

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Love

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LIST OF THE WEEK: TWENTY BANNED BOOKS Celebrate your intellectual freedom. Read a banned book. Learn more about each book here: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Looking for Alaska, I Hunt Killers, Eleanor & Park, Gossip Girl, The Hunger Games, TTYL, 13 Reasons Why, The Giver, Speak, Hold Still, Whale Talk, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Twenty Boy Summer, Boy Meets Boy, Living Dead Girl, Fallen Angels, Vampire Academy, The Supernaturalist, A Wrinkle In Time. For more fun lists and all things YA lit, visit our website, follow us here and on Twitter, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter!

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Yoga for Writers (via Electric Lit)

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#girlboss #sundayreading

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viα kattahj: Nemi by Lise Myhre

story of every booklover!

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Oh yes

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20 Inspiring Children’s Book Quotes

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When someone tells me they didn't enjoy a book that I love:

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6 Pieces of Advice From Successful Writers

"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper."

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I needed to hear this today

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If you're a writer and you see this post, stop what you're doing.

WHENEVER YOU SEE THIS POST ON YOUR DASH, STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WRITE ONE SENTENCE FOR YOUR CURRENT PROJECT.

Just one sentence. Stop blogging for one minute and write a single sentence. It could be dialogue, it could be a nice description of scenery, it could be a metaphor, I don’t care. The point is, do it. Then, when you finish, you can get back to blogging.

If this gets viral, you might just have your novel finished by next Tuesday.

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Source: proverbial-sunrise

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True story

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Last night I had a dream that John Green saved me from being murdered and then I had to post a public apology for all the shit I’ve said about Looking for Alaska.

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Was he wearing his motherfucking fox hat? Cuz If not it was a lame dream.

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They’ve finally figured out their real target demographic. 

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So true!

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How to Feed Pet Jellyfish, Starring Squishy & Scuba Steve

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Me: *pointing at screen and squealing* This mouse looks like a walrus!!

Husband: *pats me on head* Aw you JUST discovered Tumblr, that's SO cute

Me: Follow me or we're over.

I like to keep him on his toes. And for the record I discovered it a week ago..