Word Circus

My perfect world is full of time to write plus coffee, sunshine, French fries, and Firefly was never cancelled. My reality is filled with coffee and sometimes French fries, and lots of papers to grade. I am probably making a playlist right now.

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Two pugs for the price of one. #releaseday #pugs #puglife #middlegrade #adorable @newleafliterary 

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One Gifset per episode: Doomsday

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Journey’s End Funko Fic

ROSE: All right. Both of you, answer me this. When I last stood on this beach, on the worst day of my life, what was the last thing you said to me? Go on, say it.

TEN: I said “Rose Tyler”.

ROSE: Yeah, and how was that sentence going to end?

TEN: Does it need saying?

ROSE: And you, Doctor? What was the end of that sentence?

*whispers “I love you”*

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<3

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WordCircus: Micro-House Nation!

A micro-sink which can double as a shower, if you just open your mind and shift your perspective on what a shower actually is. If, for example, you imagine that you are a Medieval peasant, having the opportunity to splash clean, fresh water onto your face and body is actually a luxury.

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No More Silence in the Library! 

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New Deal!

Author of THAT TIME I JOINED THE CIRCUS, J.J. Howard’s MG debut, SIT STAY LOVE, features a girl who volunteers at her local animal shelter, a boy whose family is considered dog show royalty, and the pug who brings them together, to Aimee Friedman and Jennifer Ung at Scholastic, by Suzie Townsend and Danielle Barthel at New Leaf Literary & Media.

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JJJ Book Club Exclusive: Read Excerpt From ‘Tracers’ By JJ Howard | Exclusive, JJJ Book Club, Taylor Lautner | Just Jared Jr.

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One of my favorite scenes. 

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Tracers the movie will be out in March. In the mean time, the book has arrived!

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JJJ Book Club Exclusive: Read Excerpt From ‘Tracers’ By JJ Howard

Anyone else insanely excited to see Taylor Lautner's new movie Tracers when it comes out on demand in March? Did ...

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Day 8

As we all patiently await the holiday that makes it appropriate to eat candy in excess, New Leaf brings you 13 Days of Halloween: 13 days of two sentence horror stories from the creative minds of our wonderful authors!

Story by JJ Howard

"Katie laughed at Jana all the time…she...

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That Time I Joined the Circus playlist, continued

Chapter 27: “Happy New Year” is a Really Annoying Phrase, Actually

“And I feel nothing, not brave

It’s a hard day for breathing again”

                        —Rilo Kiley, “Paint’s Peeling

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That Time I Joined the Circus playlist, continued

Chapter 26: Holes

“And please remember me, seldomly

In the car behind the carnival

My hand between your knees, you turn from me

And said the trapeze act was wonderful

But never meant to last”

—Iron & Wine, “The Trapeze Swinger