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Raped, silenced and shamed: I’m done keeping the secret.

October 7, 2018January 24, 2019 Jennie 14 Comments

Trigger Warning: this was hard to write, and it’s likely hard to read. I’m compelled to apologize, but truth is,

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Erie reminded me every day is Giving Day

November 28, 2017September 18, 2018 Jennie 8 Comments

Wrote most of  this on my phone two weeks ago, just to process the emotion of the day. I didn’t

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Helping is Healing Lead to: I Am Veteran Enough

November 9, 2017April 19, 2018 Jennie 1 Comment Stand4Heroes

Helping is healing. If you know me, you know how much I appreciate (adore, love, value) Team Rubicon. There are

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Smokie and the Swingers

April 24, 2017February 20, 2018 Jennie 0 Comment

“Well your schedule is troubling; it doesn’t leave much time for us.” Wait, what? I met with two separate potential

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Finn and the (possibly biased) Beta readers

February 21, 2017February 20, 2018 Jennie 0 Comment author, i am new here, illustrator, kidlit, literary agent, picture book, query, sister-friend, teamwork, writer

I sent my picture book out to a bunch of beta readers today.  Amidst glowing reviews, superfluous (it makes me

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Moving day, unopened boxes and stuff

November 18, 2016February 20, 2018 Jennie 1 Comment

Habitat for Humanity was here loading steadily for a solid hour this morning and I need a nap. That was

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I get really, really excited about carving pumpkins…

October 29, 2016February 20, 2018 Jennie 0 Comment

Awkward moment at the farmer’s market today when I called my friend Jess to find if there was a, how do

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Soup can and perspective

October 25, 2016February 20, 2018 Jennie 3 Comments

TL;DR? Money doesn’t belong in a soup can in the center console. I’ve been volunteering in Myrtle Beach, SC for

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August 4, 2004 and the after…

August 4, 2016August 5, 2016 Jennie 1 Comment

Sat down to write something about my friend Elia Fontecchio and I couldn’t.  It’s the 12th anniversary of his death

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Old avocados: an ode (of sorts) to Twitter

July 26, 2016December 3, 2018 Jennie 0 Comment avocado, Twitter, writing

“I would rescue her from old avocados.” A Tweet from a stranger in reference to a person I know but

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