Jessica Tuckerman

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I'm trying out the #dailyprompts from Wordpress. This is my first one. I think I'm going to try to answer them as they pertain to my writing from now on. At least, I'm going to try anyway.

Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? God, no. On so many levels. I mean, it’s not supposed to be. I don’t believe we should ever be satisfied with how things turned out. We should always be surprised by ourselves. Am I disappointed in some things? Absolutely. I’m still not published but I did receive a “revise and resubmit” from an agent (which I’m still working on because of other…

Let's write about little us!

It seems a bit obvious for people who write for children, doesn’t it? Write about your childhood. Tell the story of little you learning to dress, dealing with bullies, finding that dragon egg on the beach and hatching it at home, building your first robot–you have a thousand unfiltered stories. And so do your characters. Showing where a character has come from can quickly answer why they are the…

Woooo! Let's get writing!

So many wonderful pieces have a bit of the otherworldly, fantastical, or horrific in them. We’re often told as writers to “write what you know” but it is so much more surprising to write what you don’t know. To lie. To pretend. To imagine the worst and the best “what ifs.” When you write about what you know, attempt to flip it on its side, to create some experience that is truly unique. One…

I got into #DVMentor!

I’m very excited to have been chosen as a mentee for this year’s DVMentor from Diverse Voices, Inc. As a neurodivergent writer, I often feel like my work will go unseen or misunderstood. I’m so thankful for programs like this in which I can grow my work comfortably. I have high hopes that this will be an important step for my work and will help me develop my voice into something that will make…

Everybody Needs A Little Ringo In Their Lives

Ghosts – Booked All Night

Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn’t happy about leaving her friends for Bahía de la Luna, but Maya has cystic fibrosis and will benefit from the cool, salty air that blows in from the sea. As the girls explore their new home, a neighbor lets them in on a secret: There are ghosts in Bahía de la Luna. Maya is…

Serpent and Dove – Booked All Night

Bound as one to love, honor, or burn. Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned. Sworn to the Church as a Chasseur, Reid Diggory has lived his life by one principle: thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. His path was…

33 Thoughts While Reading Serpent & Dove – Booked All Night

1. Oooh, magic smells like cinnamon. I kind of want some cookies.

2. In fact, yes, it is weird watching naked women curtsy. Thank you for that visual.

3. Such vigorous scrubbing, Lou. SCRUB HARDER!

4. Fancy ring. The precious. Wait… wrong ring…

5. Oh my.

6. OH MY.

7. Wait… no… same character? Same character.

8. STOP ITALICIZING FOREIGN LANGUAGES.

9. So sassy.

10. “You’re a woman.” “Well spotted.”

The Okay Witch – Booked All Night

Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Roller Girl in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind graphic novel about a half-witch who has just discovered the truth about herself, her family, and her town and is doing her best to survive middle school now that she knows everything!

Magic is harder than it looks.

Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she’s about to discover that witches aren’t just…

Mice of the Round Table – Booked All Night

Young mouse Calib Christopher dreams of the day when he will become a Knight of Camelot like his father and grandfather before him. For generations, Calib’s family has lived among the mice that dwell beneath the human Knights of the Round Table, defending the castle they all call home. Calib just hopes he will be able to live up to the Christopher name.

Then, on the night of the annual Harvest…

Here There Are Monsters – Booked All Night

The Blair Witch Project meets Imaginary Girls in this story of codependent sisterhood, the struggle to claim one’s own space, and the power of secrets.

Sixteen-year-old Skye is done playing the knight in shining armor for her insufferable younger sister, Deirdre. Moving across the country seems like the perfect chance to start over.In their isolated new neighborhood, Skye manages to fit in, but…

An Interview with Rebecca Donnelly – Booked All Night

Join us this week for an interview with the author of The Friendship Lie, Rebecca Donnely. We talk about the hard-hitting stuff here: garbage games, Lulu VanRobot, book recs. Just how many sad questions can Maggie ask in a single episode? Get ready to sing some baby shark and laugh your little garbologist butts off.

Source: An Interview with Rebecca Donnelly – Booked All Night

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Labyrinth Lost – Booked All Night

Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives.

I fall to my knees. Shattered glass, melted candles and the outline of scorched feathers are all that surround me. Every single person who was in my house – my entire family — is gone.Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation…and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid…