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Jincy Willett


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From the author's website: "An aging, bitter, unpleasant woman living in Escondido, California, who spends her days parsing the sentences of total strangers and her nights teaching and writing. Sometimes, late at night, in the dark, she laughs inappropriately." This is also the short bio on her character, Amy Gallup, on her blog in "The Writing Class." ...more

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Quotes by Jincy Willett  (?)
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“Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.”
Jincy Willett, The Writing Class

“Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write.”
Jincy Willett, The Writing Class

“...(W)here there's drama, there's crap.”
Jincy Willett, The Writing Class

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