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Jalissa

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in Omaha, The United States

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JalissaZN

Genre

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction

Influences

Patricia A. McKillip, Tanya Huff, Mythology, Fairy Tales/Folklore

Member Since

September 2018

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JALISSA currently lives in Connecticut. She has published award-winning novels under another pen name (J.Z.N. McCauley) and is an illustrator and fine artist. You can find Jalissa mainly on Instagram. ...more

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The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)

by Antonia Hodgson (Goodreads Author)

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The Prince and the Pauper

by Mark Twain

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Dragonsong (Pern: Harper Hall, #1)

by Anne McCaffrey

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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved

tags: freedom, self

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“Write what should not be forgotten.”
― Isabel Allende

tags: forgotten, on-writing, writing, writing-advice

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“Our choices define us: The stars may set us on a given path, but it is we who must decide whether we take it.”
― Romina Russell, Wandering Star

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“We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

tags: cruelty, gods, hubris, humanity

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“I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass

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