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Jacqueline's a writer, costume designer, and lover of beautiful things. She's on the full-time faculty in the Department of Theatre & Film at the University of British Columbia where she teaches character design, world building, script interpretation, and period costume construction courses. When not obsessing about where to put the buttons or the commas, she can be found running by the ocean, eating excessive amounts of gluten, listening to earnest love songs, and pretending her dog understands every word she says.

**A note about my reviews. As is probably obvious, I post reviews primarily to celebrate other authors and their books. I won't say I love a book if I don't, but I will focus on the things I like and/or the things I think readers
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Jacqueline Firkins I can't imagine going a single day without storytelling. It's in my blood and my bones. Some days that means outlining a novel. Other days that means …moreI can't imagine going a single day without storytelling. It's in my blood and my bones. Some days that means outlining a novel. Other days that means crafting a joke or considering what my outfit might portray to an onlooker. My primary career is in costume design, which provides me endless ways of exploring character, world development, style, and narrative. It's also an expensive art. It requires machines, tools, materials, trimmings, fasteners, and countless trips to fabric stores. Writing generally involves me sitting on my bed with my laptop, my dog, and a LOT of tea and chocolate chips. From there I can dive right into my imagination. I am my biggest obstacle, which is no small challenge, but one I can overcome with perseverance.(less)
Jacqueline Firkins I'd go to Narnia and flirt shamelessly with Mr. Tumnus.…moreI'd go to Narnia and flirt shamelessly with Mr. Tumnus.(less)
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“People think it's the fear of falling, but it's not. It's the fear of falling combined with the desire to fall [...] the more we value something, the more we fear its loss.”
Jacqueline Firkins, How Not to Fall in Love

“All human wisdom is contained in these two words—Wait and Hope.”
Jacqueline Firkins, Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things: A Charming YA Contemporary Romance About a Love Triangle and First Love

“I envy my words once spoken, for they're closer to your ear, closer to your heart, than I am. They live, inked in your memory, when I'm absent. They tiptoe through your dreams when you sleep, and if you speak my words, they'll lie more softly on your lips, where I have yet to dwell. My words go where I cannot and I'll never forgive them for their trespasses.”
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