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Julie Navickas

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in Lake Forest, IL, The United States

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Romance, Contemporary, Fiction

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Lynn Painter, Katie Cotugno, Nora Roberts

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Julie Navickas is a best-selling and award-winning, nationally recognized contemporary romance novelist, known for her keen ability to tell heart-wrenching, second-chance love stories through relatable characters with humility, humor, and heroism. She is also an award-winning university instructor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University and serves as the executive director of The Writing Champions Project. Julie earned master’s degrees in both organizational communication and English studies with an emphasis in book history, as well as a bachelor’s degree in public relations, graduating cum laude from Illinois State University. She is a mom of three, a dog mom of two, and has been happily married to her high school sweet ...more

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Julie Navickas's Blog

Writing Characters: Six Quick Tips to Elevate Your Fictional Friends

“Master the craft of writing your fictional friends well and your story will jump from the page.”

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? While answers may very on this one, there’s a comparable question in the storytelling world that I firmly believe has a singular response.

What’s more important, plot or characters?

I’ve written four novels and am rounding the corner on story number five

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Julie Navickas’s books

Average rating: 4.35 · 304 ratings · 249 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Loved You Yesterday (The Trading Heartbeats Trilogy, Book #1) 4.44 avg rating — 131 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love You Today (The Trading Heartbeats Trilogy Book #2) 4.60 avg rating — 84 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'll Love You Tomorrow (The Trading Heartbeats Trilogy #3) 3.98 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inkspell Holiday Delights Romances and Recipes by Mark Love (Goodreads Author), Melissa Kay Clarke (Goodreads Author), Kristine Lynn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inkspell Enchanted: An Activity Book: Volume 2 by Inkspell Publishing, Liz Ashlee (Goodreads Author), AD Brazeau it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Trading Heartbeats Trilogy (3 books)
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