Jincy Willett

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http://www.jincywillett.com/

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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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Jincy Willett’s books

Average rating: 3.6 · 15,777 ratings · 2,149 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Writing Class 3.47 avg rating — 2,699 ratings — published 2008 — 12 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
	Amy Falls Down (Amy Gallup, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 2,234 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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
	Winner of the National Book Award 3.35 avg rating — 2,046 ratings — published 2000 — 12 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
	Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories by Jincy Willett, David Sedaris (Foreword) 3.73 avg rating — 1,434 ratings — published 1987 — 10 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
	Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules by David Sedaris (Editor), Richard Yates (Contributor), Dorothy Parker (Contributor) 3.69 avg rating — 7,845 ratings — published 2005 — 19 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
	McSweeney's #56 by Claire Boyle (Editor), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Editor), T. Coraghessan Boyle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 57 ratings	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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Quotes by Jincy Willett

“Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read.”
― Jincy Willett, The Writing Class

tags: books, reading

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

tags: inspiration, writing

41 likes

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

tags: inspiration, writing

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Polls

Y como el año anterior aquí una votación para elegir mis 5 primeras lecturas del siguiente año, 2019. Igual si no han leído ninguna de estas opciones pueden votar el que les parezca más interesante o también pueden no votar ninguno, que nadie los obliga. XD

Rojo y oro de Iria G. Parente

21 votes, 23.6%

Una vacante imprevista de J.K. Rowling

19 votes, 21.3%

El juego de la corona de Evelyn Skye

10 votes, 11.2%

La razón de estar contigo de W. Bruce Cameron

8 votes, 9.0%

La esposa entre nosotros de Greer Hendricks

8 votes, 9.0%

Reino de fieras de Gin Phillips

7 votes, 7.9%

Invierno asesino de Kate A. Boorman

4 votes, 4.5%

Maldad de Tammy Cohen

4 votes, 4.5%

Tocar las estrellas de Katie Khan

3 votes, 3.4%

Zero de Morgan Dark

2 votes, 2.2%

Las Tradiciones Son Para Romperse de L.C. Julia

1 vote, 1.1%

Por siempre, unidos de Taylor Jenkins Reid

1 vote, 1.1%

El taller de escritura de Jincy Willett

1 vote, 1.1%

La última mentira de Kimberly Belle

0 votes, 0.0%

Búscame de J.S. Monroe

0 votes, 0.0%

89 total votes

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