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So Your Character is Jewish … Featuring Dara @ notinjersey & Sami Frankel

Though I’m not Jewish, I am Christian and our religions have a lot in common. I actually used to go to a Messianic Jewish church at one point and I had some Jewish friends. I’m really happy to learn more about this really fascinating religion and culture! So Your Character is … series is where …

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Book Review and Writing Lessons: Reclaiming Shilo Snow by Mary Weber

  Known as a brilliant mind that could hack her world’s darkest secrets, seventeen-year-old Sofi Snow is the most wanted teenager alive. She found her way to the icy, technologically brilliant planet of Delon to find Shilo, the brother everyone but Sofi believes is dead. But as she and Ambassador Miguel partner to find her …

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Book Review and Writing Lessons: Within These Lines by Stephanie Morrill

  Evalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family in 1941 is quiet and ordinary … until she falls in love with Taichi Hamasaki, the son of Japanese immigrants. Despite the scandal, it would cause and the fact that interracial marriage is illegal in California, Evalina and Taichi vow they will find a way to be …

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So Your Character is From Venezuela … Featuring Alice @aliceswritingstory

  I feel like this post is especially relevant with the new popularization of communism. The dangers of communism have been known to me throughout my life as I’ve lived in Miami where Cubans fled after the ascension of Fidel Castro. Venezuela is unfortunately another one of the countries that have been reduced from its …

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So Your Character is From Mexico 2 … Featuring Ana Sofia

  So Your Character is … is back for a time after a long hiatus! In this series, I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers …

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Book Review and Writing Lessons: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

  In The Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. But they number only six–who …

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So Your Character is From Malta … Featuring Charlene @ OnlyfortheBooks

  So Your Character is … is back for a time after a long hiatus! In this series, I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers …

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So Your Character is From Mongolia … Featuring Jenny Sandiford

  So Your Character is … is back for a time after a long hiatus! In this series, I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers …

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