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Jared Reck

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in Hanover, PA, The United States

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Young Adult

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Jared Reck is the author of DONUTS AND OTHER PROCLAMATIONS OF LOVE and A SHORT HISTORY OF THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. He teaches 8th grade Language Arts, where he has been reading awesome books and writing alongside his students for more than fifteen years. He lives in Hanover, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two daughters.
Learn more about Jared at jaredreckbooks.com and follow him on Twitter @reckj.

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I don't have a question for you, I just finished your book and you made me cry. Congratulations! I've read a lot of books about death and I really loved your story. Good job! Do you have another book in the works?

Jared Reck Thank you, Pamela! Your tears bring me so much joy! (And, sorry.)

I do have a second book in the works—I'm revising now and hoping to have it turned in…moreThank you, Pamela! Your tears bring me so much joy! (And, sorry.)

I do have a second book in the works—I'm revising now and hoping to have it turned in very soon. It deals with death as well, but in a different way. If I'm ever lucky enough for you to read it, I hope you love it!(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jared Reck I have two methods that work well for me:

The first is a writing activity I do regularly with my students, called a QuickWrite (shout out to Writing Wo…moreI have two methods that work well for me:

The first is a writing activity I do regularly with my students, called a QuickWrite (shout out to Writing Workshop guru, Linda Rief). It's a quick, five-minute burst of writing where you try to keep your pen moving the entire time. Sometimes I give a sentence-starter, sometimes we use lines from awesome YA novels, sometimes I pick out a painting I love. Then we go. When I force myself to sit down and write these with my students, I almost always love the results. (I don't know why I don't just make myself do this every day on my own.)

The second method is to use a character questionnaire. Usually I'm stuck because I just don't know enough about my character. So I'll stop, make up a random interview question (What's on your camera roll right now? What would we find taped to the inside of your locker?), and see what my character says. Once I get the character talking, I end up using most of it in my story.(less)

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Average rating: 3.91 · 9,055 ratings · 1,713 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Short History of the Girl Next Door 3.85 avg rating — 7,441 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love 4.17 avg rating — 1,614 ratings — published 2021 — 5 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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Things I'm Seeing Without You

by Peter Bognanni (Goodreads Author)

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The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)

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“Seriously, how can you see a person nearly every day of your life and never think anything of it, then all of a sudden, one day, it’s different? You see that goofy grin a thousand times and just laugh, but goofy grin number 1,001 nearly stops your heart?”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

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“She wouldn’t have been Tabby. And I wouldn’t be me. But now, there is no Tabby. And I hate being me.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

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“My inner-movie director has me standing at the grave site holding fresh-picked daisies -Tabby’s favorite- in the rain, like always, and I want to punch him in his stupid fucking face.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

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“When you die I bet you want real life, pure real life, eulogies that are unpoetic and messy, smeared with tears and truisms, cliched as hell, the kind of stuff a person means.”
― Kate Hattemer, The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy

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“Sometimes, the most awesome and complicated thing you can do is just stick around”
― Kate Hattemer, The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy

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