JMD Reid Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Author of The Storm Below Series, The Jewels of Illumination Series, and the upcoming Mask of Illumination series. I write #fantasy and love to read.

Recitatif: A Story
Toni Morrison
“Make up a story...For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.” -Toni Morrison
Hardcover, 2022
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H.G. Wells - Love and Mr. Lewisham: "If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting
H. G. Wells
“If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.” --H.G. Wells
Paperback, 2017
$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Note Book: "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." Richard Bach
Yusuf Din
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.” --Richard Bach
Paperback, 2019
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The Fall of the House of Usher: Noble
Edgar Allan Poe
“Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.” --Edgar Allan Poe
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Ding! My Idea Diary: "Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable" Francis Bacon
Stephen Ambrose Hogan
“Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.” --Francis Bacon
Paperback, 2016
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Mary Shelley - Proserpine & Midas: "Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos"
Mary Shelley
“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” --Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Paperback, 2017
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Them
Joyce Carol Oates
“For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power.” --Joyce Carol Oates
Paperback, 2006
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The Eyes of the Dragon: A Story
Stephen King
“For me, that emotional payoff is what it’s all about. I want you to laugh or cry when you read a story...or do both at the same time. I want your heart, in other words. If you want to learn something, go to school.” --Stephen King
Paperback, Mass Market, 2022
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The October Country: Stories
Ray Bradbury
“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” --Ray Bradbury
Paperback, 2001
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What Is This Thing Called Love: Poems
Kim Addonizio
“Maybe you're one of those people who writes poems, but rarely reads them. Let me put this as delicately as I can: If you don't read, your writing is going to suck.” --Kim Addonizio
Paperback, 2005
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