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by Jessica E. Thomas|04 May 201807 July 2018|Journal

What is brilliance? Some say it's a flash. A flash of what? Bright light descending from heaven, imparted through the glow of one's aura which is proposed to exist but has never been seen. New age mumbo jumbo meant to...

Who Is Pretty Odd?

by Jessica E. Thomas|21 January 201801 June 2018|Journal

My name is Jessica E. Thomas. I live in the tension between Pretty and Odd. I am: A girl who grew up on Star Trek and Carl Sagan, who started wearing glasses at the age of nine. A woman who...

Novels novels everywhere and not a minute to write…

by Jessica E. Thomas|10 May 201631 May 2018|Journal

Today's "something shiny" is a novel I started about four years ago. I didn't get very far with it. In fact, what you see below is all there is. Nevertheless, I'm intrigued with this cast of characters and I'd like...

Noah Gabba Gabba and April Wrap Up

by Jessica E. Thomas|02 May 201601 June 2018|Journal

It's been a busy spring at the Thomas residence. This past week was particularly...interesting? I came down with a cold last Sunday and missed a total of 8 hours of work between Monday and Tuesday. As soon as my fever...

Garden Party

by Jessica E. Thomas|11 April 201603 July 2018|Journal

It's more like February outside, with the snow, sleet, and whatever other frozen thing Mother Nature can concoct, but at my house, we're still holding out hope that spring will arrive soon. As such, we are preparing for our garden....

Spring Fever? Nope. Try, Baby Fever.

by Jessica E. Thomas|20 March 201601 June 2018|Journal

Ever have a sudden, irrational, urgent, all-consuming desire to have a baby? It's called baby fever. And take heart, it's curable. Jessica E. Thomas graduated summa cum laude with Academic Honors in Writing from Ball State University, receiving a Bachelor...

Merry Un-Christmas

by Jessica E. Thomas|27 December 201525 June 2018|Journal

Christmas is once again a thing of the past (yay!) and it's that time of the year when hoards of wannabe healthy people begin working on undoing the damage (and weight gain) of the holidays. I got a jump on...

WANTED: The Christmas Spirit

by Jessica E. Thomas|03 December 201503 July 2018|Journal

The Christmas Spirit is an elusive specter in the Thomas house. For me, at least. My children possess it in copious amounts, or shall I say, it has possessed them and they are bubbling over with excitement as a result....

‘Kindled Hearts’ Preview

by Jessica E. Thomas|27 November 201503 July 2018|Journal

For reasons probably related to temporary insanity, I wrote a Christmas-themed inspirational romance novella during NaNoWriMo. For reasons definitely related to temporary insanity, I plan to release it SOON. In the meantime, here is Chapter 1. I hope you enjoy!...

Climbing Back onto the Wagon

by Jessica E. Thomas|13 August 201525 June 2018|Journal

Yesterday's blog post was good medicine, so I've decided to continue the trend with another post. I'm feeling better today, less like I'm pretending to feel okay for the sake of others. This has me feeling cautiously optimistic about the...

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