Not Written in Stone
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. —Thomas Campbell A few days ago, I drove into the country down a crooked back road....
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Jenna Cossey
- Aug 20
- 2 min
Growing Pains
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and...
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Jenna Cossey
- Jun 29
- 2 min
On the Stage
“It’s great to be great, but it’s greater to be human.” – Will Rogers The other day, I watched a documentary about a well-known...
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Jenna Cossey
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Time Undefined
"One day, you're 17 and you're planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then...
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Jenna Cossey
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Water the Peace Lily
“We want a fresh start only because we didn’t sufficiently care for the last fresh start.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough I recently read a book...
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Jenna Cossey
- Mar 28
- 2 min
A New Purpose
“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.” – Richard Whatley I have been thinking a lot about what a...
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Jenna Cossey
- Feb 22
- 3 min
Winning the Future in the Present
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. –Joshua Liebman A couple of weeks ago, I listened...
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Jenna Cossey
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Fear of the Unknown
To him who is in fear everything rustles. –Sophocles Last week, I was checking on some farm equipment before the cold snap arrived. I...
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Jenna Cossey
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
A Good Word
“Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement– and we will...
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Jenna Cossey
- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
The Immortal Life of Kindness
“There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.” ― Andy...
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Jenna Cossey
- Sep 20, 2023
- 2 min
A Cure for Boredom
Millions long for immortality who don’t know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. – Susan Ertz A while back I was...
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Jenna Cossey
- Aug 21, 2023
- 2 min
Searching for Story
"You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London When I decided to write my first novel, I had to...
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Jenna Cossey
- Jul 19, 2023
- 2 min
Loving the Imperfect
“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” ― Edgar Allan Poe A fellow author recently asked me about...
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Jenna Cossey
- May 25, 2023
- 2 min
Ideation and Execution
“Ideas are cheap. It is the execution that is all important.” — George R.R. Martin The other day a respected fellow author asked if I...
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Jenna Cossey
- Apr 25, 2023
- 2 min
In a Foreign Country
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” ― L.P. Hartley Lately, I have been delving into some new (to me)...
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Jenna Cossey
- Mar 28, 2023
- 2 min
One Year On . . .
Next Wednesday, April 5th, will mark the first ‘bookiversary’ for Dunnigan. In some ways, it is hard to believe that a year has already...
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Jenna Cossey
- Feb 7, 2023
- 2 min
Explore and Advance
The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land. — Ralph Waldo Emerson One challenge to overcome in writing fiction...
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Jenna Cossey
- Jan 10, 2023
- 2 min
Doing the Dishes
“The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” —Agatha Christie One of the questions I get most frequently is that of...
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Jenna Cossey
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Bound by Books
“Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another....
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Jenna Cossey
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
The Rest of the Story
“All good writing leaves something unexpressed.”― Christian Nestell Bovee Not too long ago, I was browsing an antique store with a good...
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