J.M. Collins

A municipal employee by day and a writer of novels, short stories and bad poetry by early morning and evening.

[J.M. Collins @JamieMarie165]

#amquerying A DOZEN LUNCHES- A gritty dual timeline novel, examining the benefits and horrors of small town living while delving into the importance of unlikely female friendships and finding your own worth. It’s the Sisterhood of The Travelling Pants meets This is Us. #agents

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Found out there is already a Jamie Collins author - was given the advice to pick a different name before I query and change social media to match. So here you go! #Social #amwriting #WritingCommunity #Authors #AdviceForSuccess

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Taking an author WAY farther in the process out for lunch today!! Cannot wait to learn from her!! #WritingCommunity #Authors #amwriting #networking #Network

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Just got the BEST idea from a BETA reader to fix something in my manuscript. Darn day jobs!! I SO wanna give it a try RIGHT NOW!! #writer #writing #betareaders

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Waiting to hear back from my first ever Beta readers is killing me! Such a great exercise in patience ♥️♥️ #betareaders #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amwritingfiction

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@JaeMargal I’m so sorry 😞

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@DesideriaMesa Come try small town living in Canada - it’s amazing ♥️♥️

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@AuthorJFuller I usually wait till New Years…. But this year I was done - killed Christmas in my house today and was so happy to do so

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@EmBonafide I’m a die hard Die Hard fan 🤪🤪♥️

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@ARC_Storyteller I feel like this would be a dream come true… I did watch an interview once with Grisham and King who said they cringe every time someone tells them - “I’ve seen all your movies”

Not going to lie.

I wouldn’t mind having to do this cringe. 🤪🤪

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@BiancaM_author A prologue…….

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@swelawrence Finished a first draft of my first novel. Working on revising now.

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@SedonaCAuthor No that’s my biggest fear - getting published and my colleagues thinking I wrote my book at work

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@claire_m_harris Happy Birthday!

I’m 41 - my 30’s were MUCH better than my 20’s despite several heartbreaking losses of loved ones I still think the decade was great. So far my 40’s have been even better. Guess what I’m trying to say is start smiling the best is yet to come ♥️♥️

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@ceciliaclyra @TSNOTYAW Drive or walk but typically listen on my commute

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This is happening on Instagram Live at 7 tonight if you have some time come check us out @jamiemarie165

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@blundellofjoy @AndimedaA Wow that IS amazing!!

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@PegCochran @AndimedaA Sending you nothing but healthy vibes for your future!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️

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@jslstories @AndimedaA That’s amazing!! Congrats 🎉

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@AndimedaA Revising my first novel. Womens fiction - a gritty tear jerker. Looks at growing up in a small town while examining the importance of unlikely female friendships. How we come together and fall apart. It’s Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants meets This Is Us.