Author: Jeff Garvin
Author of SYMPTOMS OF BEING HUMAN and THE LIGHTNESS OF HANDS. Cohost of THE HERO'S JOURNEY podcast. Rock musician, D&D geek, aspiring revolutionary.
SMA AWARENESS MONTH
I don’t stand up for a cause often enough—so I’m dedicating my August blog post to SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY. It’s an insidious disease that has affected people I love, and it needs to be talked about.
Back in 2011, my band 7k recorded our final song, “I Will Hold You Up,” in honor...
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This post centers around three facts:
It’s LGBTQIAP+ pride month.
Two weeks ago, fifty people were murdered because they were in a gay club.
I’m a straight cismale who wrote a book from the POV of a gender fluid teenager.
So the question I’ve been asking myself is:
What, if anything, do...
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Disclaimer:
This post is apt to be random and is likely ill-advised. But I doubled my word goal today, and I feel compelled to share things. So here goes something.
Body:
I’m rewriting my next book. Revising? Rewriting. I’m taking the seed and growing a new tree. It’s terrifying and liberating and...
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March was an amazing month for this debut author. After the madness of launching Symptoms of Being Human in February, I had a full month of events–two book festivals, a library appearance, and a panel and signing at my local Barnes & Noble store. So this post is a digital scrapbook of sorts,...
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The impetus to write Symptoms of Being Human came in late 2013. I was in a car with some friends and acquaintances when the driver–let’s call her Jane–brought up a court case pending in my county. A transgender student was suing the school district for the right to use the restroom/locker...
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YA Scavenger Hunt Spring 2016 has ended!
Thanks so much for participating, and congrats to Ashly H from New York for winning my giveaway of a signed copy of Symptoms of Being Human plus a copy of The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner!
Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt Spring 2016! Greetings. I’m Jeff...
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