Jennifer Tickner
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The You That Was Never Really Here
I finally cried over you once I realized that you were really and truly gone. Our entire family sat around the dining room table and in the adjacent room with their attention divided between whoever was speaking in that moment and whatever was going on behind their phone screens. The only non-victims of such an awkward emotional scene were your great-grandchildren, who were running around and picking at the drywall, unbeknownst to their parents.
By Jennifer Tickner7 months ago in Fiction
Food Truck Life: What to Know About Working in the Industry
While food trucks are far from being a new concept, they're becoming increasingly prevalent in today's communities and among adventurous eaters. These days, you don't even need to leave your living room to understand the thriving existence of food trucks with shows like The Great Food Truck Race and YouTube channels such as the iconic First We Feast highlighting the life of food on wheels. Whether you're thinking about entering the food truck industry or you'd like to learn more about what it's like to work on a food truck, this is what you need to know.
By Jennifer Tickner3 years ago in Feast
Oblivion Comics & Coffee: A Sacramento Tragedy
I first visited the hidden gem that was Oblivion Comics & Coffee in December of 2018 shortly after discovering their presence in Downtown Sacramento. There were not a whole lot of businesses that I had known of in the area that utilized the same concept of merging comic culture and coffee, so my interest was piqued. I myself had brainstormed that kind of idea before, in a "what do I want to do with my life" kind of way, so to see a coffee shop/comic book store in real life and so close to home was a wonder to me. It made Sacramento just feel cooler.
By Jennifer Tickner5 years ago in Feast
Writing Your Characters Before Writing Your Story
Do you ever find yourself unpleasantly stumped on character actions while writing your novel? How about dialogue? And when it comes time for them to respond a certain way to a pivotal point in the story, do you ever worry if their responding actions remain consistent with their core values?
By Jennifer Tickner5 years ago in Geeks
