First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

I'm back from WorldCon in Chicago! Reporting on the convention - awesome - and how lovely Chicago was, along with thoughts on ballet and appearing effortless. Now l'm buckling down to finish SHADOW W…

Why it annoys me that people are using Taylor Swift's August on reels about romance books - and people not listening to lyrics in general - and other thoughts on details and what we want from our car…

I'm back from Bubonicon with tales about pronouncing names correctly, the importance of normalizing giving pronouns, and the pervasive tail-sniffing among authors and how that leads to sycophantic be…

More on critique groups and workshops, how to tell if crit is toxic and what to do about it, critique during the drafting stage vs during revision, and my extended analogy of shaken baby syndrome and…

My thoughts on writing workshops, critique groups, taking critique, and other musing spurred by S.L. Huang's excellent essay on Tor.com. Also a bit about the era of the Facebook birthday and monetizi…

Musings on the amount of romance in fantasy romance and romantic fantasy - and how I seem to want more lush romance feels than many books in the genre deliver. Also squees on reading a Lisa Kleypas h…

More on time management and my delightful discovery on managing my To-Do List with less - even no! - mental and emotional anguish. Also a bit on finding errors in books as young reader and what I lea…

ROGUE'S PARADISE, Book 3 in the Covenant of Thorns re-release, is out today! Also, ORIA'S GAMBIT, book 2 in the Sorcerous Moons series is out on Scribd audio! Plus insights on managing To-Do lists an…

On writing the thing you believe in, how inspiration and survivorship bias play into the tales we share about doing this, along with thoughts on the Women Who Rock documentary (excellent!) and taking…

Thoughts on author events and how much heavy lifting is placed on them to bring a readership - and financial support! - to the event. Also, on self-publishing, common mistakes, and how things can go …

Some more figures of what some authors are NOT making in traditional publishing, along with thoughts on agents - how to tell the good ones from bad (and there ARE good ones!), red flags, and how the …

Some real numbers comparing the same book and series self-published vs. traditionally published - Spoiler: first month revenue is already 10% of 10 years of trad - & other thoughts on trad vs. indie.…

Thoughts on being groomed to be nice and pleasing people, along with musings on "people will never forget how you make them feel," insights from Maria Vale's WOLF IN THE SHADOWS, and a meaningful rev…

News about an exciting whirlwind trip to Las Vegas to see Celeste Barber, #perfectlyfine frose, a bit about chips on shoulders and publishing paths, and how the bar is what I remember about hotels.

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A well-kept secret about the reality of signing with an agent, one way to assess whether your agent is really working for you, and other thoughts on building the ability to produce work. Also, LONEN'…

I'm back from Apollycon and giving my full review of the conference! Also discussing it in terms of cons that take advantage of authors, the importance of keeping in mind why authors invest in this, …

ROGUE'S POSSESSION is out today!! Otherwise I'm talking about worldbuilding from a character-driven perspective and being aware as an author of what readers want for your characters. 

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I'm back from vacation, which gave me time with my head out of the book to think about some business stuff, so I'm sharing my New Plan for Social Media and promoting my backlist. Also: an RWA mystery…

About my new fountain! Also weekend busyness which included much running around, loading of heavy bags of rocks, fighting with software and printers (oh joy), and moving things a couple steps forward…

A bit more on the internet/cell data saga (fair warning), and then further ruminations on RPGs, Wizardry, my own experiences along with other female/enby/etc. folks in the community, and Frosé.

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