First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

Meeting your heroes and how it can be awesome or devastating. Updates on why I've come to working incrementally and steadily on my novels and current tweaks to my process for Sustainable Creativity.

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Believing in yourself, in your own work, and keeping to your line - and knowing the difference between that and looking for ways to improve and grow. Also plot-breaking with Melinda Snodgrass and not…

I've gone down a delightful and rewarding rabbit hole of reading, learning all about the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. That's linking into thoughts on the evolution of literary criticism  and what…

On having the inside track for how things work - from the mystique of knowing when the best hanging plants are in to navigating various communities, including thoughts on privilege and the volunteer …

On improving craft and leveling up at any career stage - how do we do it? Thoughts on Fred Astaire, The Beatles, Connie Willis, and how who we are, and what we're going through in our lives, will alw…

The BRIGHT FAMILIAR audiobook is now available! Otherwise I'm talking about asking questions of and having conversations with other creatives, why being in person is so stimulating, and shows I'm lov…

All about the Jack Williamson Lectureship, peopleing, how utterly wonderful Connie Willis is, and how meaningful it can be, how we treat those we perceive as lesser than us, careerwise. Also, what I …

A Very Special Episode: I'm at the home of the fabulous Darynda Jones, chatting with her about her revision process, knowing what critiques to pay attention to, and how we're doing the author life al…

Thoughts on Generation X (of which I is one) and a recent Twitter thread on our traits. Also my feelings on email expectations, catching up, and all the various business that require an author's atte…

On the recent kerfuffle of readers buying and returning books on Amazon, declaring that it's "an author problem, not a reader problem," why Amazon tolerates this behavior and the lesson authors can t…

About the honor system, tricking people, whether to answer questions authentically or to entertain, Jack Williamson and having a legacy of words that you created, and my upcoming schedule for the wee…

The FIERCE HEARTS Anthology to benefit Ukraine is out today!! I'm talking about my contribute to this wonderful collection - a special sneak peek! which I never do - and why there's a prologue when I…

A surprise kitty visit has me laughing! Beyond that I'm telling about the OTHER time a magazine printed my story without permission or paying me, with advice on how creators can be smart about this s…

My weekend: with thoughts on The Lost City, Bridgerton, how I learned to use a chainsaw and other thoughts on romance, rearranging my office, and long-term landscape-management in the desert southwes…

I'm celebrating the change in SFWA's membership requirements and discussing my long history of working toward this change - since 2008! - including a tale of how a magazine published my story without…

Being with the Tao and embracing a natural sleep cycle, becoming more productive in healthy ways, upcoming conferences,  and why I'm so grateful I don't have to earn a living as a cocktail waitress.

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Celebrating the 700th episode of First Cup of Coffee today! Otherwise I'm talking about a cool thing Lyft is doing, singing the praises of sweet peas (yes, still), and offering hot tips on new fashio…

Spreading the good word that there is no shortage of sweet-pea seeds! LOL. And used hybrid cars are really expensive right now. In other breaking news, you can bid on some goodies from me to help sto…

David got rear-ended yesterday. He and his passengers are fine, but our car maybe isn't. Otherwise I'm talking about subjective interpretations of books by readers and what cliffhangers are and aren'…

Author birthdays and doing a bit of show and tell on my very first publications, nearly 25 years ago. Also reflecting on authors letting go of works for readers to make their own - but that readers n…