First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

On a few recent bruhahas regarding Generative "AI" in the writing world, author chat groups, writing as "grunt work," and why it's so significant for all creators that Taylor Swift bought back her ma…

I'm suggesting creators reframe our expectations for success and the sense of urgency to *make* things happen - instead we can bide our time while we continue to create and let the world come to us.

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Why I think this minor celebrity cis het white guy getting a Romantasy book deal is actually a good thing - certainly not a new thing. Also successful furniture shopping and a good long weekend for m…

An annoying tussle with Findaway Voices flagging my very human narrator as digital for STRANGE FAMILIAR, with no recourse to object. It is live on Audible and Kobo though! Also, I may be reversing my…

Thoughts on taste, classism, wealth and how some books and authors are elevated by the social elite, deliberately creating an atmosphere of exclusivity. Also on why some books are phenoms and what is…

My very exciting news on Never the Roses: a starred Library Journal review! Also, about the latest news around "AI" and some writers using it to generate books. My thoughts on art, creativity - and w…

I'm back from travels and writing hiatus, and mulling what it feels like to have not written anything in all this time, what it means to aggressively refill the well, and becoming familiar with the o…

My office rehab is done and I am THRILLED! I've discovered my intuition led me to solidify this aspect of my creative life while on hiatus. Also: Why We Write. Musings on having a creative career and…

My non-paradisical experience at the Container Store (not their fault), my ongoing tribulations with purging and reorganizing, and also burbling about how awesome the Bramble team is and the ups and …

I'm a featured author at Columbus Book Festival July 12-13! And the Closet of Doom is NO MORE. Also, I'm talking about the lack of control in creative careers and how that leads to toxic desperation …

More of me NOT writing. Reflections on purging, reorganizing, and thinking about my office space in terms of what *I* need from it. Also, responding to a comment, writers letting go of screen adaptat…

My week of well-refilling and alternate-achieving. Being a career creative and balancing that output with business decisions/responsibilities and keeping ourselves healthy and happily creating.

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All about Apollycon and how I finished A ROSE IN THE MIRROR on the plane and working in the atrium on site. I had a great time at the event and got to fangirl and hang with some of my longtime author…

About how I bought a new car! And struggling to decide what to do with my museum piece... Also catching up on finishing A ROSE IN THE MIRROR, getting bills paid, and being impatient with recovery fro…

On the challenges of working from home and/or yourself - which is most creative careers - and finding the balance between imposing a disciplined schedule and also being kind to yourself and enjoying …

It's release day for STRANGE FAMILIAR! Also, I'm back after an unplanned podcast hiatus after being struck with the flu like a nail through the forehead. Also, being a notable alum of my high school …

I was going to say something pithy about the time-consuming tricks we do for social media, but you'll have to extract that lesson yourself from my tale. Owl Crate tip-ins are done! Also: why somethin…

Regarding manuscript length and (seriously) what traditional publishing does and does not require, but signs that a book is really too long. (See pacing.) Also knowing when rewriting is FAR better th…

On the Amazon Boycott and tools for not freaking out. Also, Kindle Unlimited, pros and cons, and thoughts on how that ecosystem works, including the perils of exclusivity. Also, my very productive pr…

How being a career creative is an ongoing process of discovering how we work and create, and why - if you're an intuitive writer like I am - you might need to write from a character's POV to understa…