First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

A report on my holidays, along with a new pair of earrings and a bonus necklace! I'm also going to spend this week on why it's beneficial to track your wordcount and other metrics. Today: be like a s…

The second part, after I messed up!

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A two-parter today because I messed up the podcast, getting all excited about cliffs in Ireland. 

This is the movie I mention (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760280/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1).

You can order DAR…

Thoughts on life, the madwoman in the attic, and everything. Also predictions on where traditional publishing is going, continuing pandemic ripple effects, and how self-publishing can be the thing th…

My crazy day yesterday - one where I don't think I ever got ON my pillow - and various publishing crises. Also how I'm a "red car" kind of gal married to a gearhead, and other life challenges. 

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On writing out of order, using [insert sex scene here], and other thoughts on owning our writing process. Also dealing with chronic disease, abruptly disappearing spoons, and life in general.

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A farewell to Anne Rice, memories of the Science Fiction Book Club, my experiences with Annie Proulx back in the day and the book THE POWER OF THE DOG. 

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A short episode today as I've been knocked off my pillow a bit, on the toll of chronic disease and dealing with prescriptions, and how the love bubble helps. Also I'm sharing this lovely artwork Assi…

On the tyranny of round numbers and how that can interfere with the realization of our goals. Also: updates on how Amazon seems to be handling preorders and pushing back release dates. Some hope for …

Body image, changing my relationship to exercise, grappling with things my body remembers being able to do, but no longer does, and incorporating playfulness and joy into both that and writing. Also:…

Why we tend to feel less competent the more books we write (or insert other expertise here), how being a creative means facing a continual cycle of failure and rejection - and how we learn to deal wi…

Thoughts on power dynamics when young women date older men, as prompted by Taylor Swift's All Too Well and a recent Dan Savage column, along with a story of my own on that problematic setup.

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Reclaiming derogatory terms and owning them as an expression of power. Also, updates on release date changes, along with insights on ways to (hopefully) workaround some of Amazon's restrictions. 

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How to predict a phenom, or whether or not any work of art is fundamentally "good" - whatever that means - or will be successful.

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What does "high maintenance" really mean and is it relevant when you're maintaining yourself? And the consuming human need to provide answers and what that has to do with me learning my multiplicatio…

Down time and how access to the internet has changed that for me. Also thoughts on going pantsless, misogyny, and another subtrope of "not like other girls" that annoys me.

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About trusting the subconscious and intuition - but why it's important to remember that we have a critical, conscious brain also for a reason. Also the MAGIC of story devices like ticking clocks and …

Why I think "Kill Your Darlings" isn't actually useful writing advice. Also I'm discussing how to write novellas, and I'm introducing the Watch Phrase of the Day! Today's is: prevent the proliferatio…

Sliding release dates (so sorry!) on GREY MAGIC and FIRE OF THE FROST, though everything is otherwise going well and on track. And some thoughts on community and people wanting to be good and right.

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My weekend - which included an actual book event with IRL people! - and my excited thoughts on Red (Taylor's Version). Talking on creators owning their work and also how we decide whether to revise p…