First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

A bit of a rant this morning about how Romance isn't antimatter and combatting other annoying prejudices. Also why marketing advice doesn't always work and why algorithms don't capture what makes art…

I'm revealing the Sekrit V project today! I'm also talking about the nature of burnout, stress, and the implications of going from the huge slowdown of the pandemic to resuming a faster pace - and wh…

A special celebrity interview today with fab author and great friend, Minerva Spencer! We talk about historical romance, why there's so much set in the Regency Period, gender flipping, and Scotland a…

Happy Release Day to BRIGHT FAMILIAR! And thanks to you all for giving me my personal best on preorders!! Also thoughts on Cruella as the perfect villain origin story, how DIY is an illusion, and tim…

A special, on-location, guest interview with J. Barton Mitchell at our favorite coffee shop. He talks about screenwriting, his career path from film to books to podcasts, not hating what your create,…

A shout out to Minerva Spencer today on her new release OUTRAGEOUS. Also on the salient benefits of time off to refill the well, a worldbuilding master class I'll be teaching, and a worldbuilders cha…

On the majesty of nature and her omens, a peculiar episode with my green man and woman, and how I learned from teaching Tai Chi that it's a bad idea to have family members edit your writing.

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A #FaRoFriday shoutout to Jennifer Estep's CAPTURE THE CROWN. Also first experiences on receiving jewelry from people who aren't family, whether it should be GREY MAGIC or GRAY MAGIC, and other dithe…

Today is a milestone, halfway through 2021 and I'm taking over as President of SFWA. I'm also preoccupied with my glorious fuchsia success and happy dancing that my proofreader loved BRIGHT FAMILIAR.…

On Dread & Procrastination™ and why Shipping Things slides down my list. (Spoiler: it's not rational.) How habits help us overcome these weird blocks, and a story about baby quail and bad parenting. …

BRIGHT FAMILIAR is finished! Also the standalone novella THE LONG NIGHT OF THE CRYSTALLINE MOON is out! Thoughts on rain after drought, overextending, recovery, and apologies for being behind on Thin…

On giving critique, the differences between alpha reading and beta reading, critting and workshopping. How to take critique and what to do with it. Also why having someone clean your house isn't a lu…

How I predict how long a book will be and a discussion of book length, chapter length, how to play with reader expectations to amplify suspense. Also how I use 8-scene, 3-act structure to plan all of…

I'm back from dealing with family emergencies and traveling all over the front range and desert southwest. Also a bit on being a writer and how that competes with other people's conceptions of who we…

Some discussion of the elephant in the room and what we don't talk about regarding whether or not our books are successful. Also why we must learn our artistic process and own it, then improve withou…

On the vicissitudes and vagaries of traditional publishing and other tales of tail-chasing. I also do a secret garden reveal, talk about the segregation of readers and fandom, and otherwise I have bo…

Family emergencies, jealously guarding your writing time, and how to get back on the pillow when you fall off. Also thoughts on those who prey on authors with new releases and other scammers and scav…

Finding ways to give myself real time off and how that's difficult when you work for yourself. Also on the raging success of DARK WIZARD over the weekend, hitting the Kindle Top 100, and other nouris…

About upcoming - in person! - conferences, a little-known secret about how conrunners avoid bloodshed on panels. Also how I'm the cat who walks by herself, and other thoughts on the virtues of alonen…

What is art? Who am I? Thoughts on how I learn the same things about my process over and over, each new book an education. Also thoughts on Gen X, Tik Tok, age, albums, symphonies, and how long a cha…