First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

#PantsNaNoWriMo day 7: The magic trick of square brackets, also evaluating opportunities - and opportunity cost.

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#PantsNaNoWriMo day 6: True confessions today on how well I practice what I preach. On hitting walls, letting things ferment, and abandoning Poldark.

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#PantsNaNoWriMo day 5: A bit about word count and how long novels really are, plus a funny story about how I figured that out early on. 

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#PantsNaNoWriMo day 4: Creating a story as a leap of faith. Knowing that angst is okay. And, as in our lives, trusting that even our mistakes bring us to where we should be. 

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#PantsNaNoWriMo day 3: Honoring and protecting the writing process. To embrace creative flow, you must ignore other opinions and ideas, refining YOUR process and owning it.

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#PantsNaNoWriMo day 2: Evaluating success - and viewing it as an ongoing process. Also some advice on gradually increasing wordcounts to build a solid writing habit.

(Also, I totally cleaned out my ca…

#PantsNaNoWriMo day 1: On creative flow, Taoism, and other advice on letting go of white-knuckling the story. And being more one with the universe in life in general.

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Announcing that I will be doing a daily podcast to #PantsNaNoWriMo, with an eye toward teaching embracing creative flow in the future. Also an indignant rant on "ideal" Fantasy heroes and the absurd …

Giving some updates today on submissions of a new project - with insight into that process and some happy feedback.

Jim Sorenson's book is here.

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Discussing the psychological aspects of setting wordcount goals. Also about yoga, a "good practice," and deciding what we want to get out of efforts like that. 

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A bit about how the publishing industry can be weird: release dates, author copies, and being orphaned when an editor leaves. Also musings on whether angst is necessary for creativity and what choosi…

Talking today about building up the writing habit again after a long hiatus. Also why L. Penelope is *wrong* and Good Omens is brilliant. And news on THE FATE OF THE TALA cover reveal. (It's November…

About pantsing vs. plotting, and why I prefer "'gardening vs. pre-plotting" as a descriptor. Also protecting and nurturing creativity as a fragile thing, and more thoughts on success as a progressive…

About MileHi Con and more on success as the progressive realization of a goal. Also on the care and feeding of the writer in your life - and Exciting News on the Frolic Podcast Network! Article here.…

I delve deeply today into what "failure" means - and also "success" - and why I feel we shouldn't regard failing with fear or dread. Also deciding when to reveal a secret to the reader, as opposed to…

Thoughts on choosing an agent, especially as regards creative choices. Also choosing which ideas are good ones, whether inspiration & opportunity hang around, and visiting with a sorority sister. 

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Reflecting a bit on reviews and how fandom communities work. Also cat wrangling and saving of bluebirds. How I'm loving Grace Draven's DRAGON UNLEASHED, and a bit about kayaks!

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Recognizing the difference between finished work and early drafts, perceived time while writing vs reading time and how that affects pace, and being in the world but not of the world. That is: what t…

I'm keeping it short today because it's been a chaotic morning and I'm almost out of minutes for the month! Talking about struggling with this draft, having faith, talking heads - and a vote on dream…

Thoughts today on fixating on minor chores, preparing to travel, and working through solidifying Act 1 of this book. On my fourth opening and counting!

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