First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy
Award-winning and best-selling author of fantasy and romance, Jeffe Kennedy shares her first cup of coffee of the day with listeners, giving a daily insight into the realities of being a career author.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 1082
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
First Cup of Coffee - September 2, 2019
Talking today about habits, and how vacation is good for breaking all kinds - and allows us to consciously and deliberately rebuild. Also, another salvo in the pack rat war.
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First Cup of Coffee - August 30, 2019
I'm back from Ireland! Talking about vacation and how our minds are different in that mode, and about getting back to work with the well refilled.
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First Cup of Coffee - August 20, 2019
A special #FirstCupofWhiskey episode from Bettystown, Ireland. Includes #WorldCon2019 recaps, thoughts on convention ROI, and general updates on the #Ireland adventure.
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First Cup of Coffee - August 17, 2019
Finally had time to update from Ireland! Thoughts on travel, Dublin, WorldCon, etc.
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First Cup of Coffee - August 12, 2019
I'm getting ready to leave for #WorldCon2019 in Dublin, and talking about time off from writing and the Restless Stagnation (TM) that begins to rise when I need to write. Also, a bit more about L. Pe…
First Cup of Coffee - August 9, 2019
More musings today on YA vs adult fantasy, with a bit of feedback from Emily Mah and L. Penelope. Also musings on book brain, how to approach a convoluted revision, and why I like on-the-page sex sce…
First Cup of Coffee - August 8, 2019
Talking as I drive in for writer coffee, about social media, Facebook parties, revising The Fiery Crown, the New Shiny, and initial thoughts on how YA fantasy differs from Adult Fantasy.
First Cup of Coffee - August 6, 2019
Mulling over how to approach edits today, along with thoughts on the cycle of life and valuing nature for itself. Soliciting some opinions, too, for those who are interested.
The Romance of Reading d…
First Cup of Coffee - August 5, 2019
Talking today about interpreting critique from editors and others, updates on the audio book of THE ORCHID THRONE, and a story about a weirdly p/a encounter with an author at San Diego Comic Con.
First Cup of Coffee - August 3, 2019
I'm back from a week at Lake Coeur d'Alene, talking about taking vacations from even the work we love, the RITA Awards at RWA, my tribe there, and about podcasting in general.
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First Cup of Coffee - July 26, 2019
I chat with my roommate aspiring author Sassy Outwater about writing, the romance community, and a bit about her life as a blind woman.
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First Cup of Coffee - July 24, 2019
In which we mostly gush about Hamilton.
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First Cup of Coffee - July 23, 2019
I've made it to NYC and have another celebrity guest - SF author Lex Beckett - talking with me today. We talk about social media, exalted coffee, skipping, and her upcoming book, Gamechanger.
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First Cup of Coffee - July 20, 2019
A special celebrity guest, Grace Draven, talks with me from San Diego Comic Con. We discussed SDCC, what we'd been up to, etc. I also ask Grace to talk about her daily life and challenges as a career…
First Cup of Coffee - July 16, 2019
Thoughts today on the rapid-release mentality in self-publishing, how SFF differs from Romance that way, and how writers place value on their own work. I mention how Ed Sheeran's media blitz has affe…
First Cup of Coffee - July 15, 2019
Revisiting my (surprisingly) long career, with thoughts on art, audience, and "making it." Oh, and being multi-genre. Also dishing on Big Little Lies and Juliet, Naked.
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First Cup of Coffee - July 12, 2019
About my lady-who-lunches lifestyle of late, and a bit about The Hate U Give - things I learned and musings on textured stories and nuanced characters.
The movie I was trying to think of wasn't Amy S…
First Cup of Coffee - July 11, 2019
A commuting podcast on my way for writer coffee - had a great convo with Trent Zelazny - wherein I talk to other drivers and fill you all in on my victories in Battles with the Universe. A bit more r…
First Cup of Coffee - July 9, 2019
Today's podcast is all about career author Real Life - my wranglings with a dead car battery, health insurance, and Waste Management not caring about recycling service.
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First Cup of Coffee - July 8, 2019
I'm heading into conference season and nonstop travel, so I'm talking about that a bit and projects I'm winding up before I go.