First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

Thoughts today on starting the story in the right place, how to weave in backstory without bogging down the velocity of the opening, and how this is never easy. I'm giving a specific example with the…

Warning: politics. Midterm elections in the U.S. are tomorrow, so voting is on my mind, along with all the feelings coming up from the 2016 that was so traumatic for so many of us. There's also a fun…

Why I don't do NaNoWriMo - but why I think you should, and some advice on how. I'm giving some advice on how to "train" for NaNoWriMo and keep yourself from burning out before you finish. Also though…

With the veil thin between worlds today, I'm thinking about sending and receiving messages, imagination, and transforming ourselves into something else. Also the reverse face of that, becoming moribu…

Lots of chatty updates today on THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER, Twinstar, Sorcerous Moons, and release day for BARBAROUS, by Minerva Spencer. A bit about Saturday night's party, pic of costumes attached. The …

Last Friday I had podcast troubles, it was a wonky day for other reasons, and on Saturday my cell phone died. All of these things conspired to mess me up on many levels, most importantly my writing r…

The second half of the Podcast from the Land of Confusion. 

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Disruption abounds today. I tried recording on a walk to the store, and ended up messing up the podcast. This is part one. Mostly babbling about walking to the store and yesterday's errands.

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Ruminations today on writing fight scenes/battle scenes vs. sex scenes and news on THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER. Also some squeeing about how good BARBAROUS by Minerva Spencer is, and thoughts on revising v…

Big thunderstorm this morning - and thoughts on cats, software updates, the movie Tully, weight loss and gain, and updates on THE DRAGONS OF SUMMER. For those interested, Lindsay Buroker's podcast, t…

Waxing artistic today with thoughts on living a creative life, Georgia O'Keeffe, the beauty of autumn in Santa Fe and Taos - and how being a writer, what that involves, changes as your career grows. …

Musings today on scenes with conflict and building suspense, how that rhythm works and when it's false suspense. Also cat wrangling, ever and always. 

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I'm discussing the structure of fantasy novels, particularly The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay, and whether a story built on human history with token fantasy elements should really be called …

More musings today on The Princess Diarist, along with how we see men and women differently, including Mary Sues and improbable heroes. Also thoughts on reading Guy Gavriel Kay's The Lions of Al Rass…

Social media - what you can and can't learn about it - and a review of Carrie Fisher's The Princess Diarist and what I wish it had done. Occasional interruptions by a bored, snowbound cat very intere…

My very spoilery review of The Wife - along with thoughts on being a woman and a writer. Also thanks for the love on THE ARROWS OF THE HEART! (I do give fair warning to tap out before spoilers.)

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Today is the Release Day for THE ARROWS OF THE HEART! So, I talk about that, with thanks to the early reviewers for getting stuff up on Amazon so fast! I also talk a bit about spoilers and why Americ…

Ruminations today on names and pseudonyms, why and how to choose them. Also updates on THE ARROWS OF THE HEART releasing tomorrow!

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