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 - October 2, 2018
Musing today on how the way to prevent jealousy is to avoid comparisons - and put that energy into your own work. Keeping your eyes on your own work is also about owning your process and learning to …
00:20:39 |
Tue 02 Oct 2018
First Cup of Coffee - October 1, 2018
October 1 is a bad luck day in my family, so I'm talking a bit about that. Also about meeting with writers Jim Sorenson and Sage Walker. (Her book is The Man in the Tree!) and getting little chores d…
00:17:50 |
Mon 01 Oct 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 28, 2018
Talking today about 1st person POV and keeping track of which characters knew what and when - and how that's just as confusing as it sounds. Also thoughts on Canadian Thanksgiving vs. US, The Wife by…
00:20:48 |
Fri 28 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 27, 2018
Mostly ruminating about choosing my winner for LERA's The Writer contest - with a brief segue into why talking about politics matters.
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00:20:48 |
Thu 27 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 26, 2018
The weather is turning in Santa Fe, but I sat in the grape arbor anyway, in my new wrap, and waxed on about coffee, pastries, and writing. As one does.
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00:21:16 |
Wed 26 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 25, 2018
Today is the first day of the #fantasyromancetrifecta, the release day of Grace Draven's PHOENIX UNBOUND! https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Unbound-Fallen-Empire-Draven-ebook/dp/B078QTNK41 Congratulatio…
00:21:13 |
Tue 25 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 19, 2018
Telling you all about the upcoming Fantasy Romance Trifecta coming your way. And other random nattering.
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00:20:21 |
Wed 19 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 18, 2018
Talking today about how "networking" is truly making friendships and supporting each other. Updates on THE ORCHID THRONE and THE ARROWS OF THE HEART, too.
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00:21:20 |
Tue 18 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 17, 2018
I'm back at work today - and talking a bit about my days off, including separating irises AND how to give them away to your friends. I also give updates on progress on THE ORCHID THRONE, THE ARROWS O…
00:14:36 |
Mon 17 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 14, 2018
I've finished THE ORCHID THRONE revisions and have been refilling the well - talking about downtime after work, reading, editor brain, and how annoying it is when movie monsters won't die.
00:21:24 |
Fri 14 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 11, 2018
Taking a walk today with Jackson, a preemptive strike against his autumn restlessness, and talking about the domestication of cats and dogs (as one does), along with worldbuilding and perfectionism.h…
00:19:17 |
Tue 11 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 10, 2018
Talking today about knowing where a story starts and how that can be difficult, along with taking critique in general. I mention Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey and answer a question from a listen…
00:22:50 |
Mon 10 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 6, 2018
Talking today about revisions for developmental edits on THE ORCHID THRONE, and revisions in general - what to cut, how to know, the importance of post-production. I mention the somewhat inaccurate a…
00:21:59 |
Thu 06 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 4, 2018
Today is the release of EXILE OF THE SEAS, so I'm mostly talking about that, release days in general and why they're on Tuesdays, finishing THE ARROWS OF THE HEART and a bit about Georgia O'Keeffe. A…
00:20:22 |
Tue 04 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - September 3, 2018
Final day of completing THE ARROWS OF THE HEART, so I'm talking about my process, finishing books, and the importance of observing our own creative process.
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00:23:20 |
Mon 03 Sep 2018
First Cup of Coffee - August 31, 2018
I'm closing in on the ending of THE ARROWS OF THE HEART, so I talked about that, and referred back to previous discussions on work, play and happiness. Also experienced some unusual bird sightings an…
00:19:58 |
Fri 31 Aug 2018
First Cup of Coffee - August 30, 2018
A beautiful summer evening on the patio last night. Today I mused about how beauty - the concept of paradise - uplifts us and is an antidote to the aspects of life that can be crushing. I talk about …
00:20:16 |
Thu 30 Aug 2018
First Cup of Coffee - August 29, 2018
I'm back from mini-break and talking about my birthday and family gathering, including wine-refrigerator shout-out to Alexia Chantel Also talking about cover discussions for THE ORCHID THRONE, and fi…
00:21:30 |
Wed 29 Aug 2018
First Cup of Coffee - August 24, 2018
I wax philosophical today, talking about how to work with the creative self and how it's like training a puppy. Also about stopping for the day when you hit wordcount, why pushing can be destructive,…
00:22:01 |
Fri 24 Aug 2018
First Cup of Coffee - August 23, 2018
Reporting on Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi at George RR Martin's Jean Cocteau theater, on my lovely birthday spent with wonderful friends. I also discuss SHOOTING STAR - why I changed the cove…
00:21:09 |
Thu 23 Aug 2018
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