RITA ® Award-Winning Author of Fantasy Romance
//My two boys, enjoying the new recliners and the lovely sunlight of a winter afternoon. I feel sure if Jackson could make his recline, too, he would. The recliners were a Christmas gift for David. The family all pitched in and we replaced the couch with them. There’s the Before and After. We actually […]
//This hawk was in the tree across the road. Love my new telephoto lens! David and I were talking yesterday about the value of happiness and making choices to be happy. Now, not everyone really values happiness as a top priority. Sure – people say they want to be happy, but often they value other […]
//First things first – I’m in the newspaper today! The local paper, The Santa Fe New Mexican, asked if they could do a feature on me. I checked my very busy schedule and managed to squeeze in an interview. Then, I’m over at Word Whores and LERA today (same post in both places), on the […]
//This week at the SFF Seven, we’re talking joy! As in, three things that give us joy. As many of you know, I’m a big fan of making decisions based on what will yield the greatest happiness. Thus choosing the happy means a lot of things in my life bring me joy. But I’ll […]
//An oft-lamented part of being a writer is the promotions end. Some writers are good at it, but for the most part, the majority of us are writers because we don’t like to sell stuff. Otherwise we’d have fabulous careers doing that. But we know that’s part of the gig. Even the big, traditionally published […]
//I’ve just returned from Nebula Conference and this moment was a highlight: the photograph of SFWA past-presidents in attendance. From left is Gay Haldeman, SFWA Ombudsman; Joe Haldeman, SFWA Grandmaster and past-president; Michael Capobianco, past-president; Karen Silverberg, novelist; Robert Silverberg, SFWA Grandmaster and past-president; and lil’ ol’ me. Quite a heady experience! This week at […]
//My thoughts on writing workshops, critique groups, taking critique, and other musing spurred by S.L. Huang’s excellent essay on Tor.com. Also a bit about the era of the Facebook birthday and monetizing relationships. Transcript 00:01.71 jeffekennedy Good morning, everyone! This is Jeffe Kennedy author of epic fantasy romance I’m here with my first cup of […]
//ROGUE’S POSSESSION is out today!! Otherwise I’m talking about worldbuilding from a character-driven perspective and being aware as an author of what readers want for your characters. Transcript 00:01.87 jeffekennedy Good morning, everyone! This is Jeffe Kennedy author of epic fantasy romance here with my first cup of coffee. 00:14.67 jeffekennedy But delicious today is […]
//transcript 00:00.40 jeffekennedy Good morning everyone this is Jeffe Kennedy author of fantasy romance and romantic fantasy I’m here with my first cup of coffee. It tastes a little different this morning. Maybe that’s just me I know I don’t have covid now anytime somebody says that they taste something. Taste funny. It’s like all […]
//The cholla are both flowering and fruiting now – a brilliant combination of yellow and this purple-pink that can look scarlet from a distance. Quite the show. Last night Kerry and I were talking about how making progress on the writing can make or break your day. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but it […]