Month: October 2021

First Cup of Coffee – October 15, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - October 15, 2021

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October 15, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

Understanding how programmed misogyny works in employing story tropes, how to weed those things out of our work, and understanding why we view something like gossip as negative. Also: celebrating!

Cover Reveal for FIRE OF THE FROST! You can preorder it here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost).

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First Cup of Coffee – October 14, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - October 14, 2021

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October 14, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

On why we choose the genres we do as newbie writers and how that affects our careers. Also the lone female trope, aka Not Like Other Girls, and how that shows up in various stories and why we need to get rid of it.

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FIRE OF THE FROST Cover Reveal!

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Cover reveal!!!

I’m super excited to share the cover for FIRE OF THE FROST! Out December 2, 2021, this midwinter holiday fantasy romance anthology includes stories from the fabulous Darynda Jones, Amanda Bouchet, Grace Draven and myself. You can preorder the ebook now from all the major retailers (iBooks coming soon) and the print preorder through my webstore. (There will be print available from the other retailers eventually, but not until release day.)

   

From Darynda Jones, a standalone novella set in a world where vampyres are hunted for sport. The only thing standing between them and total annihilation is Winter, a warrior bred to save them from extinction. Forbidden to fall in love, Winter cares only about her oaths… until she meets the devilish prince of the underworld.
Amanda Bouchet transports The Kingmaker Chronicles to modern-day New York City. An exiled warrior finds himself in the Big Apple just before the holidays. On a vital mission for Athena, he meets an imperiled French teacher from Connecticut, and soon they’re knee-deep in inexplicable phenomena.
Grace Draven brings a novella-length expansion of a stand-alone short story in which a cursed mage-king from a frozen kingdom is obligated to marry a woman of high-ranking nobility but meets his soulmate in a lowly scribe.
From Jeffe Kennedy comes a standalone novella in the Dark Wizard world, where an ancient holiday is resurrected and clandestine lovers find the courage to pursue forbidden joy.

 

   

This week at the SFF Seven our topic is: Before Chapter One. We’re asking each other, “What do you have in place before you start drafting? Inspiration board? Top-level plot bullets? Full outline? Flushed out Character Profiles? Etc.”

This is kind of funny for me to answer today because I’m starting Chapter One on the novella for this anthology. And yes, it will be Chapter One, because I’m a linear writer. What do I know about the story at this point? I know this:

It’s set in my Dark Wizard world (Bonds of Magic), where an ancient holiday is resurrected and clandestine lovers find the courage to pursue forbidden joy.

Heh. I had to figure out that much so I had something to say for the reveal.

At least I know the world? That’s because I’ve already written and published the first two books in the Bonds of Magic series, DARK WIZARD and BRIGHT FAMILIAR. My as-yet-untitled story in FIRE OF THE FROST occurs away from the protagonists of the main arc, but I don’t know yet who the characters will be. This is a departure for me as I start with character 99% of the time. So, this will be interesting!

But my short answer to the question is: nothing. Pretty much all I have before I start drafting is a twinkle in my eye, as it were.

Let it shine, baby. Let it shine!

First Cup of Coffee – October 12, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - October 12, 2021

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October 12, 2021

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A bit more about Bad Art Friend and the really excellent discussion about it in the New Yorker. Also about kindness, what it means to us, whether it's a weakness or takes a particular strength of character.

The follow-up New Yorker article, which reviews the short story at the center of the bad art friend saga, is here (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-story-at-the-center-of-the-bad-art-friend-saga).

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First Cup of Coffee – October 11, 2021

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October 11, 2021

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About the story told in the article Bad Art Friend and its implications for how we approach writing and gleaning details from others that we weave into our stories, including blender settings and not being cruel.

The article, Bad Art Friend, is here (https://archive.is/zYweu).

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First Cup of Coffee – October 8, 2021

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October 08, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

How to recognize creative burnout, what to do about it, and how writing every day helps. Also mud-stirring, both the creatively productive kind and the painful emotional variety, and how they can be the same thing.

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First Cup of Coffee – October 5, 2021

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October 05, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

Body image and how that's influenced by Instagram and other media like women's magazines, how physical attraction, "instalove" and ageism play into that - along with some spoilers for my recent book.

Find THE DRAGON'S DAUGHTER AND THE WINTER MAGE here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-dragon-s-daughter-and-the-winter-mage).

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First Cup of Coffee – October 4, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - October 4, 2021

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October 04, 2021

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Some changes in how traditional publishing is treating submissions, especially those on spec, even from established authors, and a discussion of how advances work, when authors get paid, and why 4+ book deals aren't great.

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Synopses – the Pain Never Ends

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Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is “Queries & Synopses: Bane, Benefit, or Both?”

Besides all of us immediately screeching BANE – because all sane human beings hate writing synopses – I’m here to tell you to learn to, if not love, then at least bear with them. Being able to write a decent synopsis is a critical skill for a writer, even indies. Same with queries. Come on over to find out why.