First Cup of Coffee – August 17, 2019

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 17, 2019

August 17, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

Finally had time to update from Ireland! Thoughts on travel, Dublin, WorldCon, etc. 

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First Cup of Coffee – August 12, 2019

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First Cup of Coffee - August 12, 2019

August 12, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

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. Penelope's podcast and her episode on YA Fantasy here

Photo is Jackson sitting beside me on the patio, paws tucked into my hand. Yeah, it's hard to leave again so soon. 

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Jeffe’s Earliest Writing (More or Less)

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is a challenge. I’m not sure who proposed this, but it goes: “Share tiny snippet from earliest writing of yours that you can get your hands on. This is kind of a dare, and also I’m nosy.”

It IS quite the dare because it’s kind of scary to show this super old stuff. Come on over to find out more about mine. 

 

 

First Cup of Coffee – August 9, 2019

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 9, 2019

August 09, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

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 scenes. 

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First Cup of Coffee – August 8, 2019

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First Cup of Coffee - August 8, 2019

August 08, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

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. 

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When the Algorithm Works

Sometimes I buy my own books on Amazon. There are a few reasons for this, the primary one being that some publishers, like Kensington, never give me finished digital versions of my books. That means that the last version I’ll have of any of my Kensington books is the Word document where I reviewed copy edits. Yeah, I can accept all changes and make a reading version to send to my Kindle – and sometimes I do that – but the formatting is funky and there can be distracting errors. So, if I want to revisit one of my books and read it on my Kindle (like if I’m not at home to grab the paper copy, or if I want to search for something and not read on my laptop) then it sometimes makes sense just to buy the ebook.

Yes, it IS kind of weird to buy my own ebook.

But, I figured I get some of that money back in royalties, and it gives the book a bump in the Amazon algorithm, which never hurts.

So, I did this last week with THE TALON OF THE HAWK. I’d just finished reading Kennedy Ryan’s LONG SHOT, which deals with an abusive marriage (and is *excellent*), and it got me thinking about how I dealt with recovery and healing from sexual assault. This isn’t something I mentioned about THE TALON OF THE HAWK for a long time, because it felt spoilery, but the book has been out for enough time now that I think I can. The heroine, Ursula, suffered sexual abuse in her youth and wrestles with the scars it left behind. I wanted to reread what I did as a foil to what Kennedy Ryan did in her book.

It was an interesting exercise, and I learned quite a few things about my own writing.

Anyway, today, I got this email from Amazon with “Since you read THE TALON OF THE HAWK.” I get these all the time, as we all do, and I never open them because Amazon is always wrong. This time, though, I thought I should look, just to *see* what their AI thinks is like my book. Thus the screen shot above.

The Tessa Dare historical romance is a bit of an outlier – though I don’t care since Tessa is wonderful – but otherwise it’s pretty damn close! Go figure. And I’m pretty chuffed to be listed with Anne Bishop and Seanan McGuire! And Jessie Mihalik is my agent-sister and an awesome writer of SFR.

I’m over at The Romance of Reading Facebook page today, talking about The Magic of Books. I’m also doing some book giveaways, so come on by and chat!

First Cup of Coffee – August 6, 2019

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 6, 2019

August 06, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

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 deal I mention is here https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheRomanceofReading/ 

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First Cup of Coffee – August 5, 2019

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First Cup of Coffee - August 5, 2019

August 05, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

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. 

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Keeping Up with the Virtual Joneses

I just returned from a week with my family on Lake Coeur d’Alene. So lovely and relaxing! During some conversation, I mentioned Ed Sheeran, and my aunt – who’d never heard of him – asked me how I kept up on discovering new music.

It was an interesting question, and one I had to think about. Finally I said that I see a lot of recommendations on Twitter. Instagram, too. People share Spotify lists or post YouTube videos. She nodded a little at my answer, clearly a bit daunted at the prospect of emulating me there. So, I sent her two Ed Sheeran albums for her birthday.

Coincidentally enough, our topic at the SFF Seven this week is “Keeping up with trends and changes in social media.” Not an easy thing to do for any of us. Come on over to find out more!

First Cup of Coffee – August 3, 2019

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 3, 2019

August 03, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

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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