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First Cup of Coffee – January 6, 2022

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First Cup of Coffee - January 6, 2022

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January 06, 2022

Jeffe Kennedy

What I've been doing this week to improve my concentration and return to my previous wordcount output - and other thoughts on doomscrolling, the attention economy, and choosing the happy.

The Santa Fe event at Beastly Books with Mary Anne Mohanraj  is here (https://www.beastlybooks.com/).

You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). You can preorder GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic) and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

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First Cup of Coffee – January 4, 2022

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First Cup of Coffee - January 4, 2022

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January 04, 2022

Jeffe Kennedy

I'm sharing thoughts on what it really means to be a "full-time writer" vs. actually supporting yourself (and others) entirely with your writing income, what kind of planning is involved, and the vagaries of the career.

You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). You can preorder GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic) and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

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First Cup of Coffee – January 3, 2022

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First Cup of Coffee - January 3, 2022

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January 03, 2022

Jeffe Kennedy

What we can learn from population biology on strategizing our writing careers, why there's so much push to track ad spend and sales but not investigating our own creative process, and a big F**K OFF to people who say "stay in your lane."

You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). You can preorder , GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic) and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 31, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - December 31, 2021

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December 31, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

My final installment on tracking the metrics of your creative work. If you track ad sales numbers, why not the fundamental work that makes the rest possible. As promised, I give a summary of my own metrics.

You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). You can preorder , GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic) and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 30, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - December 30, 2021

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December 30, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

How to ensure that setting goals isn't "setting yourself up for failure," more on our relationship with observing ourselves with compassion and scientific distance, and what this has to do with knife-throwing. 

The blog post I mention is here (https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2021/12/29/adjusting-those-variables-for-the-new-year/).

You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). You can preorder , GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic) and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).

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First Cup of Coffee is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

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First Cup of Coffee – December 28, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - December 28, 2021

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December 28, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

Continuing my series on tracking your productivity and why I think it's super important for both traditionally published and self-published authors. I delve a bit more into the metrics I track and why. 

You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). You can preorder , GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic) and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 27, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - December 27, 2021

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December 27, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

A report on my holidays, along with a new pair of earrings and a bonus necklace! I'm also going to spend this week on why it's beneficial to track your wordcount and other metrics. Today: be like a scientist!

You can order FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost) and DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard). You can preorder , GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic) and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 21, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - December 21, 2021 (Pt. 1)

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December 21, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

A two-parter today because I messed up the podcast, getting all excited about cliffs in Ireland. 

This is the movie I mention (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760280/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1).

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First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - December 21, 2021 (Pt. 2)

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December 21, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

The second part, after I messed up!

This is the movie I mention (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760280/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1).

You can order DARK WIZARD here (https://jeffekennedy.com/dark-wizard) and preorder FIRE OF THE FROST here (https://jeffekennedy.com/fire-of-the-frost), GREY MAGIC here (https://jeffekennedy.com/grey-magic), and THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING here (https://jeffekennedy.com/the-storm-princess-and-the-raven-king).

If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 20, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - December 20, 2021

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December 20, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

Thoughts on life, the madwoman in the attic, and everything. Also predictions on where traditional publishing is going, continuing pandemic ripple effects, and how self-publishing can be the thing that saves us. 

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If you want to support me and the podcast, click on the little heart or follow this link (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/jeffekennedy).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 17, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - December 17, 2021

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December 17, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

My crazy day yesterday - one where I don't think I ever got ON my pillow - and various publishing crises. Also how I'm a "red car" kind of gal married to a gearhead, and other life challenges. 

The Lost City trailer is here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xohAPIRNzuo).

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