First Cup of Coffee – January 7, 2021

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - January 7, 2021

January 07, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

A shoutout today to Saranna DeWylde's FAIRY GODMOTHERS, INC., a new para-rom-com. Also how my cover reveal got pre-empted by a failed coup attempt and why this is not a civil war.

You can find out more about FAIRY GODMOTHERS, INC on Goodreads.

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First Cup of Coffee – January 5, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - January 5, 2021

January 05, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

Little bells for today's #earringplan2021 - and why they remind me of a fantasy story that give me an epiphany. Maybe you know who wrote it? Also why there's no such thing as too much sleep.

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First Cup of Coffee – January 4, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - January 4, 2021

January 04, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

A tour of my new jewelry cabinet! And renovated master bath! Plus my #earringplan2021 and thoughts on taking critique even when it's truly painful.

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First Cup of Coffee – January 1, 2021

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First Cup of Coffee - January 1, 2021

January 01, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

A Very Special New Year's Day episode! Okay, not really - but it sounded good. Thoughts on prologues and the place of the Bridgerton books (and awesome Netflix series!) in the Romance canon.

You can find information on my Sexual Tension workshop, which I'm giving online for the Greater Seattle RWA tomorrow, January 2, 2021, here (https://gsrwa.org/about-us/upcoming-meetings/).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 31, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - December 31, 2020

December 31, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

How to know where to start a story and why this can be such a struggle even for experienced authors, how to take critique and make decisions on what to fix and how to go about it - and beginnings and endings in general!

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First Cup of Coffee – December 29, 2020

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First Cup of Coffee - December 29, 2020

December 29, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

Creating the shape of your life on a daily basis, how THE PROMISED QUEEN was my pandemic year book, tips on writing Dedications and Acknowledgments and the upcoming @farofeb event!

You can find the FaRoFeb Facebook group here (https://www.facebook.com/groups/429207234870645).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 28, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - December 28, 2020

December 28, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

I'm sideways! (Only on video though.) And back from holiday, talking about rest and recovery, lessons of the pandemic year, and how writing must always take priority.

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First Cup of Coffee – December 21, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - December 21, 2020

December 21, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

CW for writing about sexual assault and how we do and don't handle those issues when writing fiction. Also discussion on some cool stuff I've been reading and watching.

The books I mention are Alice Sebold's (I was right!) The Lovely Bones & Lucky.  Also Chanel Miller's Know My Name.

The movies are Let Them All Talk and A California Christmas.

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First Cup of Coffee – December 18, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - December 18, 2020

December 18, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

On nurturing inspiration, taking care of new, shiny ideas so that you avoid shaken baby syndrome, and not giving your fire away too soon.

The quote I mention is correctly "Be careful how quickly you give away your fire," by Robert Bly.

You can read my post about Shaken Baby Syndrome here (http://lovepowerandfairytaleendings.blogspot.com/2011/07/shaken-baby-syndrome.html).

And you can read THE LONG NIGHT OF THE CRYSTALLINE MOON - to celebrate our own longest night! - in the UNDER A WINTER SKY anthology here (https://jeffekennedy.com/under-a-winter-sky).

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First Cup of Coffee – December 17, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - December 17, 2020

December 17, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

I'm breaking down how I track revising - both how to avoid the negative wordcount blues and tracking pages revised to predict how long a revision will take.

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