Hello Friends! Happy to report I will be doing a Live Chat with Anna and Amber from OwlCrate this evening at 8PM EST (or 6PM New Mexico Time) to discuss Never the Roses ~ The link to watch this Live Chat is the nest.owlcrate.com and from there, you will be prompted to create an account with them for free and will have access to our Live Stream! Very excited about this. I’ll see you there!
Happy The Life of a Showgirl day!!! Team Jeffe is really Team Swiftie, and all of us are hand-hearting. Do we have any outfit ideas inspired by The Black Dog for the movie premiere on Sunday? In other news, let’s talk about asynchronous order of events in writing and how Octavia Butler uses this plus foreshadowing to craft an excellent story. And also an idea brewing about how I can use such things to satisfy my creative urges.
Magic Reborn has 17,000 words and the first act has been written! Can pedestrians trust the crosswalk? My methodology on how to use 24hours in a day to your advantage, especially as a writer. And It’s Octavia Butler’s world and we’re just living in it.
Magic Reborn is up to 15,000 words! Lust, Lies, and Ley Lines cover art is coming soon – and why having “mean” friends is actually a good thing. And Sydney the Tyrant strikes again as she workshops a new intro/outro for the podcast.
Nirvana, Rapture, Hurricane Ragasa, current reads and most excitingly – Magic Reborn writing updates and new release date! And also, the lost art form of party jokes.
Dinner with family, lunch with friends, how to navigate the copyright law versus generative AI from the perspective of an author, and words of advice about having a sustainable career as an author
My topsy-turvy, exhausting week, introducing exciting new changes to this podcast and my social media – welcome Sydney! – and why GRRM being at 70% now and 70% three years ago doesn’t mean no progress.
Supporting creativity, creators, and their creations vs. demanding a product and how parasocial relationships have fostered a tension there. Self-love and self-care vs. self-indulgence. Also, I turned in AMONG THE THORNS!
How endings of books can’t be changed by simply lopping off final chapters and adding new ones – the story must point toward the finale all the way through. Also, US politics to wade through at first, especially state vs fed rights.