First Cup of Coffee – August 25, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 25, 2020

August 25, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

A primrose casualty today, how yesterday ended up being a Lost Day, my (difficult and annoying) new printer, and a discussion of writer health and why I'm a walking desk evangelist.

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First Cup of Coffee – August 24, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 24, 2020

August 24, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

I'm reporting on my lovely birthday celebrations - I like golf! - and my honey-sweetened cake. Also the awesome knitted shrunken head Willow Draven made for me.

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The Best Title That Never Was

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week concerns the reality of having to change names. We’re asking the crew if they’ve ever had to change the name(s) of a character or place in a book after we’d drafted it? Who is the character who will forever go by their “unpublished” name in our minds?

For me, it wasn’t a character. But I will tell you about the title I wish I hadn’t changed. 

First Cup of Coffee – August 21, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 21, 2020

August 21, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

I had a bit of a writing crisis yesterday, so I talk about that and how I sorted it out with the help of Agent Sarah and lovely author buddies. Also a funny story about toilet paper and being terribly earnest.

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First Cup of Coffee – August 20, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 20, 2020

August 20, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy, Maria Vale

Join me for a wide-ranging and wonderful interview with celebrity guest author Maria Vale. We talk about life in NYC during #Covid19, her writing journey, and of course how wonderful wolves are! (She also attempts to extract spoilers from me on Forgotten Empires, but I was strong!)

You can read more about Maria and her books on her website here (https://www.mariavale.com/new-page). SEASON OF THE WOLF is out August 25, 2020.

The book she mentions is Farley Mowat's NEVER CRY WOLF (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/72659.Never_Cry_Wolf).

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Writing Sprints and Author Jokes

Lately I’ve been sprinting with buddy Darynda Jones every day. We hop on a Zoom meeting and do three one-hour writing sprints, with 20-20 minute breaks in between. Well, that’s what I do – she keeps going because she’s under deadline and going for 5-7K per day. Doing this together started as a way to help her with accountability, but I’ve been really benefiting from it, too. Knowing I have to “meet “with her at 9am and again after break, keeps me on schedule also.

Plus it’s really fun to share what we accomplished and ask each other questions. We try to keep the chatting to a minimum, so we stay on track with the work, but sometimes it’s pretty amusing

She posted this conversation to Facebook and it made me laugh. She’s, of course, very funny and good at polishing a joke – so she makes me sound good – but this was a funny conversation. Thought I’d share it here. 🙂

Transcript, if you can’t read the image:

CONVERSATION WHILE SPRINTING THIS MORNING

ME: I lost a scene.

JEFFE: A what?

ME: An entire scene. I lost it.

JEFFE: Where did you see it last?

ME: Right here in my document.

JEFFE: Did you leave it in the bathroom?

ME: I don’t think so.

JEFFE: Did you take it off to wash dishes?

ME: I’m on deadline. I haven’t washed dishes in weeks.

JEFFE: I don’t know what to tell you. You’re just going to have to retrace your steps.

ME: *whimpers*

First Cup of Coffee – August 18, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 18, 2020

August 18, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

Talking about why I'm a Taylor Swift fangirl, care for long hair vs. short, 80s child memes about song lyrics, on taste in general, and how I'm tragically unhip and at peace with that.

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First Cup of Coffee – August 17, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 17, 2020

August 17, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

The story behind this photo, along with an update - and personnel change - regarding the UNDER A WINTER SKY anthology. Sad news, but also exciting news!

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My Secret Weapon: a Writing Habit

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is “Writing through your Achilles heel – How do you keep writing through [whatever it is that prevents/stops your writing]?”

I think I was supposed to fill in my particular [whatever it is that prevents/stops your writing], but I don’t think I have a specific Achilles heel that way. Not that I don’t encounter obstacles to getting my words in every day! There are multitudes of those things, from Stupidly Trivial to Truly Important. When I was a newbie writer, even the Stupidly Trivial stuff won all the time. These days, only the Truly Important stuff gets in the way of writing, and even then I bounce back quickly, all because of my secret weapon.

My secret weapon is: my writing habit. Come on Over to Read More.

First Cup of Coffee – August 14, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - August 14, 2020

August 14, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

My trumpet vine is blooming for the first time ever! I'm also talking about my early days as an essayist and how I blew a solicited essay by being too positive. Updates on new projects, too.

The essay I mention is The Remaking of Painted Creek in WYOMING TRUCKS, TRUE LOVE, AND THE WEATHER CHANNEL (https://jeffekennedy.com/wyoming-trucks-true-love-and-the-weather-channel).

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