First Cup of Coffee – July 5, 2024

My experience so far with putting a Romantasy series in KU and plan to have RELUCTANT WIZARD wide for preorder and into KU on release day. Also thoughts on patriotism, politics, and diverse reading.

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - July 5, 2024

July 05, 2024

Jeffe Kennedy

My experience so far with putting a Romantasy series in KU and plan to have RELUCTANT WIZARD wide for preorder and into KU on release day. Also thoughts on patriotism, politics, and diverse reading.

Last day to bid on Personalized Author Coaching with Jeffe Kennedy to benefit the Romancing the Vote fundraiser! https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/74830/auctions/164081/auction_items/5468317

The preorder links for RELUCTANT WIZARD, out August 27, are here https://www.jeffekennedy.com/reluctant-wizard

The posture-correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself is here https://forme.therave.co/37FY6Z5MTJAUKQGA

You can buy tickets for Wild & Windy in Phoenix (February 2025) here https://www.wildandwindybookevent.com/phoenix-authors

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You can always buy print copies of my books from my local indie, Beastly Books! https://www.beastlybooks.com/

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Celebrating BIPOC Creatives

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is Promo for BIPOC Artists, Authors, and other Creatives.

I always hesitate to pick one person to talk up, or even a few, because there are so many wonderful BIPOC creators out there. So, instead of feeding you a fish, I’m going to show you a river full of fish. Come on over for the feast!

A Guide to Discovering New-To-You Authors

Our topic at the SFF Seven this week is Discovering New-To-You Authors: Where would you direct someone wanting to read more from emerging authors in your subgenre?

I’m going to cheat a bit today and point you to an article I wrote for the SFWA Blog: A Guide for Authors on Recommending Books. I’m not cheating for my usual reasons – too busy, running behind, general laziness – but because I really like this article and I think it’s useful for this topic.

Despite the title, it’s useful for readers, too!

That’s because we can all make an effort to diversify our reading, and this article talks about ways to do that – including resources for finding new-to-us authors who aren’t from the usual walks.

Go forth and find cool new stuff!

First Cup of Coffee – February 17, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - February 17, 2020

February 17, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

ARCs of THE FIERY CROWN! And I've mailed out print copies of THE FATE OF THE TALA. Otherwise, I'm discussing algorithms for social media visibility and how AIs are changing how businesses operate.

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First Cup of Coffee – December 30, 2019

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - December 30, 2019

December 30, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

I'm back from hiatus, working on THE FATE OF THE TALA and talking a bit about the RWA crisis and how boards of organizations like this should - and shouldn't - operate.

The blog post about Why I'm Sticking with RWA is here (https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2019/12/29/why-im-sticking-with-rwa/).

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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