First Cup of Coffee – March 12, 2019

 

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

Bless me, listeners, for I have been away. It's been one week since my last podcast...
We had a great time in Tucson, so today is about our weekend mini-break and other catching up. I review Amanda Palmer's new album There Will Be No Intermission, and I'm talking a bit about tarot, messages from the universe, writer finances, and miscellaneous other thoughts about life. 
That's my mom and my aunt in the photo, toasting my mom's birthday.

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Lonen and Buttercup

And we have the cover for LONEN’S REIGN! The sixth and final book in the Sorcerous Moons series will release on March 20, 2019. Woo hoo and whew! 

I’m so glad to finally tie up this series, as I know many of you are, too, having waited so long. I had a lot of fun writing this final battle and hooking back to some of the images and challenges from the very first book, LONEN’S WAR. So, even though I think of the series as being mostly about Oria, it seemed right to put Lonen – and Buttercup! – front and center for this final book.

Oria and Chuffta are there, too. Can you spot them?

A Looming Threat

The sorceress Oria has finally come into her own—able to wield the power of her birthright and secure in the marriage she once believed would bring her only misery. But the past she escaped still chases her, and the certainty of war promises to destroy everything she’s fought to have.

An Impossible War

Once before Lonen led an army in a desperate attempt to stop the powerfully murderous sorcerers of Bára—and he nearly lost everything. Now he must return to the battlefield that took the lives of so many of his people. Only this time he has more to risk than ever.

The Final Conflict

With guile, determination—and unexpected allies—Oria and Lonen return to the place where it all began… and only hope that it won’t also be the end of them.

Jeffe’s Musical Inspiration

A little tease of the LONEN’S REIGN cover, which we’ll be revealing in my newsletter sometime in the next 24-48 hours. If you want to subscribe, the link is here. 

Our topic at the SFF Seven is what playlist or poetry we use for inspiration. Come on over to learn about mine. 

First Cup of Coffee – March 1, 2019

 

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - March 1, 2019

March 01, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

Reminiscing about my Brother Correctronic and how that likely shaped the way I write for discovery - and how I shape Act I of any book in general. Also news on the cover of Lonen's Reign!

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First Cup of Coffee – February 22, 2019

 

 

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First Cup of Coffee - February 22, 2019

February 22, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

Quick update on progress on LONEN'S REIGN, and some exciting news on my upcoming Forgotten Empires trilogy. The photo is Jackson finding his way to the top of the high kitchen cabinets where he's never been before. Yeah - everybody is getting tired of being stuck inside!

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First Cup of Coffee – February 21, 2019

 

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First Cup of Coffee - February 21, 2019

February 21, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

Discussion today of the movie The Prince and Me, and how movies portray romances compared to novels, and associated ramblings. (Also how hugely the sequel sucked.) And also, a bit about intuitive eating, though I think I slipped and said "intentional eating."

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Jeffe Goes to the SFF Marketing Podcast!

I got to be on the SFF Marketing Podcast, which is a weekly podcast I really enjoy, with real life discussions of authors’ careers, processes, and what they do to spread the word about their books. As I’m still deep into finishing LONEN’S REIGN, the last Sorcerous Moons book, I’m just going to pop the link for that podcast here, and get back to work. 

 

First Cup of Coffee – February 19, 2019


First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - February 19, 2019

February 19, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

A quick check-in today as I'm still circling the end of this book. And news that I'll be on the SFF Marketing Podcast! (https://www.marketingsff.com/)

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First Cup of Coffee – February 18, 2019

 

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - February 18, 2019

February 18, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

Acknowledging (yet again) that I slow down as I reach the end of writing a book - and planning for that. Also a bit of weekend recap, thoughts on conversational French, Facebook, and spring agues.* (Though it turns out I should've been pronouncing it "AY-gyu." Now we know.)

From Merriam-Webster: (https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/illnesses-ailments-diseases-history-names/ague)

Ague is the term for an infectious fever marked by regular paroxysms of chills and sweating.

Oliver's ailings were neither slight nor few. In addition to the pain and delay attendant on a broken limb, his exposure to the wet and cold had brought on fever and ague: which hung about him for many weeks, and reduced him sadly.
— Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, 1839



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First Cup of Coffee – February 15, 2019

 

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First Cup of Coffee - February 15, 2019

February 15, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

A report today on how I got mauled by a wild animal in the night, and also thoughts on pre-plotting vs. "pantsing," and why I prefer the metaphor of gardener vs. architect - springing from musings on George R.R. Martin's storytelling in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones. Also how and why the show just isn't the book and it only hurts us in the end to try to make it be that. 

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