First Cup of Coffee – February 14, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - February 14, 2020

February 14, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

Some observations on increasing my productivity by staying off the internet first thing in the morning, and other thoughts on the choices we make.

The article I mention (again) is here (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/starting-your-day-on-the-internet-is-damaging-your-brain). The XKCD comic is here (https://xkcd.com/2266/)

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First Cup of Coffee – February 13, 2020

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - February 13, 2020

February 13, 2020

Jeffe Kennedy

Commute podcast with crazy drivers, then thoughts on editors in trad - how much and how little they might do - and increasing my productivity by staying off the internet first thing in the morning.

The article I mention is here (https://getpocket.com/explore/item/starting-your-day-on-the-internet-is-damaging-your-brain).

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First Cup of Coffee – November 3, 2019

On yesterday’s podcast, First Cup of Coffee – November 2, 2019, I talked about building up daily wordcount gradually. So I’ve resurrected a previous post that gives a suggested strategy for hitting that 50K in November NaNoWriMo goal. Come on over to the SFF Seven to read about it!

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - November 3, 2019

November 03, 2019

Jeffe Kennedy

#PantsNaNoWriMo day 3: Honoring and protecting the writing process. To embrace creative flow, you must ignore other opinions and ideas, refining YOUR process and owning it.

I've also added information to my SFF Seven blog post today on incrementally building up wordcount if you're doing NaNoWriMo. You can find that here. 

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The Writer as Friendly Curmudgeon – Building Fences Without Walling People Out

One of my favorite pictures of my mother, embodying all her effervescence and zest for life – letting her fringe fly. 

It’s apropos for me that week’s topic – which has to do with attempting to be both a writer and a socially acceptable person – falls on Mother’s Day. My mother is tremendously social person. She’s good at it, and she loves it. Me… well, I’ve always struggled a bit with feeling like I’m not as good at it, and it took me a really long time to understand that about myself. Come on over to the SFF Seven to read more