Tag: Taylor Swift

First Cup of Coffee – The Comet in the Romantasy Genre 10/14/25

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Romantasy is booming and reader expectations are changing. Responding to a DM review of Never the Roses, offering book recs for fantasy with romantic elements, and reflecting on Meta platforms. And also Wood is a banger – pun intended.

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First Cup of Coffee – New Cover Reveal 10/10/25

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COVER REVEAL(S) Yes, Plural! New paperback covers for Never the Roses and the long awaited cover reveal for AMONG THE THORNS is here! Among the Thorns will be here July 14th – Preorder available following this link here!

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First Cup of Coffee – Friday, October 3 2025

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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.

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First Cup of Coffee – June 2, 2025

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On a few recent bruhahas regarding Generative “AI” in the writing world, author chat groups, writing as “grunt work,” and why it’s so significant for all creators that Taylor Swift bought back her masters and owns her catalog now.



First Cup of Coffee – February 10, 2025

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Why I’m participating in VOW for Girls to stop child marriage, thoughts on donating (& why you don’t have to), joy, best ways to build and refine craft, why I don’t journal, and how I’m a Swiftie forever.



First Cup of Coffee – September 30, 2024

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On celebrating and taking a break, and I’m sharing some great new endorsement quotes for NEVER THE ROSES! Also, internalized misogyny, Taylor Swift & Blake Lively, and why I’m shifting away from search engines and back to bookmarking websites like it’s 2004.

And yes, I realize I said “Age of Adaline” when I meant “It Ends with Us.” I watched both. I got confused. *sigh*



First Cup of Coffee – September 13, 2024

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A story about how an indie bookstore cheated me (if you didn’t see it on Threads), my friend who died and people trying to dig for scandalous information, plus my excellent progress this week!



First Cup of Coffee – April 19, 2024

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An update on the release of RELUCTANT WIZARD and teasing the upcoming cover reveal! A bit on how traditional publishing works. Also thoughts on Taylor Swift, being a “real” Swiftie, and why I use her to teach voice.



First Cup of Coffee – February 12, 2024

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Happy (almost) Mardi Gras! I’m talking planning author finances over the longer term, offering some predictions on the rise and (inevitable, eventual) decline of Romantasy, and looking at the 10 year anniversary of THE MARK OF THE TALA.



First Cup of Coffee – January 15, 2024

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Author branding for the long game, being original instead of trying to draft off of someone else’s success, authors using gimmicks to get attention, and the audacity of a woman failing to laugh at a man’s joke.