First Cup of Coffee – June 27, 2021

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - June 27, 2021

July 27, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

Examining the trope of the Reluctant King (are there ever Reluctant Queens??) and what we're really trying to show with that characterization. Also some interesting comments I've gotten on paying presenters.

Happy Release Day to A GOOD DAY FOR CHARDONNAY by the fabulous Darynda Jones! Check it out here (https://darynda.com/books/a-good-day-for-chardonnay-sunshine-vicram-series-volume-2).

You can learn more about the Surrey International Writers' Conference here (https://www.siwc.ca/).

You can find WEDDED TO DARKNESS here (https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/product/B099BP5RC2).

You can watch this podcast on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/meicocf6ZAs).

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First Cup of Coffee – June 26, 2021

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - June 26, 2021

July 26, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

Why asking presenters to "graciously donate" their time creates a problem just by asking, and other thoughts on the price of volunteering, business models predicated on low or no pay, and how it disproportionately affects marginalized groups.

I can't find a legally shareable graphic of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, so you'll have to Google it :D  Scalzi's post is  Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is and you can find it here (https://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/).

You can find WEDDED TO DARKNESS here (https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/product/B099BP5RC2).

You can watch this podcast on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/VbF8QcPizbg).

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First Cup of Coffee – July 23, 2021

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - July 23, 2021

July 23, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

How working slowly doesn't mean higher quality output, how what creators love best isn't always (or often) what their audience loves best or will buy, and how decoupling these ideas can be important for creative careers.

You can find WEDDED TO DARKNESS here (https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/product/B099BP5RC2).

You can watch this podcast on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/BQ2Si7Kvq1o).

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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First Cup of Coffee – July 19, 2021

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - July 19, 2021

July 19, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

One of the critical jobs revision should perform and other thoughts on seeding, layering, and creating internal consistency in a novel. Because writing a novel takes a long time and it's natural to forget stuff.

You can find WEDDED TO DARKNESS here (https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/product/B099BP5RC2).

You can watch this podcast on YouTube here (https://youtu.be/s5zk7LCMskM).

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Updates on My Release Schedule!

BRIGHT FAMILIAR releases on Friday!! I’m super excited not only because I got the book done in time – whew! – and not only because I have over 1,000 preorders on Amazon for this book and still climbing – a personal record! – but because early reader-reviewers are saying such wonderful things about it. My heart and cup runneth over, for sure. You all are amazing in your love for this series. If you haven’t preordered yet and want to, you still can 🙂

Some of you have been asking about my release schedule for both this series and Heirs of Magic. The obsessive fans alert among you have noticed that my release date for THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING has drifted into 2022. And GREY MAGIC, sequel to BRIGHT FAMILIAR , is coming out at the end of December. The reason for the release date drift is that I’m wedging in a novella for another midwinter holiday fantasy romance anthology! Everyone is still figuring out if they can fit it into their writing schedules, so I won’t tell you the participants yet. But as soon as I know, you’ll be hearing about it! Worse comes to worst, we pull the plug on the anthology and all of these release dates move up.
Here is my current plan (italics indicate tentative dates):

 

THE DRAGON’S DAUGHTER AND THE WINTER MAGE (Heirs of Magic 3) 9/13/2021

holiday novella 11/15/2021
GREY MAGIC (Bonds of Magic 3) 12/20/2021
THE STORM PRINCESS AND THE RAVEN KING
(Heirs of Magic 4) 2/22/2022

Finally, in case you missed it, THE LONG NIGHT OF THE CRYSTALLINE MOON, the prequel story to Heirs of Magic, previously only available in the UNDER A WINTER SKY anthology, is now available as a standalone.

First Cup of Coffee – July 6, 2021

First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

First Cup of Coffee - July 6, 2021

July 06, 2021

Jeffe Kennedy

A shout out to Minerva Spencer today on her new release OUTRAGEOUS. Also on the salient benefits of time off to refill the well, a worldbuilding master class I'll be teaching, and a worldbuilders chat today.

You can find OUTRAGEOUS by Minerva Spencer here (http://minervaspencer.com/minervas-upcoming-releases/).

The Worldbuilders chat is here (https://www.twitch.tv/worldbuilders).

And my Blood Currency books are here (https://jeffekennedy.com/series/blood-currency).

The Worldbuilding from a Character-Driven Perspective Master Class is here (https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2021/07/02/worldbuilding-from-a-character-driven-perspective-workshop/).

You can watch the You Tube video of the podcast here (https://youtu.be/hpyWlNM0IMI).

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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