First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

Election Day today in America! Make sure to show up to your local polls. Today's writerly advice is: what do you do when the line edits come back? Well, consult your agent, consult your friends. Grab dinner. Re-evaluate. Get to your computer. We've got writing to do. Your friendly neighborhood author is doing author-ly things this upcoming month! Hummingbird House is officially OPEN FOR...

Happy Halloween! Today, I discussed being an intuitive writer, my gripes with GMC, writing believable character-driven stories and my method behind cutting characters. Also, I'm molting. My wings are, I mean.  Your friendly neighborhood author is doing author-ly things this upcoming month! Hummingbird House is officially OPEN FOR BOOKING Meet me Nov. 1st at the BookQuest A Day with Santa Fe A...

Christmas card reveal from a girl's trip this past weekend to the beautiful Taos! Resetting the well involves crafting and I'm proud to report, my well is very full. The realities of independent publishing versus traditional publishing, the true meaning behind Never the Roses, and racking up for Magic Reborn. Also, autumn. Your friendly neighborhood author is doing author-ly things this...

Out with the old (laptop) and IN with the new... (laptop)! Remember when switching over a new laptop used to be the most time-consuming and unrewarding but necessary task of all time? Magic Reborn is going amazingly and I'm very happy to be its author. Thinking of taking a social media break. And also, Killian.  Your friendly neighborhood author is doing author-ly things this upcoming month!...

Your friendly neighborhood author is doing author-ly things this upcoming month! Hummingbird House is officially OPEN FOR BOOKING🕊️ Meet me Nov. 1st at the BookQuest A Day with Santa Fe Authors and Nov. 2nd at Books on the Bosque📚 Magic Reborn has reached a half way point! And also, my two cents on how to make a living for yourself as a creative.  Preorder MAGIC REBORN here Among the Thorns will...

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth." - Pablo Picasso said and then painted Guerica in response to the 1937 bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by Nazi and Fascist forces. “The artist’s role is not to look away.” - Akira Kurosawa, Japanese filmmaker once said and then directed High and Low, a film about the moral dilemmas of a capitalist society and the consequences....

Romatasy 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. Preorder Among the Thorns here Preorder MAGIC REBORN here STRANGE FAMILIAR is live :  https://www.jeffekennedy.com/strange-... Join my Patreon and Discord for mentor...

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! Join my Patreon and Discord for mentoring You can always buy print copies of my books from my local indie, Beastly Books! Sign up for my newsletter! Support the show Buy LoveLitCo...

Magic Reborn is a little over 22,000 words! Sharing my thoughts on Taylor Swift's new album "The Life of a Showgirl" and the online criticism and drawing comparisons between this album and my book The Tears of the Rose: both are feminist media. And also, it's fall. Preorder MAGIC REBORN here STRANGE FAMILIAR is live Join my Patreon and Discord for mentoring You can always buy p...

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...

Magic Reborn has 17,000 words and the first act has been written! Can pedestrians trust the crosswalk? My methodology on how to use 24hours in a day to your advantage, especially as a writer. And It's Octavia Butler's world and we're just living in it. Preorder MAGIC REBORN here STRANGE FAMILIAR is live Join my Patreon and Discord for mentoring You can always buy print copies of my...

Magic Reborn is up to 15,000 words! Lust, Lies, and Ley Lines cover art is coming soon - and why having "mean" friends is actually a good thing. And Sydney the Tyrant strikes again as she workshops a new intro/outro for the podcast. Preorder MAGIC REBORN here   STRANGE FAMILIAR is live Join my Patreon and Discord for mentoring You can always buy print copies of my books from my local ind...

Nirvana, Rapture, Hurricane Ragasa, current reads and most excitingly - Magic Reborn writing updates and new release date! And also, the lost art form of party jokes.  Preorder MAGIC REBORN here STRANGE FAMILIAR is live Join my Patreon and Discord for mentoring  You can always buy print copies of my books from my local indie, Beastly Books! Sign up for my newsletter! Support the show Buy LoveLitCo...

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My topsy-turvy, exhausting week, introducing exciting new changes to this podcast and my social media - welcome Sydney! - and why GRRM being at 70% now and 70% three years ago doesn't mean no progress. You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom) You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn Buy LoveLitCon t...

Supporting creativity, creators, and their creations vs. demanding a product and how parasocial relationships have fostered a tension there. Self-love and self-care vs. self-indulgence. Also, I turned in AMONG THE THORNS!  Leigh Bardugo's TEDx talk is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtbFZtoQ88 You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the...

How endings of books can't be changed by simply lopping off final chapters and adding new ones - the story must point toward the finale all the way through. Also, US politics to wade through at first, especially state vs fed rights. You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom) You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.co...

Things not to say to authors and how George R.R. Martin won't ever let someone else finish his books. Also, wondering if I'm on an uphill trajectory or a peak, and how I'm going to hire someone to do my social media. You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom) You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magi...

Why finding where the story starts is *always* one of the most difficult challenges in writing, why I firmly believe you shouldn't get critiques from people who love you, and new developments on AMONG THE THORNS. You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom) You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn Buy L...

I'm going to WorldCon this week and will have copies of Never the Roses with me! Also: baby authors, midlist authors, writing full-time, ups and downs of the industry, and trying to coattail success.  You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom) You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn Buy LoveLitCon ti...

All about the extraordinary thing that happened this week regarding NEVER THE ROSES - and about serendipity, bolts of lightning, what you can and can't plan for, and why I love working with smart women who also talk about skin care routines. You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom) You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffek...

I have bookplates for all of you! Also, I'm FINALLY showing off the incredibly gorgeous, exclusive Owl Crate edition of NEVER THE ROSES - and giving some spoilery, insider tidbits about it.  You can get signed bookplates from me here! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/store (scroll to the bottom) You can preorder MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn Buy LoveLitCon tickets here...

My recap of San Diego Comic Con, including the amazing panel I got to be on there and what I learned about worldbuilding details from it. We talked about debt and finance in mind-blowing ways! Buy LoveLitCon tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be sure to use my author-specific code for a $10 discount! LOVE8368 STRANGE FAMILIAR is live! https://www.jeffekennedy.com/strange-familiar   You can preorder...

I'm coming to you from San Diego Comic Con with the third and final installment of my book tour recap for NEVER THE ROSES! All about New York City, including my big city gaffe and event at the B&N mothership! I will be at San Diego Comic Con! See me on the Mystical Mayhem panel on Saturday, July 26, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am PDT, Room 10 . https://www.comic-con.org/cc/things-to-do/programmin...