First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy

Reporting on Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi at George RR Martin's Jean Cocteau theater, on my lovely birthday spent with wonderful friends. I also discuss SHOOTING STAR - why I changed the cover and what a cover is supposed to do in the first place. Guest post I mention is here https://twimom227.com/2018/08/author-guest-post-jeffe-kennedy-5.html Support the show

Musing today about how the last nine years in this house has seen my creativity go entirely into writing and very little into fixing up the house and garden. Also talking a bit more about agents, the good and the bad. And this is the Timeular device I mention https://timeular.com/ Support the show

I share gossip from WorldCon, including literary agent Danielle Smith (I mistakenly say Michelle) of Lupine Grove being accused of fraud. (More here https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2018/07/agent-danielle-smith-accused-of-fraud-lupine-grove-creative-closes/) I also mention Liz Gorinsky's new imprint Erehwon, signing next to Seanan McGuire, being fangirled by Kara Lockharte, and getting...

Coffee with Canadian SFF author Kelly Robson at WorldCon76 in San Jose, discussing women's work, writing novels vs writing short, and using your hands while you talk. Book Kelly mentions is Women's Work: the First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber. Support the show

The time went by fast today - partly battling a cholla-wielding pack rat. Talking about the Netflix movie Extinction, and giving up Netflix DVDs. My WorldCon schedule, and thoughts on THE ARROWS OF THE HEART and THE ORCHID THRONE. Support the show

Today I'm talking about plans to ask for blurbs for THE ORCHID THRONE - and how it's different than with my very first book back in 2004. (Wyoming Trucks, True Love, and the Weather Channel) Also talking about how being a professional writer is like rising through skill levels in a game, how each new level has its challenges and rewards. Support the show

Upcoming secret project reveal! (At least in part - but definitely some "you heard it first here" news. Updates on THE ARROWS OF THE HEART and good news on THE ORCHID THRONE from my editor. Otherwise some cat wrangling and musing on sensitivity, privilege and why "having respect for other people" is a good replacement for "political correctness."Sorry about the abrupt...

Today is the first day of school for some kids, so I'm thinking about summer's end, school and birthdays. Also talking about external and internal conflict in stories, using Lord of the Rings and Pride & Prejudice as examples. There's also some cat wrangling and the ongoing territorial war with the pack rat, including cholla burrs. Support the show

I'm back from spending time with the grandchildren at Water World in Denver. The break was good for me - cleared my head some - so I'm talking about how even when you're not writing, you're writing. Which is true, though that's different than kidding yourself that you're writing when you're not. A subtle but critical difference. So much of life is about repetitio...

Mostly cat wrangling and rhapsodizing on Good Luck with That by Kristan Higgins Support the show

Musings on going back on the keto diet, birthdays and book covers. Support the show

In which I *don't* talk about an annoying situation, but instead muse on days off, the work week, habits, and THE ARROWS OF THE HEART. Support the show

Ruminations on ending series, lightning rods, coyotes and crow fountains. Support the show

Getting back into my at-home routine, so I discuss writing habits, creativity, the RWA conference, Suzanne Brockman's Lifetime Achievement Award speech - and what being quietly civil really means. Support the show

Short update from the Aqua Lodge at Navajo Lake. Support the show

Taking a long walk on noisy 16th Street Mall, Thursday morning of #RWA2018. Support the show

Talking with #RWA2018 roomie Darynda Jones about writing, life and scruffy Chris Pratt Support the show

First cup of coffee on Sunday, July 15, 2018, sitting at Starbucks at 16th and Court in Denver, Colorado, on the 16th Street Mall. In which I talk about the Romance Writers of America 2018 National Conference (RWA18), traveling with Darynda Jones and our reading at BookBar. Support the show

General blathering over my first cup of coffee. Serious book brain with pushing hard to finish THE ORCHID THRONE. Also discussion of the SFF Reading Series at Denver's BookBar and the fabulous Darynda Jones. Musings on early enthusiastic feedback on EXILE OF THE SEAS, sequel to PRISONER OF THE CROWN - and the weird neuroses of being a writer. Support the show

In which I talk about alternate fantasy worlds and levels of technology, progress on THE ORCHID THRONE and how I'm making it a more scientifically savvy world. I also become fatally distracted by the discovery of a hummingbird nest in the grape arbor, so I've added photos of the hummingbird nest and eggs to my website. Support the show

Sharing my first cup of coffee with Minerva Spencer, debut author of DANGEROUS. Support the show

Updates on THE ORCHID THRONE and musings on writing for discovery and how that process works for me. Thoughts on the movie "In Time." Support the show

Inaugural episode in which I don't quite have the sound right (I forgot to turn on my earbuds and recorded from the phone that I kept walking away from - lol), but which is kind of amusing anyway. I also thought the recording messed up, but it didn't, so you get to hear that part, too. I explain how this isn't meant to be polished and studio quality, but rather an informal conversat...