First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy
Award-winning and best-selling author of fantasy and romance, Jeffe Kennedy shares her first cup of coffee of the day with listeners, giving a daily insight into the realities of being a career author.
Episodes
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.
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STRANGE FAMILIAR is live
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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.
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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!
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Buy LoveLitCon tickets here using LOVE8368 for $10 OFF!...
join Jeffe Kennedy for your First Cup of Coffee - catching up with family and friends, discussing copyright law and generative AI in the writing space, and the meaning of being a career writer
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summer recap☀️, autumn writing updates✍️🍁, revising versus editing, and exciting things are coming ✨
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our podcast schedule • join us for your first cup of coffee on Tuesdays and Fridays
Contact Jeffe!
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Visit my w...
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 tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be su...
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 bottom)
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.com/magic-reborn
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/magic-reborn
Buy LoveLitCon tickets here h...
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 LoveLitCon tickets here https://lovelit...
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 tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be sur...
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.jeffekennedy.com/magic-reborn
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 https://lovelit.com/ Be sure to use m...
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 MAGIC REBORN at https://www.jeffekenne...
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/programming-schedule/saturday/ I'll be si...
Part two of my book tour recap for NEVER THE ROSES! All about Columbus Book Festival and my terrible day where I could not seem to get anywhere on time or do anything correctly. And then I flew to NYC!
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/programming-schedule/saturday/ I'll be signing NEVER THE ...
I'm back from Book Tour and super revved that NEVER THE ROSES debuted at #29 on the USA Today Bestseller list! Today is part 1 of the tour, who I saw, how it went, and all the other (not-so) salacious details!
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/programming-schedule/saturday/ I'll be signi...
It's release day for NEVER THE ROSES!! I'm mostly burbling about that, the importance of having author friends and how they're showing up for me. And how I'm leaving on book tour tomorrow!
Book Tour for NEVER THE ROSES information here! https://us.macmillan.com/tours/jennifer-k-lambert-never-the-roses/
Buy LoveLitCon tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be sure to use my author-specific code for a $10 discount! LOVE8...
At last getting to share the news: I'll be at San Diego Comic Con! Very excited to be on programming there. Also, working on this revision still and how I'm contemplating hosting writing retreats.
Book Tour for NEVER THE ROSES information here! https://us.macmillan.com/tours/jennifer-k-lambert-never-the-roses/
Buy LoveLitCon tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be sure to use my author-specific code for a $10 discount! LOVE83...
Balancing working on a revision while heading into full-blown celebratory release week, having good friends coming to join in, and dealing with related fire drills. Also, a peek at the audiobook of NEVER THE ROSES!
Book Tour for NEVER THE ROSES information here! https://us.macmillan.com/tours/jennifer-k-lambert-never-the-roses/
Buy LoveLitCon tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be sure to use my author-specific code for a $10 discount!...
I'm going on book tour! Lots of burbling about that and this Cinderella ticket. Also a deep dive into how we decided on book titles (Spoiler: don't get attached!) and fun insights into yesterday's editorial meeting.
Book Tour for NEVER THE ROSES information here! https://us.macmillan.com/tours/jennifer-k-lambert-never-the-roses/
Buy LoveLitCon tickets here https://lovelit.com/ Be sure to use my author-specific code fo...
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