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How living in the world with insane politicians is a macrocosm of having crazy and toxic relatives - we're all along for the ride and have to do our best to maintain our own balance. Related: Taoism, Ursula Le Guin, the ups and downs of the publishing industry, and filter bubbles. $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

On story ideas, where they come from, how we make them our own - including a funny story about my lovely friend Lexi Ryan and her upcoming, absolutely delicious adult romantasy: NIGHT TIDE. Also, enough of this self-care sh*t, I need to get to work! (And what getting myself back into the groove looks like.) $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

A recap of my weekend at the Jack Williamson Lectureship, including great conversations with Connie Willis and T. Kingfisher. I'm sharing some nuggets from our panels on leveling up craft, why we write retellings, what a pastiche really is, and a bit on fan fiction and filing off the serial numbers. $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

A special podcast coming to you from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, where I attended the Jack Williamson Lectureship. Steadfast podcast listener Jon Barr joins me for a conversation about teaching, voice acting, and audiobook narration, among other things! $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

A story about putting your work out in the world and how that can further your writing career, along with a few cautions in that direction. Also, how traditionally published authors aren't a monolith and the Jack Williamson Lectureship! You can find PETALS & THORNS here  $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

Lost toothbrushes and creative genius: are they linked? Yes, I have book brain so I'm babbling today on Romance, reader expectations, language, nuance, inflections, Equus, Now?, increasing word count and other Friday thoughts. $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

What makes something "good"? I seem to be always circling this question. Is entertainment enough or does a creative work have to change your life? And other thoughts on books as experiences. Also, a vague bit on events with poor business practices. $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

Showing off my new tattoo to celebrate AMONG THE THORNS! I'm also talking option books and how no one deserves - or should count on - having their traditional publishing contract renewed. My villain origin story on why I don't like standing at signing tables and booths. Finally, my thoughts on using generative AI "only" for brainstorming. Spoiler: I think it shoots your creativity in the foot. *** Romance fiction readers believe in Happily Ever Afters. 💛  That’s why I’m proud to support @VOWforGirls and the Every Girl Deserves Happily Ever After Sweepstakes.  Enter weekly for a chance to win: 🍷 A luxury Napa vineyard getaway! 📖 A signed copy of Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid! 📖 A signed hardback of Never the Roses - with sprayed edges! - by yours truly! Every entry helps support community-led efforts to end child marriage and protect girls’ right to choose their own future.  Because every girl deserves the chance to write her own love story. 3  Enter now at VOWforGirls.org/happilyeverafter  Use PROMO CODE JENNIFER for extra entries! #EveryGirlDeservesHEA #RomanceCommunity #AuthorsForGirls #TurnLoveIntoAction #VOWforGirls  *** $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

I went on a bit of a rant today about writers using generative AI, along with a deepish dive into the Shy Girl controversy and why it really annoys me that I might have to declare I don't use that shite to write my books. SPOILER: I DON'T. The video breakdown of SHY GIRL is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbeKTa5xhZo *** Romance fiction readers believe in Happily Ever Afters. 💛  That’s why I’m proud to support @VOWforGirls and the Every Girl Deserves Happily Ever After Sweepstakes.  Enter weekly for a chance to win: 🍷 A luxury Napa vineyard getaway! 📖 A signed copy of Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid! 📖 A signed hardback of Never the Roses - with sprayed edges! - by yours truly! Every entry helps support community-led efforts to end child marriage and protect girls’ right to choose their own future.  Because every girl deserves the chance to write her own love story. 3  Enter now at VOWforGirls.org/happilyeverafter  Use PROMO CODE JENNIFER for extra entries! #EveryGirlDeservesHEA #RomanceCommunity #AuthorsForGirls #TurnLoveIntoAction #VOWforGirls  *** $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

In which I mainly squee about Star Trek: Starfleet Academy and why I think it's THE BEST. Also, Jeaniene Frost's new book, increasing my wordcount gradually to build endurance and output, and yes, Virginia, there are jaguars in Arizona. The article I mention The United Federation of Planets Has a War College Now — Are We Gonna Talk About It? by Emmet Asher-Perrin is here. $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

A wrap-up of my time at Tucson Festival of Books - along with a cautionary tale for authors of how to behave like a normal human being when other authors ask what you write. $3, $4, $5 audiobooks here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

Today is release day for the Italian translation of NEVER THE ROSES! Also, I'll be at Tucson Festival of Books this weekend. Thoughts on signing tables - standing or sitting? - and having the cred to give advice. Send me a question! $3, $4, $5 audio books here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

I'm back to the old format! We wish Sydney well in her new job and now you get me unedited again, but also on video. Bug or feature. Also, AMONG THE THORNS ARCs are here!  Send me a question! $3, $4, $5 audio books here! Indie Booksellers! You can buy my indie books direct from me at discount!! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~ Among The Thorns Blades, Books, and the Bandit Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~ Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there! https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! You all take care.  Support the show

I'm writing the next book for Love, Lies and Ley Lines! The preorder link will be available soon. I had so much fun being a guest at Books on the Bosque. Slowly embracing the year of the Fire Horse.  Send me a question! $3, $4, $5 audio books here! Forbidden Fantasy Romance Club, thank you for having me! Submit a Request for an order here New Releases ~ Love, Lies, and Ley Lines MAGIC REBORN Never The Roses Preorder ~  Among The Thorns Socials ~ @jeffe_kennedy on all platforms :) Upcoming Events ~  Tuscon Festival of Books is March 14th-15th this year! See you there *Wink* https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org Follow me on Amazon or BookBub The posture correcting sports bra I love almost more than life itself can be found here Thank you for listening! See you all soon. Support the show

Long time, so see ~ In case you missed it, I was in San Diego for LoveLitCon and moderated a Romantasy panel while I was there. I also discovered the view under the bridge is sometimes the more interesting story. I also drive uHauls now.  P***y Sparkle Ribbon Inquiries can be made through the website Share your thoughts on the episode The Morning Refill is open to all listeners and I look forward to hearing from you lovelies! Support the show