Thoughts today on being paid for creative work - whether this creates positive or negative pressure. Also the difference between retirement and pandemic lockdown, personal pressure, and writing sustainability.

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Happy Birthday today to my loving husband, David. A bit about our curve bill thrasher nestlings, hanging pot disasters, updates on The Promised Queen revision, and some about the New Shiny and Dark Wizard.

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Why getting people's names right - and honoring their choices! - is important. Also thanks for the kind support on Friday's podcast. Plus a shoutout to debut author Lorelei Parker for her rom com CRUSHING IT!

You can find Lorelei Parker here (http://loreleiparker.com/) and more about CRUSHING IT here (https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496725707/crushing-it/)

Friday's podcast is here (https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2020/07/17/first-cup-of-coffee-july-17-2020/)

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I'm happy to have the heron fountain back in action. Also about being generous and dealing with a community of writers. 

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I'm talking about why authors give up writing, doing something with my old guest posts, writing advice and how much I like Hidden and The Morning Show. Plus cat and robot wrangling today.

The blog post I reference is here (https://blog.jeffekennedy.com/2020/07/15/using-the-8-scene-3-act-structure-to-tighten-plus-snippets-from-the-promised-queen/)

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Trying to figure out why I hate cutting from a draft so much - and how I can improve my craft and process by learning to Marie Kondo my mss. Also about podcast pod people. 

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On being a career author and learning when to hold your creative feet to the fire and when to back off. Also cutting and trimming a long mss down to size, transcribing podcasts, and my new sewing project.  

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New insights today on how I do my worldbuilding and why it can be really useful to start writing later in life. Also, why I think all writers should babysit.

The show I recommend is Hidden and you can find it here (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7217374/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)

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A commute podcast today because I did an IRL writer coffee. Thoughts on pandemic exhaustion, a comet sighting, the exciting cover of THE PROMISED QUEEN, and exhuming a dormant project. 

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Mostly about my new Exciting Thing: Project Greenbelt, which has nothing to do with writing. Also a bit about cutting and tightening during revision.

Also, the audiobook version of THE FIERY CROWN is now available! (https://www.amazon.com/Fiery-Crown-Forgotten-Empires-Book/dp/B08BFF6PPR) Look, I even remembered to put it in the show notes. :-)

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