Category: #characters

• 🫧Mermaids,and book three😏

  

  I started this journey with an idea. A love of the little mermaid. Now it has evolved into a trilogy and it’s wonderful, amazing, fun. I have not figured out everything yet. I have started outlining again. Third book is super important, more important then the other two. It is the conclusion and the end…it […]

  Jessica Owen

  August 22, 2022

  #characters, goals, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #characters, #gathering, #goal, #writerofnovel, author, books, challenge, change, character, determination, fiction, fun, goals, hard work, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, learning, life, me, mermaid, mom, notes, novels, perseverance, real, stories, story, wife, wine, words, work, write, writer block, writer,, writing

• What is in a name…🙃

  

  I am a nerd in all things. So researching names is a fun hobby for me. It is fascinating how names have meanings, colors, history. Each name I chose doesn’t just sound cool it has meaning behind it too! That way it’s more memorable. I think names can be very magical. Also stereotypical. However they […]

  Jessica Owen

  August 18, 2022

  #characters, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #characternames, #characters, #editing, #gathering, #names, #shakespearequotes, #whatsinaname, #writercommunity, #writerfiction, #writerofnovel, author, beauty, books, challenge, character, comfort, creative, family, fiction, fun, goals, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, marriage, me, memory, notes, ocean, parenting, parents, perseverance, real, romance, Shakespeare, stories, story, trilogy, wine, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Love=Happily ever after…relationships are tricky…(Part Three)

  Happily ever after…does exist with…hard work

  Jessica Owen

  June 15, 2022

  #characters, character interviews, dream, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #HappilyEverAfter, #truelove, #writerofnovel, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, determination, dreams, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, marriage, novels, perseverance, real, romance, soul, stories, story, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,

• Love=Happily ever after…or happy for now? (Part One)

  

  In honor of Valentine’s Day. I am asking a few questions most readers want to know. Does happily ever after exist? Or are we all just happy for now? This is question I read a lot in the writer texts. It is the objective for each romance novel to result in one of these outcomes. […]

  Jessica Owen

  February 8, 2022

  #characters, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome #Valentine, #HappilyEverAfter, #HappyEverNow, #romancenovels, #ValentinesDay2022, #writerofnovel, #writerofnovels, #writerscommunity, #writerslife, #writersoffacebook, author, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, notes, novels, perseverance, real, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Character interview; Shannon …the activist

  

  Interviewer; Welcome back readers… I am excited to introduce you to a group of exceptional women and men…who are using their smarts, struggles, and successes to better the world…well at least in Portland, Oregon where our story is set. (All subjects in these interviews are fictional btw…just don’t tell them)😉 Interviewer: Hello, Shannon and welcome. […]

  Jessica Owen

  January 10, 2022

  #characters, character interviews, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #goal, author, blessed, books, challenge, change, character, city, creative, determination, dreamer, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, imagine, inspiration to all women, interviewer, learning, life, love, me, mom, novels, perseverance, Portland, real, stories, thankful, wife, women, words, writer,

• Character interviews; Part Two… there is more?

  Last year; I started a character interview series involving the three siblings from my current trilogy. (The conclusion to that series is coming soon… I am almost finished writing that book.) Now, I would like to introduce you to the characters of my seasons quartet. Beginning in the summer and concluding in the spring. You […]

  Jessica Owen

  January 3, 2022

  #characters, #editing, character interviews, dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

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• Villains part two; conflict is crossing that line.

  One key thing I have learned thru writing is…conflict drives the story…it’s necessary or the plot will die out… key members in this conflict are villains, and antagonist’s…I have also learned that antagonists and villains are different characters entirely. Villains are always the ones that cross the lines. Breaking the law, using torture, what ever […]

  Jessica Owen

  October 22, 2021

  #characters, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #antagonists, #editing, #goal, #reading, #villains, author, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, fiction, fun, goals, hard work, hope, humor, imagine, notes, novels, perseverance, real, rest, stories, story, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• The dark side…when villains cross the line…why we love them.

  

  Have you ever watched a movie where your supposed to be rooting for the hero… but instead you like the villain more? On of the things that makes us root for said villain is the likability or relatability. Just like traits we look for in hero’s… we need these for our villains too, we need […]

  Jessica Owen

  October 12, 2021

  #characters, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #cruelladevil, #evilqueen, #hades, #reading, #ursula, author, books, challenge, change, character, creative, determination, Disney, DisneyVillians, dreamer, evil, fall, fiction, fires, fun, goals, hard work, heart, humor, imagine, learning, life, me, nights, notes, novels, October, perseverance, real, soul, stories, story, villain, warrior, women, words, write, writer,

• Welcome back fall! 🍂🍁

  

  I might be alone in this… however I am happy to go into fall. Sweaters, boots, fires…Cozy nights reading…my favorites Baking, stews, soups… my favorite things to cook in the crockpot during the fall… hot drinks with spirits. We are also renovating or new master bedroom with hopes of being ensconced before winter begins. It […]

  Jessica Owen

  October 1, 2021

  #characters, #editing, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #reading, beauty, become, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, coffee, comfort, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, fall, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, leaves, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, October, rain, real, seasons, soul, stories, thankful, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,

• The pen can…create…too many secondary characters.

  

  This is one of my faults. I love my minor characters. I create beautiful scenes with them. Scenes that have nothing to do with my main story or protagonist. It’s a problem. One thing I am trying to overcome. The trick is figuring out how to use them correctly. Minor characters need to serve a […]

  Jessica Owen

  September 27, 2021

  #characters, #editing, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #editing, #goal, #minorcharacters, #reading, #sachablack, #secondarycharacters, author, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, fall, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, learning, life, me, mom, notes, novels, perseverance, real, stories, story, thankful, wife, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Motivation to work…is key too changing your mindset.

  

  Editing as I mentioned is exhausting. It takes the joy out of writing. The fun out of creating. So your mindset is key to continually writing. Making your story shine bright. I keep telling myself tiredness is good, it means I’m working hard. This editing project would be so much easier if I wasn’t running […]

  Jessica Owen

  September 14, 2021

  #characters, #editing, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #editing, #goal, #reading, author, become, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, modivation, nights, notes, novels, outsidethebox, parenting, passion, perseverance, real, rest, sleeping, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, warrior, wife, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Marvel…the infinite universe…it’s possibilities.

  

  Why Marvel comics are iconic, why we love them,

  Jessica Owen

  September 7, 2021

  #characters, #editing, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

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• Writing is a job…it’s fun though!

  

  Writing is a job? What? Yeah it is. One that matters. One that benefits all in the end. So set a date, time, schedule…and write!

  Jessica Owen

  September 6, 2021

  #characters, #editing, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #editing, #goal, #reading, author, become, blessed, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, perseverance, real, romance, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, trilogy, warrior, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Editing; part three

  

  I think someone said “Writing is like the layers of an onion…🧅 you peal each one back to reveal the heart of the story.” editing is this. I am a visual learner so I need a reference or picture to help me see it. I have found many diamonds among my prose….a whole lot of […]

  Jessica Owen

  August 31, 2021

  #characters, #editing, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #characters, #editing, author, books, challenge, change, character, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, learning, life, love, me, mom, notes, novel, novels, perseverance, real, stories, story, thankful, wife, words, work, write, writer,

• Editing; part two

  

  The tedious process…to creating your best product!

  Jessica Owen

  August 30, 2021

  #characters, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

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