Category: #characters

• Editing; part one

  

  My take on the long and sometimes tedious work that comes with editing my novel for publication.

  Jessica Owen

  August 29, 2021

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• Speed, salt, and fun!

  

  My vacation was amazing! It was a wonderful family road trip (the first of its kind.) This one was epic. Across five states, in 100+ degree weather. Bonneville speed week was an amazing display of human ingenuity, engineering, and land speed records. I was impressed to say the least. Camping, was fun. Weather was all […]

  Jessica Owen

  August 20, 2021

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• The world our oyster…travel only for dreamers?

  

  Travel, dreaming, bucket list

  Jessica Owen

  August 14, 2021

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• Libraries a world of knowledge at your fingertips…

  Last week my local library opened to its full time hours after almost two years of closure. I cannot tell you how amazing it was to walk through those doors again, wander the stacks and check out books again. I feel like a part of my soul has been opened again. The limitless knowledge in […]

  Jessica Owen

  July 22, 2021

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• Splendid words, Beautiful days…

  

  Books take us places, the journey begins with a turn of the page.

  Jessica Owen

  July 5, 2021

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• Sarcasm…sun…and stories!

  

  I learned early in life that I could defend myself with words. Particularly when using sarcasm. Work and home have been incredibly stressful lately. I find myself pissing people off at work everyday with vigor and enthusiasm. I probably should stop that. Laughter is the best medicine in stress filled situations at least it is […]

  Jessica Owen

  July 1, 2021

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• Sunshine and Daisies…and the power of a memory🌼

  

  Sunshine-daisies-happy-memories

  Jessica Owen

  June 24, 2021

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  #characters, author, beauty, books, character, comfort, creative, dreams, family, fun, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, joy, life, love, memory, mom, real, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, warm, wife, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• Sunrise, sunset,one a beginning; the other an ending.

  

  I have a hard time slowing down. I feel this tremendous ambition to keep moving forward constantly. Usually until I pass out from exhaustion. In doing this I miss a million little things. I forget my hobbies. I dismiss me time. I am exhausted from sunrise to sunset. Lately…I have been trying to undo that […]

  June 16, 2021

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• Faith in the possible. My manuscript.

  

  So you know those moments as a parent when you send your child somewhere. You worry. You hope you made right choice. They don’t call you think the worst…anyone? Well that is how I feel in this moment…my manuscript is in the hands of a professional editor. This dream of publication has been in my […]

  Jessica Owen

  June 6, 2021

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• Characters and their traits…you need positives and negatives.

  

  Aim to make your people real. Give them quirks and flaws. Memorable characters are never perfect…

  Jessica Owen

  May 31, 2021

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• Characters…and how to give them character.

  

  I am the first to admit I love my characters. They are as real to me as a person sitting in front of me. I have conversations with them. When I talk about them to someone it’s as if they are real not in my imagination… I have actually never done this? 🤔It’s a cool […]

  Jessica Owen

  May 23, 2021

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