The writer in me...Her imaginative ramblings..

Healthier me: more confident self…

Some months ago my husband and I decided to become active in our health and well being. We were tired of working so hard at our jobs an feeling like crap all the time. We changed our diet little by little. We started working out. We got our teenager involved. In the process we have […]

Jessica Owen

July 31, 2022

goals, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

#2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, challenge, change, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, learning, life, love, me, mom, perseverance, real, rest, thankful, tired, wife, women, work, writer,
Grief is like the ocean…Change is too.

Grief is like the ocean it ebbs and flows…

Jessica Owen

July 30, 2022

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

#goal, #grief, #writerofnovel, author, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, comfort, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, loss, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, ocean, perseverance, real, rest, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing
Tuesday’s, Taco’s and Turmoil…

Looking forward to taco Tuesday’s when everything else in life is in turmoil

Jessica Owen

July 12, 2022

goals, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

campfires, challenge, change, comfort, confidence, cozy, determination, exhausted, family, fires, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, imagine, kindness, learning, life, me, nights, notes, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, soul, tired, wine, words, work, write, writer,
The summer has returned…flip-flops, sunshine, campfires and good wine!

Summer pulls me outside to once again enjoy all its abundance

Jessica Owen

July 1, 2022

dream, goals, hope, seasons of change, Uncategorized, writing

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Self-Discovery…and gummy bears!

Change-discovery-gummy bears

Jessica Owen

June 17, 2022

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

#2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, author, books, challenge, change, confidence, cozy, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, learning, life, love, marriage, me, mom, nights, notes, perseverance, real, seasons, soul, stories, thankful, tired, warm, warrior, wife, wine, women, 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

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Sunshine and stress!

I am so sorry it has been a while. All I can say is it’s been very difficult for the past few months. It was like my writing well had dried up. My creative voice replaced with stress and not enough sunshine. Depression and rain. As the oldest child in my family I have always […]

Jessica Owen

May 10, 2022

goals, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

#2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, #writerofnovel, change, coffee, days off, exhausted, family, hard work, heart, honesty, learning, life, loss, love, marriage, me, mom, real, rest, seasons, story, tired, warm, wife, words, work, write, writer block, writer,
Rain, motherhood and Cabernet…

Pondering my existence as a mom to adult kids. Thankful for Cabernet, rainy nights and Jazz music.

Jessica Owen

February 27, 2022

dream, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, writing

#2022, #2022herewecome, #emptynester, #momtoadultkids, #motherhood, #mothersanddaughters, #mothersandsons, author, beauty, blessed, blessings, Cabernet, change, choice, family, grateful, happy, heart, honesty, hope, humor, identity, jazz, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, mother, nights, parenting, rain, real, seasons, thankful, wife, wine, women, words, write, writer,, writing
Love=Happily ever after…or happy for now? (Part Two)

Hello all… back again with the topic of happily ever after…vs happy for now. I have studied many books on this topic. I have over-thunk it so many times… I keep coming back to the same thought. Happy for now is just not good enough. You as a reader have invested all that time and […]

Jessica Owen

February 15, 2022

dream, goals, holidays, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

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Happy Valentine’s Day…readers

Love each other, experience joy, be kind

Jessica Owen

February 14, 2022

dream, goals, holidays, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

#2022, #Cupid, #HappyValentinesDay, #husbands, #kids, #LoveDay, #LoveOneAnother, #pets, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, change, creative, dreamer, family, fiction, fun, goals, happy, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, humor, joy, learning, life, love, me, real, romance, stories, thankful, wife, words, 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

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So what happens next?

What happens next…depends on decisions you make in your writing.

Jessica Owen

February 7, 2022

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

#2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #goal, #reading, #writeroffacebook, #writerofnovel, #writerofnovels, #writerscommunity, #writerslife, author, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, perseverance, real, stories, story, thankful, tired, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer block, writer,, writing
Overthinking is the killer of creativity…

Overthinking is the killer of creativity

Jessica Owen

February 5, 2022

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

#2022, #2022herewecome, #editing, #Feburary, #goal, #toughlove, #writerblock, #writercommunity, #writerlife, #writeroffacebook, #writerofnovel, #writerofnovels, anger, author, become, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, creative, depression, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, fiction, goals, grateful, grumpy, happiness, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, parenting, perseverance, real, soul, story, thankful, warrior, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing
What is Normal? It’s definitely not me…🤔

In a world we’re normal is the ideal, be you.

Jessica Owen

January 22, 2022

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

#2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #2022newyear, #characters, #editing, #goal, #newyear, #reading, author, become, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, normal, notes, novels, passion, perseverance, real, rest, revision, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, tired, weird, wife, wine, women, words, work, workaholic, write, writer,, writing
A year older? Perhaps wiser?

Ever notice that with each birthday it becomes a moment of reflection…your last year…what are you going to do this year? For me it is always a moment to set higher expectations for myself, to reflect on what I didn’t do the previous year…I’m incredibly hard on myself… As quick as I am to be […]

Jessica Owen

January 18, 2022

dream, goals, holidays, hope, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

#12, #45, #ayearolder, #January, age, author, beauty, become, birthday, birthdays, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, family, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, marriage, me, memory, mom, notes, novels, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleep, soul, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing