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

Happy Halloween 🎃

Jessica Owen

October 31, 2021

dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

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Survive and thrive…your decisions create your future.

When I decided to write a novel , I didn’t have a clue about the process. How much time it would take or if I could even finish writing it. Now three books later I am glad I made the decision to write. It is so hard to make myself a priority. Make time to […]

Jessica Owen

October 29, 2021

dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

#goal, author, become, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, complicated, confidence, creative, decisions, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, fiction, goals, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, imagine, kindness, learning, life, love, marriage, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, parenting, perseverance, priorities, real, sleep, soul, stories, story, thankful, time, tired, wife, wives, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing
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

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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

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

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

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

#characters, dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized

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The world our oyster…travel only for dreamers?

Travel, dreaming, bucket list

Jessica Owen

August 14, 2021

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

#bucketlist, #characters, #gathering, #passport, #reading, author, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, confidence, creative, days off, dreamer, dreams, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, mom, novels, perseverance, real, rest, someday, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, travel, wife, women, words, work, write, writing
A real vacation… is that possible?

I always take time off ever year for vacation. yet every year I manage to do more work then rest. My husband and I used to take a week or two for our anniversary every year. It was wonderful to unwind, relax, just breath. We work so hard everyday it is difficult to find time […]

Jessica Owen

August 13, 2021

dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

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