Tag: #goal

• 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

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• 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

• 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

• 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

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• HappyNewYear!🎆🍾🎉🎊🎆

  

  #ChapterOne

  Jessica Owen

  January 1, 2022

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

  #2022, #chapter-one, #goal, #happynewyear, #newme, #newstart, become, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, city, creative, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, family, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, loss, love, me, mom, nights, notes, perseverance, real, seasons, sleeping, stories, thankful, wife, words, writer,, writing

• 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 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