Tag: hard work

• Happy Thanksgiving…be thankful for everything you have…🍁🍂🦃

  

  In a time when chaos is everywhere it is nice to know there is a national holiday that encourages you to eat, drink and spend time with family. My second favorite holiday! Last year we were unable to celebrate due to my family being inflicted with covid. They were times last year I wondered if […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 25, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #gathering, #turkey day, blessed, blessings, challenge, change, coffee, comfort, cozy, days off, delicious, desserts, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, fires, food, friends, fun, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, holidays, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, kindness, leaves, life, loss, love, marriage, me, memory, mom, notes, November, parenting, parents, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleeping, soul, story, thankful, turkey, warm, whiskey, wife, wine, yummy food

• Whining…wine… and daily difficulties.

  

  It’s crazy to go to work sometimes and know exactly how tired you are…Whining helps at times…How little sleep time got the night before, due to worry. Stress. Your back hurting… wine helps… so does heating pads, epsom salt baths…did I mention wine? Trying to grasp motivation each and every day. Being tired. Being overworked. […]

  Jessica Owen

  November 1, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #hellonovember, author, blessed, blessings, books, campfires, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, cozy, determination, dreamer, exhausted, fall, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, leaves, life, love, me, mom, nights, notes, novels, November, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, sleep, sleeping, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, 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 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

  #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

  #200mphclub, #Bonnevile, #fast, #goal, #landspeedrecords, #speedweek, blessed, cars, challenge, change, confidence, days off, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, imagine, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, notes, perseverance, real, rest, sleeping, soul, stars, thankful, tired, warrior, work, write

• 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