Tag: novels

• Art+Wine=Writing…

  

  I cannot draw, I cannot paint. Whenever I see something amazing in art, I have a true appreciation for it. I understand the time and energy that is needed to complete things you are passionate about. My first book took me ten years to complete…my second four years. My third 1.5 years. I feel like,…

  Jessica Owen

  February 16, 2023

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

  #2023, #2023goals, #art, #goal, #hardwork, #perservere, #reading, #writerofnovel, #writersblock, author, beauty, become, books, challenge, change, comfort, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, passion, perseverance, real, rest, seasons, soul, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, trilogy, warm, warrior, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer block, writer,, writing

• Happy new year all!!!

  

  Wishing you all the very best in the new year!!! That is all I have today friends! I promise more to come this year! Life and writing is a work in progress…. (Just like me)😉

  Jessica Owen

  January 1, 2023

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

  #2023, #happynewyear #goals2023, author, become, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, comfort, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, fall, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, novels, parenting, perseverance, real, rest, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, warm, wife, wives, women, words, write, writer,, writing

• 🫧Mermaids,and book three😏

  

  I started this journey with an idea. A love of the little mermaid. Now it has evolved into a trilogy and it’s wonderful, amazing, fun. I have not figured out everything yet. I have started outlining again. Third book is super important, more important then the other two. It is the conclusion and the end…it…

  Jessica Owen

  August 22, 2022

  #characters, goals, seasons of change, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #2022, #2022goals, #characters, #gathering, #goal, #writerofnovel, author, books, challenge, change, character, determination, fiction, fun, goals, hard work, honesty, hope, imagine, joy, learning, life, me, mermaid, mom, notes, novels, perseverance, real, stories, story, wife, wine, words, work, write, writer block, writer,, writing

• 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

  #2022, #2022goals, #goal, #writerlife, #writerofnovel, author, blessed, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, exhausted, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, perseverance, real, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, summer, thankful, tired, warm, 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

  #2022goals, #2022herewecome, #HappilyEverAfter, #truelove, #writerofnovel, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, determination, dreams, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, marriage, novels, perseverance, real, romance, soul, stories, story, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, 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

  #2022, #2022goals, #2022herewecome #Valentine, #HappilyEverAfter, #HappyEverNow, #romancenovels, #ValentinesDay2022, #writerofnovel, #writerofnovels, #writerscommunity, #writerslife, #writersoffacebook, author, books, challenge, change, character, comfort, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, joy, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, notes, novels, perseverance, real, romance, seasons, soul, stories, story, thankful, wife, wine, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• 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

• 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

  #characters, #goal, author, blessed, books, challenge, change, character, city, creative, determination, dreamer, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, hard work, heart, honesty, humor, imagine, inspiration to all women, interviewer, learning, life, love, me, mom, novels, perseverance, Portland, real, stories, thankful, wife, women, words, writer,

• 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

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

  #characters, #editing, #gathering, #goal, #reading, author, beauty, become, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, coffee, comfort, confidence, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, inspiration to all women, interviewer, joy, kindness, learning, life, love, me, memory, mom, nights, notes, novels, parenting, parents, passion, perseverance, real, rest, romance, seasons, short story, stars, stories, story, summer, thankful, tired, trilogy, warrior, wife, wine, wives, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• 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

• Scary fun…spooky tales from around the United States…

  Jessica Owen

  October 31, 2021

  hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #reading, author, books, campfires, challenge, character, coffee, cozy, fall, family, fiction, fires, fun, goals, grateful, Halloween, holidays, honesty, humor, imagine, joy, learning, leaves, life, me, mom, nights, novels, October, real, scary stories, seasons, spooky, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, words, write, writer,, writing