Tag: #reading

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Happy Halloween 🎃

  Jessica Owen

  October 31, 2021

  dream, hope, Thoughts, Uncategorized, writing

  #gathering, #reading, author, bats, beauty, blessed, blessings, books, campfires, challenge, change, cozy, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, fall, family, fiction, fun, goals, Halloween, happy, hocus pocus, holidays, hope, humor, imagine, jack, jack’o’lantern, joy, learning, leaves, life, love, marriage, me, mom, nights, novels, October, real, seasons, stars, stories, story, thankful, tired, warm, wife, witches, words, 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

  #captainamerica, #characters, #gathering, #goal, #ironfist, #ironman, #marvel, #marvelcomics, #marveluniverse, #reading, #spiderman, author, blessed, blessings, books, challenge, change, character, comics, confidence, creative, determination, dreamer, dreams, exhausted, family, fiction, fun, goals, grateful, happy, hard work, heart, hobby, honesty, hope, humor, imagine, iron fist, joy, learning, life, love, me, notes, novels, perseverance, real, stars, stories, story, summer, teen, thankful, tired, warm, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing

• 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

• 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

• Libraries a world of knowledge at your fingertips…

  Last week my local library opened to its full time hours after almost two years of closure. I cannot tell you how amazing it was to walk through those doors again, wander the stacks and check out books again. I feel like a part of my soul has been opened again. The limitless knowledge in…

  Jessica Owen

  July 22, 2021

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

  #characters, #libraries, #reading, author, become, blessed, blessings, books, change, character, comfort, confidence, creative, dreamer, dreams, family, fun, goals, grateful, happy, heart, honesty, humor, imagine, joy, learning, library, life, love, me, memory, mom, notes, novels, real, soul, stories, story, thankful, wife, women, words, work, write, writer,, writing