
First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy
Award-winning and best-selling author of fantasy and romance, Jeffe Kennedy shares her first cup of coffee of the day with listeners, giving a daily insight into the realities of being a career author.
Episodes
1038 episodes
First Cup of Coffee - February 17, 2025
On professional jealousy (yes, it's real), that one guy who *has* to say something, and print runs in traditional publishing. What we do and don't know, the effect of print on demand, and other forms of black magic, smoke & mirrors.🎉...
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Season 8
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Episode 13
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19:33

First Cup of Coffee - February 14, 2025
My VOW for Girls project - a special treat for you all. About the new book in my favorite series and how I miss the edge it once had. Also: endorsement quotes (or blurbs) - do they work? Does anyone care? I say YES.🎉 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🎉
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Season 8
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Episode 12
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23:52

First Cup of Coffee - February 10, 2025
Why I'm participating in VOW for Girls to stop child marriage, thoughts on donating (& why you don't have to), joy, best ways to build and refine craft, why I don't journal, and how I'm a Swiftie forever. The VOW for Girls donat...
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Season 8
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Episode 11
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19:59

First Cup of Coffee - February 7, 2025
The RELUCTANT WIZARD audiobook is available wide! Preorder NEVER THE ROSES at B&N for 35% off today only! Also, my editorial meeting, participation in VOW for Girls, and the unbearable loudness of casita-building.Through today only, ...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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21:01

First Cup of Coffee - February 3, 2025
My weekend with Darynda and a report on her and thoughts on the joy of writing and living life the way we want to. Also a special FaRoFeb present! And listening to audiobooks at higher speeds - why is Audible against it?Everything FaRoFe...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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18:57

First Cup of Coffee - January 31 2025
All about my Marketing & Publicity meeting with Tor/Bramble, my upcoming editorial meeting and how creative angst is just a fact of life and never goes away. Also, two more books/series out on submission and can I finish STRANGE FAMILIAR in...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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19:12

First Cup of Coffee - January 27, 2025
Updates on NEVER THE ROSES and the challenges of making bonus content. Also, reflections on housework, the contempt for expertise in the home, and being taught and *learning* the best way to do something.Visit
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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21:51

First Cup of Coffee - January 24, 2025
I've been seeing the cyclical debates on "we need ratings for books like we have for movies!" so I'm doing a Brief History of Art and Censorship in the last 100 years, why movie ratings were developed, Communism, McCarthyism, and how housework ...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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19:43

First Cup of Coffee - January 20, 2025
Some fun updates, including NEVER THE ROSES in a list of Most Anticipated Romantasy Books of 2025. Also, wrestling the fears many of us have about today and what comes after, fractals, controlling what we can, and how we each can savor our one ...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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19:22

First Cup of Coffee - January 17, 2025
I'm doing a deep dive into my thoughts and feelings on the allegations against Neil Gaiman and on parasocial relationships, the writing community, and associated implications. Also, hey! Good news on audiobooks and Spanish translations....
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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First Cup of Coffee - January 13, 2025
On being a creative in a tech-driven culture and how tech has shaped how we deliver our art. Also, embracing our emotions as valid and valuable, needing certain conditions to work, and how all of this affects choosing titles.Visit
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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20:12

First Cup of Coffee - January 10, 2025
I'm talking about what it means to live in interesting times and how we grow the ability to handle disruptions in our lives, great and small. Also the importance of cultivating joy and making kindness louder.Visit
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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20:37

First Cup of Coffee - January 6, 2025
Thoughts on feeling traumatized that it's January 6th and what I've discovered about how art can help give us perspective. Also, a truly ASTONISHING discovery that has moved my productivity to a whole new level!A couple of the songs I m...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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19:47

First Cup of Coffee - January 3, 2025
Showing off a few gifts-my Swiftie mug and a fabulous pen-and talking the art of gift-giving. Also thoughts on goal-setting, observing yourself like a scientist, tracking metrics, and the cover reveal of MAGIC REBORN!Visit
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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21:45

First Cup of Coffee - December 30, 2024
This will be my last podcast...of 2024! I'm talking about a cool goal-setting trick, what I noticed about taking time off and aggressive well-refilling in general, feeling that creative impulse and looking to the year ahead. Visit
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Season 7
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Episode 90
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22:30

First Cup of Coffee - December 20, 2024
I'm burbling away today all the great stuff going on with NEVER THE ROSES - including the *super cool* Owl Crate edition plans, updates on the upcoming cover reveal, UK release, audiobook (dual narration!) and why working with traditional publi...
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Season 7
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Episode 89
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16:52

First Cup of Coffee - December 16, 2024
On writing through trauma, and then not remembering what I wrote! My exciting new vacuum cleaner (lol) and the birth of social media. Also, having the confidence (and blessing) of a cis-het white man in ignoring edits.The Happy FaRoDays...
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Season 7
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Episode 88
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20:23

First Cup of Coffee - December 13, 2024
Understanding what I need regarding taking time off - or NOT! - and how important it is for us to collect data on our own process. Also, the inevitability of losing friendships as we build our careers and businesses.The book I mention T...
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Season 7
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Episode 87
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23:38

First Cup of Coffee - December 9, 2024
Sharing some excellent, exciting news on NEVER THE ROSES, along with an unexpected challenge of having a pen name, a tip on developing an author signature, and how we don't have to do something we don't want to do.The Happy FaRoDays eve...
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Season 7
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Episode 86
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20:07

First Cup of Coffee - December 6, 2024
I'm finishing A ROSE IN THE MIRROR today!! On story structure, beats, and how this strange book has been spot-on. Also, the long-game, how a writing career can go wrong and instead shooting for a sustainable life as an author.The Happy ...
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Season 7
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Episode 85
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24:28

First Cup of Coffee - December 2, 2024
A cover reveal today of STRANGE FAMILIAR! Also a discussion of Avenger's Endgame and my epiphany on the strategic element that elevates a fight/battle scene from mutual bashing to epic storytelling.The Happy FaRoDays event is here!
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Season 7
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Episode 84
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21:14

First Cup of Coffee - November 25, 2024
On Yog's Law - that money must flow to the creator - and why paying a company to publish your books is a terrible idea. Also, why your creativity will beat "AI" and how you can make a living as a creator. Becca Syme's Better Faster Acad...
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Season 7
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Episode 83
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20:01

First Cup of Coffee - November 22, 2024
On giving ourselves permission to give less than 100% (or more) effort to tasks and projects that aren't our priority. Insights I gained from Becca Syme's Author Business Summit, sustainability of all our efforts, and taking time off.Be...
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Season 7
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Episode 82
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22:21

First Cup of Coffee - November 18, 2024
Instead of writing what you know? Write what you are. Other thoughts on revision, integrity, and a story about a guy I knew back in my peer counseling days in college who behaved badly toward women. Warning: abrupt stop. Instead of hitting paus...
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Season 7
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Episode 81
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17:35

First Cup of Coffee - November 15, 2024
Some reflections on the nature of good and evil and what my definitions are. Also, how yoga teaches banishing the destructive emotions of fear and anger and replacing them with joy and love. And how I'm practicing non-violence.Visit
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Season 7
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Episode 80
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22:09
