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Jeremy C Kester

Jeremy C Kester

converting caffeine into words

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  • Novels
    • The Good Teacher
    • Remember the Yorktown (Gravity 1)
    • The Dangerous Life of Agnes Pyle
  • short stories
    • Into Fire’s Den
    • Farm Life Lost
  • PoemsPoems by Jeremy C Kester
    • Change of Seasons: Selected Poems
    • varied degrees of darkness: selected poems
  • Is The Goal Worth It?

    As the days build upon days, there is a question that arises I accumulate words in my fervor to become a self-sustaining independent writer. Is the goal worth the process? We often don’t think about that question. We fixate on the goal as though when we achieve it, things will magically change. Sometimes they do,…

    Jeremy C Kester

    February 17, 2021
    Blog
    goal setting, goals, independent writing, philosophy, stoic, stoicism, writerslife, writing, writing goals, writing process
  • They Sneak Back In

    They are always waiting. Hidden in the shadows, they lurk, ready to sneak back in as soon as our attention is elsewhere. Before we know it, they are there taking away everything that we worked so hard to build. Bad habits have a way of making their way into our lives even after we’ve made…

    Jeremy C Kester

    February 16, 2021
    Blog
    goals, habits, writing, writing habits
  • Snowy Days

    I was supposed to travel to Mississippi for work this week. Of course it didn’t happen. Flights going into Memphis International Airport were canceled due to the big winter storm battering the south. Well, it’s battering much of the US too, including up here in Chicago where we expect another 4” of snow on top…

    Jeremy C Kester

    February 15, 2021
    Blog
    Chicago, libertarian, Mississippi, politics, snow, snow removal, socialism, weather
  • Provoke

    I don’t want to be provocative so much as I want to provoke thought, knowing that the statement is illogical. This is a thought that I ponder frequently as I start to write any post aimed in the political sphere. With there being so many people out there wanting to throw hate around as though…

    Jeremy C Kester

    February 12, 2021
    Blog
    opinion, truth, writing
  • Trying…

    These last few days slipped past me. Early on the motivation and ideas needed to fill out a blog post were non-existent. Instead of focusing on this, I moved on, thinking that something would be figured out later in the day. Then night hit and while I was able to write to achieve my daily…

    Jeremy C Kester

    February 11, 2021
    Blog
    independent writing, writing, writing anxiety, writing struggle
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