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Jeremy C Kester

Jeremy C Kester

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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
  • There are ruts…

    …and then there are ruts. I’ve been in one for a while. Of course I have. I’ve ranted about it here and there on this site for over a year. It started on the heals of a long streak of writing before it collapsed after a family event. Since then it’s been quite an ordeal…

    Jeremy C Kester

    May 19, 2020
    Blog
    writer’s block, writing, writing struggle, writinglife
  • The Question…

    is how… How am I going to change the course? How am I going to bring myself up to the level that I had always sworn that I could manage? How do I kick back up the volume of my writing to a point to publish 2, 3, 4, 5, or even 6 titles a…

    Jeremy C Kester

    May 4, 2020
    Blog
    anxiety, discipline, independent writing, writing, writing discipline, writing process, writing with anxiety
  • Institutional

    Institutional

    I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with institutions. On one hand, they can be a collective force for a greater good, a group of people working towards something bigger and better than the individuals within. But they can also do evil. They can also be a force that stifles creativity and innovation if favor of…

    Jeremy C Kester

    April 28, 2020
    Blog
    independent publishing, institution, publishing, traditional publishing, writing
  • Overcoming

    Overcoming

    There’s a magnet on my refrigerator that I purchased when I visited the American Writer’s Museum. It says: “write drunk EDIT SOBER.” It’s a poignant message and one that I need to hear on a consistent basis. Like many many many writers, I tend to allow my anxiety to question every step of my writing…

    Jeremy C Kester

    April 23, 2020
    Blog
    anxiety, process, writing, writing process, writing with anxiety
  • Changing Tools

    I am doing it. I am finally doing it. After writing for nearly 20 years or so using Microsoft Word, I’ve finally made the decision to fully abandon it as my primary tool. And although it hasn’t been as long a run, I am dropping my limited use of Google Drive too. Why? Well, Scrivener,…

    Jeremy C Kester

    April 20, 2020
    Blog
    Blog, Google Docs, independent writing, Microsoft Word, OneDrive, Scrivener, writing, writing process, writing tools
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