by Jessica Scott | Aug 14, 2011 | books, Guest Blogger, newbie author, publishing, social networking, Uncategorized, Writing
Okay, need some advice for a newbie author. I suppose at some point I need to start a blog tour schedule. The problem is, how do I even begin? Is it something I just go around to my favorite blogs and ask someone if I can have a date on the calendar? Or is this...
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by Jessica Scott | Aug 13, 2011 | books, newbie author, publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
So this post was going to be very exciting for me because I have the back cover copy of Because of You. But this gets even better because now Because of You is available for preorder!! This is kind of big for me. This feels like a moment where I feel like, yes, this...
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by Jessica Scott | Aug 6, 2011 | books, newbie author, publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
Ok gang, I’m down to the final 2 pics to choose from. I’ve used a bunch of the other pics in various locations but for the pic at the back of the book, I’m between these two. So what do you think?
by Jessica Scott | Aug 6, 2011 | army officers, deployment, leadership, Predeployment, redeployment, Uncategorized
So if you’ve been paying attention lately, you may have seen that starting in 2012, deployments are going to shift to 9 months for Army units. Which is great right? That’s what we’ve been trying to get to for years since the wars started. Finally, the senior leaders...
by Jessica Scott | Aug 1, 2011 | books, newbie author, publishing, Uncategorized, Writing
So for those of you who don’t check twitter or facebook, the big news from yesterday was that I got my author pics back. I’ve got to tell you, they came out better than I expected. Buzz Covington, owner of Buzz Covington Photography did the honors and...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
So one of the things that I have to do now is get author pics. And I’ll admit, I love getting dressed up and all that but this is kind of daunting. I mean, if I get the wrong pose, people are going to look at the back of the book and go WTF? I can’t used any of the...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 20, 2011 | army officers, company command, deployment, Fort Hood, leadership, Uncategorized, women at war
I’m struggling tonight. I’m struggling to take almost 4 years as an officer and 12 years as a NCO and merge the two. My life in the army is divided into 3 parts: Junior enlisted Jess (less than 2 years), Sergeant Jess (over 10) and Officer Jess. I would argue that...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 17, 2011 | books, social networking, Uncategorized, Writing
Craving Cowboys: Catch Me by Lorelie Brown I’ve made no secret that I’ve been on a cowboy craze lately. I’m not sure what started it, except that I am perfectly willing to admit that the evening I spent up at Cow Town, NJ got me thinking about the man behind the rodeo...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 13, 2011 | books, publishing, RWA Nationals, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
One of the things that drives my battalion commander nuts about me is that sometimes, not often mind you, but just sometimes, I have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later. I know that in the past, when looking at revisions or changes to a story, I’ve...
by Jessica Scott | Jul 9, 2011 | books, deployment, publishing, RWA Nationals, social networking, Uncategorized, women at war, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So I was holding off on blogging any more until after Sherry’s backlist giveaway was complete. So this was the year of Twitter. Everywhere I turned, people were talking to me and the introduction went something like this: “I’m so and so, from twitter.” And yes, names...
