by Jessica Scott | Dec 12, 2009 | Iraq, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
I’ve been home a few days now. I’ve been busy. Aside from the dead lizard in the bathroom, which I really enjoyed, I’ve been going non stop. Cleaning the house and getting things back to normal in my home is nearly a full time job. But I did take...
by Jessica Scott | Dec 11, 2009 | deployment, Fort Hood, Uncategorized, women at war
But right now, the rudeness and the refusal to recognize that soldiers are not just a uniform but a person by some of the people in the town and on the base I call home is disconcerting.
by Jessica Scott | Dec 10, 2009 | Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
What happens when good men and women allow vengeance to dictate their actions?
by Jessica Scott | Dec 8, 2009 | Iraq, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, women at war
I suppose it’s supposed to be a good time. I guess that for folks coming home to families and pets and a lived in house, it is. But for me, it’s strangely silent and empty. Intellectually, I know it’s because the house is empty and I spent the...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 30, 2009 | deployment, Iraq, redeployment, Uncategorized
I’ve had my cherry popped in more ways than one this year but being asked these questions was a milestone I didn’t want to see breached. I flew on a Blackhawk for the first time, fired an AK-47, and felt an earthquake. I stood in my CHU as indirect fire hit our base.
by Jessica Scott | Nov 29, 2009 | Guest Blogger, Uncategorized, Writing
Julie Weathers! Please email me. Laura Griffin selected your comment for the Borders Gift card. Please email me your addy so I can forward it to Laura! jessica AT jessicascott DOT net Congratulations!
by Jessica Scott | Nov 26, 2009 | deployment, Iraq, moms at war, Uncategorized
I don’t know what the coming year will bring. I only know that today, I am grateful for so much.
by Jessica Scott | Nov 24, 2009 | Guest Blogger, Uncategorized
I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Austin’s own award winning author, Laura Griffin, author of the incredible Glass sisters novels and one of my all time favorite books, Whisper of Warning. She’s here today to talk about her latest release, UNTRACEABLE. Make sure...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 23, 2009 | Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
I was going to stay out of it, I swear I was. But, at the end of the day, y’all know I can’t keep my opinions to myself. Please bear in mind that my opinions do not reflect a total knowledge of the publishing industry and that everyone who’s tweeted, blogged and raved...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 22, 2009 | Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
I’ve written before about finding my own work in someone else’s. I wrote about it recently upon discovering that one of the soldiers in David Finkle’s The Good Soldiers was seeing a little girl every time he closed his eyes and that I have a character that, though he...
