by Jessica Scott | Dec 31, 2011 | army mom, army officers, books, company command, publishing, random, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So this year has been somewhat amazing, all things considered. Starting with the coolest news first, my husband came home from Iraq on Christmas Eve and was interviewed by Angela Brown from the Associated Press. You can read the variations of the article on...
by Jessica Scott | Dec 23, 2011 | books, Fort Hood, Iraq, military mom, moms at war, publishing, Uncategorized
It is the end of the day. All I have to do now is go to sleep and wake up and we’ll be rushing to Fort Hood to pick up my husband from his 4th and final homecoming from Iraq. I have no idea where the day went. We went grocery shopping first thing this morning....
by Jessica Scott | Dec 6, 2011 | newbie author, publishing, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
Please welcome back fellow Austin RWA author Gretchen Rix, here to talk about life since she published her first novel The Cowboy’s Baby and her second book Arroyo! Last July when Jessica invited me to share my Kindle publishing experiences I was full of...
by Jessica Scott | Dec 1, 2011 | army officers, company command, leadership, publishing, random, RWA Nationals, Uncategorized, Writing
The Army has these things called Army Values. They make up the acronum LDRSHIP and stand for Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage. In our society, we pay a lot of lip service to these things but at the end of the day,...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 29, 2011 | publishing, Rants, social networking, techo-files, Uncategorized
Sit back and grab a chair and allow me to spin you a tale of self caused cyber woe. It starts with, as most of these tales do, with an errant click of a mouse and misreading of two simple words: now or later. All right enough of that. Seriously, I have...
by Jessica Scott | Oct 15, 2011 | books, Guest Blogger, newbie author, publishing, social networking, techo-files, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So remember a few weeks ago when I was wondering how one coordinated a blog tour for a book launch? I was somewhat confused about where the process began, what I should be doing to promote my book and what I was going to screw up. Twitter came to the rescue once again...