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 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...
by Jessica Scott | May 30, 2011 | army officers, deployment, Iraq, Uncategorized, women at war
When I was in Iraq, it finally hit me the true meaning of Memorial Day. It shouldn’t have taken me thirteen years in service to get it, but for whatever reason, it did. Since that Memorial Day, when the chow hall of FOB Marez was decorated with the names of the fallen...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 8, 2011 | army mom, army officers, books, military mom, mommy fail, moms at war, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom, Writing
I was contacted several months ago regarding submissions for a collaborative project about working mothers. Sam Walravens asked if I would be willing to contribute to show one aspect of being a military mother. Below is the video trailer for this phenomenal project...
by Jessica Scott | Mar 27, 2011 | army mom, empowering parents, mommy fail, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom
So my kids have listening issues. Kind of like the vikings from How to Train Your Dragon on with less self sufficiency. My own yelling at them in return for this misbehavior has created, yeah, you guessed it, more yelling. And a whole lot less discipline than I’d...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 14, 2011 | books, company command, Fort Hood, moms at war, Predeployment, Uncategorized, women at war, Writing
One of the cool things that happened for me at RWA 10 this year in Orland was the opportunity to attend multiple publisher’s parties, courtesy of my agent. At NAL, I met Ellen Edwards, who sent me a review copy of Siobhan Fallon’s You Know When the Men are Gone. The...