by Jessica Scott | Mar 16, 2011 | books, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
Everyone has their favorite books, right, those books that make it to the vaunted keeper shelf, those books that make you smile every time you crack the cover to sit with a beloved friend. Those books are special to us in ways that non readers cannot understand. But...
by Jessica Scott | Jan 2, 2011 | Uncategorized, working mom, writer's ruck sack
I’m not big on New Years Resolutions but I am big on looking back on history to see how far I’ve come. 2010 was quite the year. The Life of an Army Mom First, I came home from Iraq. Technically, this happened at the end of 2009, but since I didn’t actually settle my...
by Jessica Scott | Dec 23, 2010 | army officers, books, company command, gadgets, publishing, Uncategorized, working mom, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So here I sit, typing this post on my snazzy new iPad. Kind of a neat gadget, really. And the potential use for work is absolutely astonishing. yes I will be in the Motorpool in the future working on command and staff slides so that I can submit them to the s3 and not...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 16, 2010 | army officers, books, company command, Iraq, leadership, publishing, Rants, social networking, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
Last week, I watched in horror as a pedophile’s guide to whatever gross thing that scumbag had put in the title created a firestorm on twitter. The ensuing debate, however is what’s caught my attention. A couple of weeks ago, I got into a very interesting discussion...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 12, 2010 | books, publishing, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
A while back (and mind you this may mean it was last year) I was reading a post by agent turned author Nathan Bransford about being a nervous wreck regarding the submission of his book to editors. This was an agent who understood the process and he woke up in a cold...
by Jessica Scott | Nov 7, 2010 | books, company command, mommy fail, moms at war, redeployment, Uncategorized, writer's ruck sack, Writing
So my big news this week is that I finally turned my book Angels Before Me into my agent. It feels pretty good, not the least because it’s the first book I’ve written start to finish from scratch by starting with a synopsis. Technically, it started with a paragraph....
