How excited are you? The blog is back. The website is up; I've got some seriously sensational jewels rockin' in my shop.... I'm just too thrilled. Oh I forgot, I've designed a few t-shirts during this #covid19 and working on my Jess Vaughn Writes merch too! We are going places you and me! Yep, got the blog on the mobile phone. ;-) Let's get ready to do this thing! I want to stay engaged as I proceed to develop the plots to all my WIPs. I'm really going to need your input an

I Would Have Loved You Sooner I ranted and raved and wailed at the intro to Wheel of Fortune because that was our show. It was 15 years running from shadows, trying frantically to escape the hurt that merciless death left behind. I face it now - the piercing cut of sorrow, trickling bitterness down cheeks tense with pressures of life. No longer that girl, but had I known our story’s woeful, bitter end, I would’ve loved you sooner. #love #loss #pain #hurt #forlove #lifeasithap

Omg, I just tried to have a coronary! My kids were having so much (seemingly) effortless fun with their hoola hoops,  I thought I should try. Twirl, fall, twirl, fall times twenty,  quit. That was fun. Ok, appreciating sitting at my desk now. Fingers on keyboard...  Writing novels, now that's a workout challenge that I am fit to meet!😊😉 #hoolahoops #exercise #workouts #kids #getfit #outofshape #workoutplan #ketomania #amwriting #indiewriter #indiewriters #indiepub #audioboo

What's holding you back from being better, doing more, giving more, giving back, making a change, making a decision, standing up, paving the way, stepping aside, getting ahead, taking a chance, holding on or letting go? No one needs to tell you a thing. You already figured it out. You know what needs to be done. It's just about you taking that next step. So my #MondayMotivation is Go For It! Do it for your kids Do it because you love him / her Do it because it's the right thi

Hey peeps! Yes, I'm still writing. The pitch at which (see still rhyming subconsciously even) I am formulating new ideas is incredible. Every day that I work on a manuscript, a book cover, some new material, etc., more ideas pop into my head and I have to jot down little notes to follow later. What are you working on? Even if you spend as little as fifteen minutes a day planning out your goals, filling in activities on your September calendar, or meditating on what you wo

Spoken word book inspired by conversation between Michelle Obama and Shonda Rhimes at Women's Conference 2017, Philadelphia. Women in so