by Jule Kucera | Oct 23, 2022 | Blog
Sometimes help comes from friends. Sometimes it comes from books. This time it came from a book. Even with all the GOADS (Get Out And Do Stuff) work, with all the dancing and pickleball, I felt myself sliding backwards toward the miasma of lethargy and despondency....
by Jule Kucera | Oct 16, 2022 | Blog
Three weeks ago Saturday, I finally went back to the African dance class. Summer camp was in session, so the class was me and four eight-year-olds. They had so much energy. In the pause between dances, while I caught my breath, they did cartwheels. In the second...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 9, 2022 | Blog
After writing about the container cabin, I was energized. Based on the emails some of you sent, you were, too. Even now, as I write this, thinking about the long cabin gets me excited. “What now?” “If I proceeded as if I was going to build the kind of cabin I’d like...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 2, 2022 | Blog
A few weeks ago, I was in a webinar with Jane Friedman and Dan Blank related to book marketing. Blank said that when someone asks you what your book is about, don’t launch into a description of the plot or characters. Instead, talk about what it’s About. When we...
by Jule Kucera | Sep 25, 2022 | Blog
Some parts of a journey are downhill, with a light breeze at our backs. Some are uphill, over a rocky path and with the sun beating down on our sweltering heads, the empty rattle of the canteen reminding us that we should have packed more water. I’m being overly...
by Jule Kucera | Sep 18, 2022 | Blog
As you know, Prince Tarkten has been in China, getting printed. It was to arrive via boat and then truck in mid- to late-September. The nine Prince Tarkten boxes were delivered just before I left on vacation. But. But I haven’t told you about it because there is a...
