Jessica Warren's Blog

I don’t know many writers in my everyday life. Hell, I don’t know many writers except for social media. Even then, I am so bad with making connections with any of them because of many reasons:

I have a couple Instagram profiles so sometimes I forget to post on any of them or just focus on my personal one instead of my writing one, etc. I am mindlessly looking at reels.Stranger danger and other paranoid thoughtsWho knows?

My point is that I don’t know many writers…like REALLY ...

Daily writing promptWrite about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.View all responses

My random acts of kindness are very simple. They range from a heartfelt out of the blue text to someone expressing how much I appreciate them, a candy bar/snack left for them, a random gift to maybe paying for a stranger’s order in a drive thru, etc.

Random acts of kindness never entered my mind much until 2020. It was during this time that my mother passed away after battling Alzheimer’s. ...

I am a Reading Specialist, Writer, Mother, Yoga Enthusiast, and an avid reader. This summer, I am using my time to finish some writing that has been begging me to finish. It is also begging me to find an Agent. We will see what the future holds.

I am also looking into narrating for audio books because, well…shouldn’t a book lover look into all things books related?! For a sample, I used one of my short stories from my book Stories After Dark. It is my absolute favorite short stor...

Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite genre of music?View all responses

My favorite genre of music? This is perhaps the hardest question for me as I love many different types of music. I grew up in a rural town. As a teenager, I loved country music and heavy metal. Quite the combination. One minute listening to Guns N’ Roses and the next listening to Keith Whitley. Thirty years later, I still love Guns N’ Roses and Keith Whitley, along with Alison Krauss; however, my tastes have broadened...

Hi Y’all,

It has been a LONG time. I have missed writing on my blog and writing in general. The past year has been a blur filled with frustration, love, misery, pain, anxiety, and fulfillment. A lot of emotions in a short time. I apologize for coming and going so often.

Five years ago, life just got difficult. When your rock (my mother) gets sick, slowly spirals down towards what can only be described as hell, you realize that life can be torturous. Hard for the person who is ill, hard fo...

The last time I posted was quite a while ago. I stated how I was going to write more, journal more, etc., etc. Well, it didn’t happen. I totally own it. I completely underestimated the power of grief from losing my mother a year ago, being a mother of a son who is struggling with this school year, and being a teacher during this crazy time. Saying I underestimated is, indeed, an understatement in itself. I did write a little, I read a lot, and I just did what I could do to get by.

I know par...

Remember the good ol’ days when, as a child, we would write all our hopes, dreams, embarrassing moments, crushes, parent woes, etc. in our diaries? If you didn’t, then you missed out on unleashing all your thoughts onto paper then hiding them as if no one could ever find them. My diary back then had a special lock on it that I am sure could not be broken into by anyone! (HEAVY on the sarcasm here)

I have recently started to write in a diary..I mean “journal” (as I am an adult so we must use ...

It is finally here 2021!!!

2020 seemed to spiral out of control with COVID, social distancing, virtual as well as in-person distanced mask-wearing school, my mother passing away, gaining weight from stress and ordering delivery, etc. I felt like 2020 would never go away.

Now that it is gone, I feel like I am almost a little sad…. cue hair metal band Cinderella. Don’t get me wrong, I am glad that 2020 is over; however, I think maybe instead of pushing that year to the curb and never looki...

2020 has been quite the year. People you know, or you yourself, have lost loved ones, been sick, have friends that are sick and/or in the hospital, stressed to the max at work and at home, etc. I could go on and on.

We all have different ways to deal with stress from becoming more withdrawn, drinking, eating, etc. I have pretty much down all of those and still do. I won’t lie: being a special education teacher during a pandemic has been the most stressful school year since my very first year...

I have had a hard time sitting down to write for quite some time. I keep talking about it and thinking about; however, something always seems to get in the way.

I can make the excuse that I don’t have time, but I do spend some time on the couch watching Netflix.I can make the excuse that I cannot miss those good TV shows (Haunting of Bly House and Utopia have been SOOO good), but it is Netflix and/or Prime so the shows aren’t going away anytime soon.I can make the excuse that my mom passed a...