Jacque Stevens

Last week, I reported on my first few “Artist Dates” from the Artist’s Way. They were all short outings that caught my interest artistically and were meant to feed my inner muse. These short “dates” were nice breaks and convenient excuses to do a few things that sounded fun to me. But there is no rule saying you couldn’t do a longer outing. In fact, it was encouraged. And for a long time, I had been dreaming of going on a writing retreat. But who would I go with? How would we

You already know I have my first book/series on sale right now, so I thought I would talk about some of the “firsts” in my current Work in Progress. Ette’s Story runs parallel with some of the events in Swan Bride and is based on the more traditional stories of Swan Maidens and Selkies. So you should know how it starts: A woodcutter takes Etta’s cloak. These sections are still being edited, but I feel pretty good about the first few lines, so I thought I would share: WIP: E

These are some rapid-fire updates I just sent out to my Newsletter subscribers, but I wanted to quickly post it here as well: -The audio for Shoeless has been completed and is available on Audible. The paperback and kindle versions of Shoeless also has newer typography to brand it with Soulless (that also is available on Kindle). -I have finished drafting my WIP (Etta’s Story) and have sent it to my main writing group in larger chunks. I hope to finish a new draft and s

For those of you who have read the Swan Bride (and I hope a lot of you have) you might recognize the main character of my current work in progress as Leda’s half-sister: Etta Wood. She is a swan maiden with a black feather cloak who married a woodcutter several years before Leda’s story in the Swan Bride. Though Etta mostly serves as a foil, sounding board, and mentor to Leda in the Swan Bride, I have been interested in expanding the story of her romance as it follows the mor