Jess Lourey's Blog, page 5

Save Yourself

You need to write 500 words a day, six days a week, through December 31, 2020. You, yes you reading this right now. You ended up here because you read one of my books and want to hear updates, or you aspire to be a writer or want to improve your writing and know that I teach, or you saw the title…

Taller Ants

Two years ago, in a speech class he was taking as part of his return to college (at age 50!!) to pursue his dream career as an elementary school art teacher, my husband had a brilliant idea for a board game that teaches cooperation and celebrates diversity. A couple hundred hours later, after much…

Signs

Whenever things get really bad in my life—really bad—I receive a sign that lets me know I’m not alone. The first time I remember this happening was in 2001. My then-husband and I had gotten into a fight. He walked out and didn’t return. When I woke up the next morning, my wedding ring had somehow slipped…

My Next Book

Holy CATS am I an unreliable blogger. I see it’s been a couple months. I’ve mostly been busy trying to figure out new things to fight with my husband about. We ran through the old stuff a couple weeks into quarantine. For real, though, I’m growing sick of myself, and this desperation has driven me to re…