Look at me look at me! I’m different!! I’m everything you need!!! Gimmick here, ploy there, marketing strategy, staketing mrategy,… Read more Art VS Gimmick
Category: writing
Write them the way they deserve
https://litreactor.com/columns/so-you-want-to-write-women Writing women has become a big deal. Everyone’s picking apart every female character and it drives me nuts. Instead… Read more Write them the way they deserve
8 Years and counting
It comes and goes every year and I always forget to celebrate. I’m not even sure if I should. I… Read more 8 Years and counting
Cut From The Same Cloth
https://buddylitzine.com/issues/issue-5/jessica-marie-baumgartner/ The best memories make the most entertaining stories. Last summer one of the funniest people I ever met died.… Read more Cut From The Same Cloth
I’m in the St. Louis Post Dispatch!
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/jessica-marie-baumgartner-a-blues-community/article_61d583ec-5cd4-590a-95c5-8aa997bac7c3.html I’m supposed to be on writing hiatus… I know, I know But after the Blues won the Stanley Cup… Read more I’m in the St. Louis Post Dispatch!
Circling the Same Track
Fan fiction. Here we go. I don’t read it. Why? I prefer new characters, new worlds, new voices who are… Read more Circling the Same Track
What is expected?
It’s nice to revisit old things. I like to re-read Jane Eyre, Wild Ink, Matilda; books I love, shows I… Read more What is expected?
Respect Yourself by Respecting YOUR Work
Everybody talks about the “process.” Finding, appreciating, and dealing with the “process.” But what does that even mean? It means,… Read more Respect Yourself by Respecting YOUR Work
Big Giant Face
I did that thing that authors do where they have a part of their soul stolen by camera work. Also… Read more Big Giant Face
Following a Dream
Dreams are everywhere. They float around us. They motivate some. They terrify others. Living the creative life AND getting to… Read more Following a Dream
Jessica Marie Baumgartner 