by Jess Montgomery | Aug 10, 2019 | Inspiration, The Gift of Questioning
What are you creating? I’m a writer by calling and by trade, so the answers–on the surface–are straightforward and simple. next week’s column. Draft of an essay. Rewrite of a story. Revision of a novel. Blog post. Next chapter in new novel....
by Jess Montgomery | Jul 4, 2019 | Inspiration, Sanity Check
Happy July 4 to all who celebrate! I wrote this piece, from my former Sanity Check column, when our daughters were young girls. Now they’re grown women, but I think the column still has a relevant message. I hope you enjoy it! Happy July 4! Quick–which...
by Jess Montgomery | May 27, 2019 | Inspiration, Sanity Check
Here is a column I wrote several years ago, for my humor/lifestyle column, Sanity Check, which ran for ten years in the Dayton Daily News. (Now I write “Literary Life,” a column about authors and literary events in the greater Dayton area.) I think of this...
by Jess Montgomery | May 16, 2019 | Inspiration
My email newsletter subscribers (sign up here if you haven’t already!) receive bonus content: letters Daniel wrote from the Great War Front to Lily and Marvena. Though THE WIDOWS takes place in 1924/1925, Daniel Ross is a veteran of the Great War (or, as we call...
by Jess Montgomery | May 3, 2019 | Inspiration, On the road, The Widows
Last week, I had the great honor of visiting Scarlet Oaks Career Campus, a high school in the Cincinnati area for juniors and seniors who study both traditional academic subjects and specific career skills, such as construction, culinary, nursing aide, emergency...
by Jess Montgomery | Dec 15, 2018 | Inspiration, Pie of the Month
Our holidays are a little different this year. My mother-in-law passed away last year, the day before Thanksgiving, and my father this year in October. Our children are adults, and this year our older daughter wasn’t able to come home for Thanksgiving… but...
