K.B. Jensen
@kbjensenauthor.bsky.social
Award-winning author, editor, publishing expert, and pro ski instructor. My latest book is Love and Other Monsters in the Dark. I also run an online writing and publishing camp for teen writers. For more on me and my workshops, visit kbjensenauthor.com.
Trying times, but finding things to be grateful for. Writing a poem and feeling something, getting good news from a dr's office, taking a .46-mile walk in fall leaves in my sneakers (after an injury trapped me in a boot). #amwriting #writingcommunity What light are you finding?
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November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Trying times, but finding things to be grateful for. Writing a poem and feeling something, getting good news from a dr's office, taking a .46-mile walk in fall leaves in my sneakers (after an injury trapped me in a boot). #amwriting #writingcommunity What light are you finding?
Do you miss NaNoWriMo? Regardless of the problems with the org, it was the worst possible timing for writing a novel with Turkey Day, travel and family obligations for me. I was never a fan of binge writing in November instead of finding a healthy writing rhythm. I was never happy with the results.
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Do you miss NaNoWriMo? Regardless of the problems with the org, it was the worst possible timing for writing a novel with Turkey Day, travel and family obligations for me. I was never a fan of binge writing in November instead of finding a healthy writing rhythm. I was never happy with the results.
8 teens from our Emerging Teen Authors Camp are up for an award tonight at the CIPA Evvy Awards in anthologies. Graphic design whiz Victoria Wolf is a finalist in interior design. (Know a teen who wants to join camp next summer? Reach out.) #teenwriters #awardwinningbooks #teenauthors #booksky
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
8 teens from our Emerging Teen Authors Camp are up for an award tonight at the CIPA Evvy Awards in anthologies. Graphic design whiz Victoria Wolf is a finalist in interior design. (Know a teen who wants to join camp next summer? Reach out.) #teenwriters #awardwinningbooks #teenauthors #booksky
If you are planning a trip, and want a funny, relaxing book like a warm hug, what would you read? I already have a stash of intense, wild and deep books in my TBR pile, as well as an Agatha Christie and books on writing and creativity. #amreading #booksky #amwriting #writercommunity
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September 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
If you are planning a trip, and want a funny, relaxing book like a warm hug, what would you read? I already have a stash of intense, wild and deep books in my TBR pile, as well as an Agatha Christie and books on writing and creativity. #amreading #booksky #amwriting #writercommunity
Apparently people who don't normally like zombie stories love my zombie stories. I've got a new one coming out in an anthology soon, and I'm getting enthusiastic feedback. I'll be curious what the zombie diehards think down the road....
#amwriting #amediting #writercommunity
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September 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Apparently people who don't normally like zombie stories love my zombie stories. I've got a new one coming out in an anthology soon, and I'm getting enthusiastic feedback. I'll be curious what the zombie diehards think down the road....
#amwriting #amediting #writercommunity
#amwriting #amediting #writercommunity
What should I do to celebrate ten years of A Storm of Stories? Looking for ideas for an upcoming #bookbirthday. #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/dp/0692660941
September 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What should I do to celebrate ten years of A Storm of Stories? Looking for ideas for an upcoming #bookbirthday. #amwriting #writingcommunity www.amazon.com/dp/0692660941
Whether it's you or a character, is there a time where they or you've pushed a comfort zone? Much of writing is embracing risk and the unknown. It's always a little wild letting other people into your head. If you aren't a little scared, you aren't doing it right... #amwriting #writingcommunity
September 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Whether it's you or a character, is there a time where they or you've pushed a comfort zone? Much of writing is embracing risk and the unknown. It's always a little wild letting other people into your head. If you aren't a little scared, you aren't doing it right... #amwriting #writingcommunity
Today's writing advice: When you are confronted with the dreamkillers, the ones who don't want you to write, who tell you not to do something, tell them this: "Ok, just watch me." Write it on a sticky note and attach it to your computer. #amwriting #writingworkshops #writingadvice #writingcommunity
August 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Today's writing advice: When you are confronted with the dreamkillers, the ones who don't want you to write, who tell you not to do something, tell them this: "Ok, just watch me." Write it on a sticky note and attach it to your computer. #amwriting #writingworkshops #writingadvice #writingcommunity
So close to wrapping up a proofread and my own story revisions for an upcoming project but I have a mild migraine so it's going to have to wait. Weirdly enough, the best thing I can do is get away from screens and do gentle exercise. Will I actually do it? #amnotwriting #writingcommunity
July 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
So close to wrapping up a proofread and my own story revisions for an upcoming project but I have a mild migraine so it's going to have to wait. Weirdly enough, the best thing I can do is get away from screens and do gentle exercise. Will I actually do it? #amnotwriting #writingcommunity
AI is supposed to make things faster but maybe it leads to second guessing and a lack of confidence, for writers? Some folks think it can write better than they can, and instead of working on their craft and trusting their human voice, they trust AI more than themselves. #amwriting #writingcommunity
July 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
AI is supposed to make things faster but maybe it leads to second guessing and a lack of confidence, for writers? Some folks think it can write better than they can, and instead of working on their craft and trusting their human voice, they trust AI more than themselves. #amwriting #writingcommunity
Hey writers, what do you do after writing about trauma? Today I wrote about a difficult topic. I always advise clients to take some time for self-care after writing like this. Take a bath, go for a walk, talk to a friend, reach out to your therapist, etc. #amwriting #writingcommunity
June 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hey writers, what do you do after writing about trauma? Today I wrote about a difficult topic. I always advise clients to take some time for self-care after writing like this. Take a bath, go for a walk, talk to a friend, reach out to your therapist, etc. #amwriting #writingcommunity
June 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sometimes I write oddly political #poems about rage gardening. #amwriting #booksky "I deadhead the pink peonies... Blast away the seeds from the honey locust tree and the ant hills on the pavers with my leaf blower. My landscaping will be perfect. This one little piece of America will be perfect."
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June 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Sometimes I write oddly political #poems about rage gardening. #amwriting #booksky "I deadhead the pink peonies... Blast away the seeds from the honey locust tree and the ant hills on the pavers with my leaf blower. My landscaping will be perfect. This one little piece of America will be perfect."
A writer at a loss for words and a former journalist who won't turn away from the news, I have turned to rage gardening. Pulling weeds and donating to the ACLU. There's a metaphor in there somewhere, and I suppose, worse coping mechanisms. #amnotwriting
June 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
A writer at a loss for words and a former journalist who won't turn away from the news, I have turned to rage gardening. Pulling weeds and donating to the ACLU. There's a metaphor in there somewhere, and I suppose, worse coping mechanisms. #amnotwriting
So FB has suspended my account, giving me 180 days to appeal. Anyone else had this happen? What did you do? Would my life be better without it anyway? It was nice having an account as an author. #writingcommunity
June 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
So FB has suspended my account, giving me 180 days to appeal. Anyone else had this happen? What did you do? Would my life be better without it anyway? It was nice having an account as an author. #writingcommunity
Do you ever write something completely out of control? Like this will be a cute, little humorous story about a giant, and it gets really weird and dark halfway through? I feel like I have no control over my own stories sometimes. It's like dreaming on paper. #amwriting #writingweird
June 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Do you ever write something completely out of control? Like this will be a cute, little humorous story about a giant, and it gets really weird and dark halfway through? I feel like I have no control over my own stories sometimes. It's like dreaming on paper. #amwriting #writingweird
Ever finish a book and feel a profound sadness that it’s done because it was so good? What book? #booksky #writingcommunity just finished Good Dirt and loved the chorus of history. There was a wonderful historic scaffolding in the storytelling. I will miss the characters.
May 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ever finish a book and feel a profound sadness that it’s done because it was so good? What book? #booksky #writingcommunity just finished Good Dirt and loved the chorus of history. There was a wonderful historic scaffolding in the storytelling. I will miss the characters.
Long story short: Had surgery recently to fix my nose after an accident. Not because I looked like I got in a bar fight. The idea was to be able to breathe through it. Yes, it hurt but now I can breathe with my mouth closed! I am bruised and swollen but I can smell things. Basil. Wow. #grateful
May 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Long story short: Had surgery recently to fix my nose after an accident. Not because I looked like I got in a bar fight. The idea was to be able to breathe through it. Yes, it hurt but now I can breathe with my mouth closed! I am bruised and swollen but I can smell things. Basil. Wow. #grateful
One day, once they allow AI works to be copyrighted, will someone using AI copyright every combination of words or chords? Will we have to pay them to create a song, story or poem? Someone should pay me to write this Black Mirror episode. #storyidea #amnotwritingyet the joys of having an imagination
May 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
One day, once they allow AI works to be copyrighted, will someone using AI copyright every combination of words or chords? Will we have to pay them to create a song, story or poem? Someone should pay me to write this Black Mirror episode. #storyidea #amnotwritingyet the joys of having an imagination
You can still snag Jump the Fence, excellent stories of rebellion by teen writers, until May 19 on Kindle! I'm proud of the work and talent these kids have! From the award-winning Camp Ink Series, part of our Emerging Teen Authors Writing and Publishing Camp. Link in comments.
May 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
You can still snag Jump the Fence, excellent stories of rebellion by teen writers, until May 19 on Kindle! I'm proud of the work and talent these kids have! From the award-winning Camp Ink Series, part of our Emerging Teen Authors Writing and Publishing Camp. Link in comments.
Jump the Fence, from our award-winning #teenwriting and #publishing camp is free May 16 to 19 on Kindle. #teenwriters www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV93HWZ4 If you know a teen who wants to write and publish with us , I'll put a link to camp in the comments.
May 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Jump the Fence, from our award-winning #teenwriting and #publishing camp is free May 16 to 19 on Kindle. #teenwriters www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV93HWZ4 If you know a teen who wants to write and publish with us , I'll put a link to camp in the comments.
We all have our #writingsecrets. I've been playing with The Story Oracle Cards I got at Spell Books. It's eerie how you have this vague idea of what you want to write about and then draw the perfect cards to open the door to that #story or #poem. Chaotic scene from my desk. #amwriting
May 14, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We all have our #writingsecrets. I've been playing with The Story Oracle Cards I got at Spell Books. It's eerie how you have this vague idea of what you want to write about and then draw the perfect cards to open the door to that #story or #poem. Chaotic scene from my desk. #amwriting
One fun thing about being a #writer and having anxiety is you imagine worst-case scenarios. Sometimes I look at my short story collection, Love and Other Monsters in the Dark, and go oh crap, those strange flash stories about monsters of all kinds, they are still way too timely. #writerlife
May 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
One fun thing about being a #writer and having anxiety is you imagine worst-case scenarios. Sometimes I look at my short story collection, Love and Other Monsters in the Dark, and go oh crap, those strange flash stories about monsters of all kinds, they are still way too timely. #writerlife
Visiting parents, was struck by the size of their friend circle. I have friends don't get me wrong but the older generation seems to have more. Looking at my phone, I wonder what we have lost in connection and imagination. Why do we worry about what phones do to our kids but not us? #storyidea
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May 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Visiting parents, was struck by the size of their friend circle. I have friends don't get me wrong but the older generation seems to have more. Looking at my phone, I wonder what we have lost in connection and imagination. Why do we worry about what phones do to our kids but not us? #storyidea
Lately, I've been coloring with some good writer friends instead of writing, as a way to recharge and to process the serious problems in the US (got my trusty adult swearing coloring book). Highly recommend. #selfcare #amnotwriting #writingcommunity
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April 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Lately, I've been coloring with some good writer friends instead of writing, as a way to recharge and to process the serious problems in the US (got my trusty adult swearing coloring book). Highly recommend. #selfcare #amnotwriting #writingcommunity