Jessi Waugh

About Jessi Waugh

Jessi Waugh writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She has a little of each published, and she continues to work on a historical novel set in the 1920s along with a murder mystery. Get to know Jessi better at her author website and blog, Jessi Waugh Writer.

Skydiving for Authors

By |2024-03-04T11:40:27-05:00March 4th, 2024|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: |

My first time, I was so afraid. I stood with legs shaking; the view before me made my heart pound. It’s perfectly safe, I told myself. It will be over soon. It was a Carteret Writers Member who pushed me over the edge, and then there I was, free-falling into the unknown. You’ll never forget

Favorite Banned Books

By |2023-09-26T11:41:36-04:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , |

Banned Books Week is October 1st – 7th this year, and Carteret Writers wanted to honor this event. Here is how I imagine the conversation going: “I don’t want to do the banned books post. I’ll say something offensive and get in trouble.” “Yeah, me too. It’s too controversial. It’s certain career death for whoever

Literary Chocolates

By |2023-08-26T18:13:59-04:00August 8th, 2023|Categories: Non-Fiction|Tags: , , , , , , |

The movie Forrest Gump was released almost thirty years ago today. Is it still too soon to use the “box of chocolates” metaphor? For the sake of this post, I hope not. Imagine it’s Valentine's Day, and you’ve received a box of assorted chocolates (someone loves you!) – with coconut cremes, bon bons, almond clusters,

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