Jessica / Jessie
Jessica / Jessie Winterspring is a time travel romance fanatic who loves writing fiction about ordinary people with extraordinary experiences. She blogs music inspired stories, poems, micro-fictions, moments in life. She enjoy spending time outdoors, adore animals and traveling with her family. She like anything unusual and fun. CLICK HERE to read more about her or CLICK HERE to view her books
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Betrayal, Regret, and Moving Forward
Have you ever had someone inspire a character in your work, only to realize later that they didn’t deserve the kindness you gave them in your writing? As a writer,…
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When Fiction Crosses a Terrifying Line
There’s something surreal about creating stories that mix history, romance, and the thrill of mystery—seeing them connect with readers feels magical. But this morning, my world blurred uncomfortably between fiction…
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Walking Through Time: How Beniardá Inspired My Time Travel Romance
As an author, inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. For me, the quiet beauty and timeless charm of a small village nestled in the mountains of Spain—Beniardá—became the…
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Indie Author’s Dilemma: Choosing the Perfect Book Cover
I thought my book cover was polished and ready to face the world after years of hard work. But no. After submitting it to BookSirens, a website that helps authors…
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The Unexpected Challenge of Designing My Latest Book Cover 📚
When I first self-published my Filipino book back in 2013, after eight years of sharing stories online, creating book covers came easily to me—partly thanks to working as a designer’s…
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📚 Win a Fabulous Bookish-Themed Gift Basket! 🎉😆
I shared this news with my newsletter subscribers five days ago. Then I thought good news should be spread out further. So here I am, posting this on my relatively…
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[Book Review] The Stand-In by Lily Chu
May is AANHPI Heritage Month, so I decided to read many Asian works. I’d really love to feature an indie book, to be honest, but I settled for “The Stand-In”…
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It’s a crappy crappy time
First, thank you for reading my blog. Sorry to those I ghosted after my last post. You commented but I didn’t respond. What can I say? Life happens and it’s…
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A horrible restart or just a dying blog?
I read a goodbye post from Rob, at Friends Without Border, a week ago, and it still pops in my head now and then. The post hit me hard. Rob…
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April Fool’s Girl
This was supposed to be an April fools day post, but my day and night got twisted so I missed my chance. But I really want to share this poem,…
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Micro Moments: First micro-fiction of the year
Inspiration just seems to be nowhere to be found lately. Back when I was just started writing fiction, I surprise my group (now disbanded and also nowhere to be found)…
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You First. Others comes next.
I hit rock bottom yesterday… it’s probably one of those Sunday blues things. I snapped at my husband and disappointed my son—who wanted to spend family time outside. I could…
