https://jennifer-willis.com writer. editor. introvert. friend. Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:16:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://jennifer-willis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/cropped-WillisLogo9-1-32x32.png https://jennifer-willis.com 32 32 57923016 https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/08/you-never-forget-your-first/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-never-forget-your-first https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/08/you-never-forget-your-first/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:16:53 +0000 https://jennifer-willis.com/?p=6035 You’d think I’d remember the exact publication date of my very first novel. I don’t. To be fair, there was a lot going on in the world at the time — especially immediately following — so I forgive myself for not knowing precisely when this anniversary falls. But it was 25 years ago, in late...]]> https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/08/you-never-forget-your-first/feed/ 0 6035 https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/02/why-starbright-is-on-patreon-and-my-website-and-not-substack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-starbright-is-on-patreon-and-my-website-and-not-substack https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/02/why-starbright-is-on-patreon-and-my-website-and-not-substack/#respond Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:45:15 +0000 http://jennifer-willis.com/?p=5595 My Starbright newsletter — on the intersection of astronomy and disability, or “musings of a disabled stargazer,” if you will — would have launched almost a full year earlier if I hadn’t wrestled so long with which publication platform to choose. Everyone is on Substack, and the gravitational pull of that platform is strong. Some...]]> https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/02/why-starbright-is-on-patreon-and-my-website-and-not-substack/feed/ 0 5595 https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/02/lunar-halo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lunar-halo https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/02/lunar-halo/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:32:38 +0000 http://jennifer-willis.com/?p=5588 This past weekend, I saw a lunar halo for the first time. Apparently this phenomenon, also called a Moon ring or a 22° halo, isn’t uncommon. The effect is caused by the Moon’s light being refracted by ice crystals in the atmosphere. It looked especially cool with Jupiter appearing visually within the halo with the...]]> https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/02/lunar-halo/feed/ 0 5588 https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/01/sunset-12-january-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sunset-12-january-2026 https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/01/sunset-12-january-2026/#respond Tue, 13 Jan 2026 01:10:18 +0000 http://jennifer-willis.com/?p=5542 Taken from our driveway. Enjoy.]]> https://jennifer-willis.com/2026/01/sunset-12-january-2026/feed/ 0 5542 https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/new-year-new-resolutions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-year-new-resolutions https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/new-year-new-resolutions/#respond Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:33:57 +0000 http://jennifer-willis.com/?p=5537 I don’t set New Year’s resolutions. It’s too easy to get amped up for a really big goal, with effort beginning on the 1st of January, and then all that momentum peters out sometimes within only a few days, or a couple of weeks at most. I tried setting a New Year’s resolution a few...]]> https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/new-year-new-resolutions/feed/ 0 5537 https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/2025-awards-eligibility-post/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2025-awards-eligibility-post https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/2025-awards-eligibility-post/#respond Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:19:33 +0000 http://jennifer-willis.com/?p=5516 Each year when it comes time to put together my eligibility round-up, I feel a mixture of satisfaction and impostor syndrome. I’m grateful that I continue to have the opportunity to do this work, even more so that other people seem to like it. For 2025, my eligible works include the fifth title in my...]]> https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/2025-awards-eligibility-post/feed/ 0 5516 https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/enough-for-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=enough-for-now https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/enough-for-now/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:01:22 +0000 http://jennifer-willis.com/?p=5510 Each year, December comes like the relief at the end of a long exhale. I don’t give myself the entire month off, though I wish I could. Instead, I’m careful to schedule as little as possible so that I can rest and relax at the end of the year, and as I plan for what...]]> https://jennifer-willis.com/2025/12/enough-for-now/feed/ 0 5510