Author : Jill Zeller
Author of numerous novels and short stories, Jill Zeller is a Left Coast writer, 2nd generation Californian, retired registered nurse, and obsessed gardener. She lives in Oregon with her patient husband, 2 silly English mastiffs and 2 rescue cats—the silliest of all.
Robot for President
Jill Zeller
May 18, 2023
I wrote this blog in November 2017. It’s interesting how my predictions were all wrong. Welcome, A.I., to the world. Could a computer run the
The Contemplative Life
Jill Zeller
May 4, 2023
Originally published April 2020 I have a thing for fiction about nuns. And a quiet admiration mixed with puzzlement. I can only imagine the shape
From Hospital to Clarion
Jill Zeller
April 20, 2023
Originally published April 2019 I’m packing. Retirement is coming up fast. Someone asked me, “How do you feel about retiring?” and I answered, “I don’t
Dodged That Bullet
Jill Zeller
April 16, 2023
Originally published September 2020 Today it’s a two-dog, one-cat writing space. Outside blessedly cool coastal clouds ward off, with magical signage, the 90-plus days before
Filing a Story from Exile Land
Jill Zeller
April 6, 2023
Originally published May 2020 I’ve been trying to pull stories out of my brain that have nothing to do with the Plague, but the sad
The Difficulties of Genre
Jill Zeller
March 30, 2023
Originally published August 2018 I have a habit of starting out essays and blogs—maybe these are the same things—with a definition. So here it is:
More Noise Please
Jill Zeller
March 19, 2023
Originally published June, 2019, Tukwila, Washington It’s the color of chocolate milk, with a glint of pale green, like mint streaks in the chocolate. On
Writing about the Future
Jill Zeller
March 15, 2023
Originally published November 2018 The subject of my current project is social fantasy. It’s not a nice fantasy, but it will have, if not a
Early Twentieth Century Illustrators: Classic Favorites
Jill Zeller
March 5, 2023
Originally published September 2022 It all started with Aubrey Beardsley, (1872 – 1898, England) in early studies when I thought I wanted to be an
A Couch for a Cat
Jill Zeller
February 26, 2023
Originally published February 2020 Today we brought home a new couch from Ikea. It’s one of those pert little foldout day bed types, ridiculously easy
Catching Change
Jill Zeller
February 16, 2023
Originally published September, 2018 The local radio station in Seattle is playing in rotation a song called “Gold Rush”. While the band, Death Cab for
