I write essays, humor, CNF. Memoir MOTION DAZZLE (9/2025): a birth, a death, figure skating, and zebras. MFA, Pushcart nom. Words in: The Offing, HAD, Colorado Review, Litro Mag, Belladonna, NYT, Slate, WIRED. https://www.jocelynjanecox.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3mllb55vut22oOn Mon 5/18, (7pm ET) I’ll be sharing my TOP 10 Book Launch Spreadsheets in a free online session with Prose Playground: what I put on the sheets, how I got the tasks done, and some launching nitty gritty, too. Pls join if you are launching soon or hope to be launching one day in the future. 💛 https://www.proseplayground.com/c/events-classes/free-event-the-ten-spreadsheets-everything-you-need-to-know-to-launch-your-book11 May 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllb55vut22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3ml4idwaupk23It's weird: I listen to music all day but sometimes I forget to seek out new music. I forget how a new song or a new playlist can lift you up and completely change your mood or your day.05 May 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4idwaupk23https://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3mknq3hqrjk2bSo I guess I'm "all my doctors I've had for a long time are retiring" years old.29 Apr 2026 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknq3hqrjk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3mkkrr7v2mk2fAI reminds me of those cell phone towers attempting to look like trees. Like: we see you and it's not working.28 Apr 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkrr7v2mk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3mki7m2ymik2aWant to expand your nonfiction horizons? Or just learn more about the different subsets in the genre? In this two-hour online class I’ll be breaking down the differences (and similarities!) between memoir, essays/personal essays, & creative nonfiction/CNF. https://www.writerscenter.org/event-details/the-difference-between-essays-creative-nonfiction-memoir-with-jocelyn-jane-cox-zoom27 Apr 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki7m2ymik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3m2apmaivc226But I don’t want to wear a weighted vest02 Oct 2025 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2apmaivc226https://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3m22oiyyja22sPub Day! If you want to know how I’m doing, I just tried to refill my coffee by turning on the kitchen sink.30 Sep 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22oiyyja22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lzszleus6s24Thank you!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Sep 2025 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzszleus6s24https://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lzqrv7ogxc22Get yourself a friend who will chat with you on the phone on the way to a coffee shop where you’re meeting up to chat some more.26 Sep 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqrv7ogxc22https://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lxkodapxa22gIt's not that Bruce Willis' wife Emma hired full time care for him in a separate space (they have the means to do this); it's that ALL caregivers in this country should have the access to professional help in a safe environment when the health needs escalate beyond a manageable capacity.29 Aug 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkodapxa22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lxhjwoa6cc27The freedom for so many people to have so many guns with so few regulations sure is making me feel unsafe.28 Aug 2025 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhjwoa6cc27https://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lwa6jlj74s25Have skort, will travel. (To a coffee shop.) To write. (In my financial spreadsheet.)12 Aug 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwa6jlj74s25https://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lvk5xxlidc2xMotion Dazzle: Here are some scenes, some moments, some stripes of my memoir…04 Aug 2025 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvk5xxlidc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lvgvay5l322eI don’t want a ballroom. I want, among other things, PBS, clean water, and for other countries to not loathe us.02 Aug 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvgvay5l322ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lvgkypq2qs2vAn app, but to track all the books you’ve pre-ordered from various booksellers. Which ones? From where? When arriving?02 Aug 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvgkypq2qs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lulslyhwrc25I was feeling pretty good during the audiobook recording of my memoir until I came to two lines I needed to…sing.23 Jul 2025 00:53 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lulslyhwrc25https://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3luizz4z4y22jmy legs they are dotted with mosquito bites21 Jul 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3luizz4z4y22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3ludfquvn2c2jGod give me the strength to stop doing things the most inefficient way possible.19 Jul 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ludfquvn2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jocelynjanecox.bsky.social/post/3lu3gtpl6rk26COVER REVEAL! Tah Dah! 

Motion Dazzle, my memoir about caregiving, dementia, finding love, the “sandwich generation” and new motherhood, with a figure skating backdrop and zebras galloping throughout comes out 9/30/25 from @vine_leaves_press . ✨ I am so grateful for this design. 💛16 Jul 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:ajgryaskvib2cdybaftrzk6e/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3gtpl6rk26