HeyJaredA Life in Pages
Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the award-winning author of many books, comics, and graphic novels. He has worked in virtually every aspect of the book business, including bookselling, editing, and publishing He lives in the desert with his family.
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The Grand Canyon (opens the original)
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I’ve written before about my love for deserts—a love enhanced and made more concrete through reading the works of writers like Wallace Stegner, Edward Abbey, and Charles Bowden, who put into words what I could only feel in my gut. Being able to meet and shake the hands of those three was a privilege that this desert rat will carry with him until he joins them in the desert of the afterlife.I love mountains, too, though I’ve spent less time in them. I visited the Rocky Mountains as a kid, and aga
A Walk in the Park (opens the original)
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From our front door to the parking lot at Chandler, AZ’s Veterans Oasis Park is 3.4 miles as the crow would drive, if the crow could reach the pedals. The park encompasses 113 acres surrounded by suburban Chandler; 78 of those acres are used for groundwater recharge and wetlands. Much of the rest is taken up by a large community fishing lake, a nature center, and shaded ramadas for picnics and events.The best part of the park, to me, is the “back country.” Off the pavement, dirt trails wind arou
The Rule of Threes (opens the original)
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Three different books. In three very different genres. Set in three very different time periods. From three different publishers.All landing in the span of three months.I’m sure this has happened to other writers, but I’ve never heard of it doing so. This year, though, it happened to me, and it’s still happening.Thanks for reading A Life in Pages! This post is public so feel free to share it.<a class="button primary" href="https://jeffreyjmariotte.substack.com/p/the-rule-of-threes?utm_sourc
Birthday Weekend (opens the original)
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Tomorrow’s my birthday (71, if you’re counting), and this weekend is too busy for a full post. Last night, the family went to Buono’s, a great pizza place/Italian restaurant here in town. I met one of the owners and the chef, both great guys. Dinner was delicious.<source typ
In the “Flesh” (opens the original)
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My Substack articles typically release on Sunday, but I’m moving this week’s up by two days because today is a very special day for me—launch day for my first significant solo novel in several years.I take all of my books seriously, of course, and do the best job on them that I can. That said, a few years back I wrote six novels for a publisher that wanted series books, wanted them fast (no more than 90 days apart) and wanted them short (around 60,000 words. It was an interesting opportunity and
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