HeyJaredAnne’s Journal for Storytellers
For authors who feel caught between creativity and market demands, I provide bi-weekly reflections on the writing process, as learned through writing and by listening to storytelling voices of all ages.
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When Dystopian Plots Become Yesterday’s News (opens the original)
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Do you ever begin to suspect that your wildest fears might be survival instincts, that you are not so much succumbing to panic as embracing reality?Have you ever looked around and thought: “Yes, that could happen here. We might blast one another out of existence, annihilate our species, blow the earth into a trace of dust drifting around an uncaring sun…”? Do you ever begin to suspect that your wildest fears might be survival instincts, that you are not so much succumbing to panic as embracing r
On the Weaponization of Book Reviews (opens the original)
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Reviews are no longer merely analyses of our work; we are entering a new era in which they have become the vehicles of marketers. As writers, we both long for and dread reviews. Those stars and those words can lift our spirits or send them plummeting to the depths. Personally, I would not mind a one-star review that was well-reasoned and cited specific shortcomings in my prose. It is cheaper than hiring an editor. The last one-star review I received, though, declared my book boring, and then pro
Small Town Storytelling and Points of View (opens the original)
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We are governed by multiple points of view. And as everybody knows, that’s how you get the real story: You pull together all the versions and select the most likely details, and that becomes your story. Amazingly, some people claim small town status when they come from small cities. I hail from a community of 200. Well, to be fair, when I was growing up there were probably several hundred, possibly five! This heritage gives us unique status as storytellers.<div class="subscrip
Anne’s Market Day (opens the original)
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This item was first published on my website August 14, 2024, shortly after Kit Marlowe joined our family. It is reprinted here, in its unedited glory, as I can only spend a few minutes on screens at this time (I am extra-sensitive to light right now following second cataract surgery, and things are still blurry), and it harks back to simpler marketing days. Do you remember Tom, Betty, and Susan? Or perhaps you learned to read with Dick and Jane. Be sure to share your stories in the comments—abou
Grassroots Marketing Involves a Dog (opens the original)
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Dear AI Marketer,I am sorry you did not take my last blog in the playful spirit intended. I do realize that you have outstanding credentials and have brought many other unknown authors to hundreds of reviews. I am excited to think that those same hundreds will be copying and pasting generic remarks under my title.You know what? I am going to celebrate my obscurity and the friends and followers who do read my books. My marketing will continue to include outdoors—and dogs! Two Bridges Marketing ge
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