HeyJaredAppalachia Adjacent
Welcome to Appalachia Adjacent. Here, you will find a monthly, hopefully entertaining, look at the place where my life and creative process intersect.
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Writing with Coke-Induced Fervor (opens the original)
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My email signature includes the line, “Write Drunk, Edit Sober,” a bit of advice that is often misattributed to Hemingway. Although you could argue that since the man did enjoy a drink or two every now and again, he, in all likelihood, did a fair amount of intoxicated writing.Those words are there at the bottom of my emails because, in principle, I find the whole writing drunk and editing sober thing to be solid advice. Now, I’m in no way trying to suggest you get yourself all shitfaced and bang
Old Dog Builds a Wall (opens the original)
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In March, I started work on a new project where I try my hand at other people’s passions. First up was building and painting 1/35-scale architectural facades. An idea that came when I stumbled across Martin Kovac’s YouTube video. To be completely upfront, I do have experience painting miniatures and making terrain for game tables, but not at this level of realism.After a few proof-of-concept pieces, I designed and started work on what I hoped would be my first complete project. It was a section
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