HeyJaredBeyond the Books
Welcome! As a former travel writer turned novelist, you can expect my insights into the writing and publishing process, a peek into my homesteading life in rural Western Massachusetts, and plenty of what inspires me in the day-to-day.
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To be a good writer, you must be a reader (opens the original)
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I believe this deeply, and I don’t know a single writer who disagrees. I’m in-between drafts of my WIP right now, awaiting agent notes, so I’ve been consuming books like crazy.In the past three weeks or so, I’ve devoured KIN by Tayari Jones, THE CALAMITY CLUB by Katheryn Stockett, MAD MABEL by Sally Hepworth, LISTEN FOR THE LIE by Amy Tintera, and am now just starting THE PIRATE QUEEN by Ariel Lawhon. I enjoyed them all for different reasons (these titles are VERY different from one another), an
I’ve become a crazy murder board lady (opens the original)
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Nine drafts into my fourth novel, this is what I’ve come to:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1940" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wKVu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaw
When 'good' isn't good enough (opens the original)
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I used to call my debut novel, The Wild Between Us, ‘The Novel that Won’t Die’ because I simply refused to let it. The process of getting it from first draft to published took over ten years, and yes, I took breaks, and I shoved it in a drawer more than once, but every time I took it back out again, I felt invigorated to make it better. And bit by bit, it was. Eventually, it was as good as I could make it.Now I’m working on what I hope will be my fourth book, and I think I’ll call this one, ‘The
60+ book giveaway! Today only! (opens the original)
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I’m still in the midst of major revisions, but I’m poking my head out of my hidey-hole to let you all know about a sapphic book giveaway happening today, July 15th. Find out more here. I’m giving away a paperback copy of Now That I Know You By Heart, and there are an additional 59 books you could win, plus 25 free ebooks everyone can download. Oh, and there are Amazon gift cards as well as KU and Audible memberships and Libro.FM credits. As a special prize, one Aussie reader will wi
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