HeyJaredDiary of an Aspiring Author
This Substack is mostly my musings about life and the world around me as a trans man currently situated in rural Ohio. I also talk about the process of writing my debut political fantasy novel and completing my MFA.
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So Do I (opens the original)
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The Woman Behind the Crown (opens the original)
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The Man I Want to Be (opens the original)
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Three Years (opens the original)
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The Writer’s Margins: August 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi!Welcome to The Writer’s Margins, I’m so glad you’re here!First off, I wanted to say thank you so much for subscribing. It truly means the world to me. 15-year-old me couldn’t have imagined I’d one day be publishing my writing on the internet under my actual name.Since this is the first issue, I wanted to give you a quick idea of what you can expect from The Writer’s Margins going forward. Each month, I’ll check in from four different corners of my writing life: what I’m reading, what I’m lear
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