HeyJaredFeral Kat Mews
Thoughts that don’t behave well in small talk—musings about life, loss, cats, aging, women’s rights, road life, grocery stores, love, irritation, and other random things.
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Yours in the Word (opens the original)
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Writing a book can feel intensely private. And, at first, it is. For months, sometimes years, you live with a story in your head and on the page. You know its characters, its rhythms, its fragile places. But eventually, you have to do the thing every writer both longs for . . . and also dreads. You have to let other people read it.In this, your coming out stage, a critique group can be invaluable. In a good one, members will help keep you from embarrassing yourself in public, yes—but they also d
Your Next Fantasy Read Might Be Here (opens the original)
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Indie fantasy to discoverI’m taking part in Indie Fantasy Kindle Unlimited, a group promotion presented by Dark Crow Books and featuring fantasy titles from independent authors across the genre.One of the pleasures of these group promotions is stumbling across books I might never have found otherwise—different worlds, different voices, and very different flavors of fantasy, all gathered in one place.If you’re a Kindle Unlimited reader looking for your next fantasy book, you can browse the collec
It Isn’t About You (opens the original)
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Loss has a way of rearranging everything. It makes old wounds louder, new losses sharper, and leaves you newly conscious of how precarious the people we love can feel. It changes the architecture of your life in ways most people can’t see.The rooms look the same. The calendar keeps moving. You keep moving too. And yet, somewhere inside you, the furniture has all been overturned—possibly even broken.That may be one of the strangest things about grief: how much ordinary life continues to require o
Stories in Stereo (opens the original)
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Stories for your earsI’m taking part in Stories in Stereo, an audiobook promotion organized by Heather D. Glidewell and featuring work from a group of indie authors across fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror, and more.I’m honored to be included. One of the pleasures of these group promotions is discovering books—and voices—I might never have stumbled across otherwise.If you’re looking for something new to listen to, you can browse the collection here:<a class="button primary button-wrapper
Holding On While Letting Go (opens the original)
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My friend is dying.There. I said it. I hate the sentence. Not because it isn’t true, but because there’s something so final about putting those words together. As if saying them aloud somehow makes death more efficient.I mean, we’re all dying. Some of us are just doing it faster than others. But when the diagnosis is confirmed, when it enters the room unblinking and unrelenting, everything changes.And here’s the part that’s difficult to explain: she knows it, I know it, and in a strange and terr
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