HeyJaredHope Stories
A recovered anorexic who became a writer and now wants to share Hope Stories. Because her life is an example of hope in the darkness.
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My Cozy Fall Reading List (opens the original)
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I’m in denial. It cant already be approaching fall, right? Right?! But alas, the calendar is strangely already at September.I have a love/hate relationship with fall. It’s beautiful and crisp, but it also means winter is coming. (Winter is HARD for me.) This fall is also scheduled to be jam packed because, surprise . . . we’re moving to Tennessee. Sooooo, maybe winter won’t be as hard this year? According to Google the coldest month in Tennessee is January and it still gets to 48 during the day!
On Publishing a Trilogy, a Pandemic, Two Babies, and the Reality of Self-Publishing (opens the original)
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I had a feeling I would lose my job. Circa 2020. A strange illness was sweeping the world. I’d already stocked up on toilet paper. There were rumblings in the news. I had a feeling my data processing job was on the chopping block. It was, but after the shock wore off I was . . . thrilled. I know, a strange reaction, but I wasn’t a fan of data processing and there was a novel idea burning a hole in my brain. My fingers itched to get it on paper. So, I did. I wrote and wrote. I wrote until I got p
5 Reasons You Should Never Read My Books (opens the original)
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Happy summer friends, Fun fact: I love sailing my 13’ Sunfish sailboat on Lake Michigan in the summer. This year I have been daydreaming about the pirate and mermaid fantasy I’ve started writing as I sail. There’s something special about listening to the waves lap against the hull and fighting gusts of wind on the line as I imagine scenes from my new book. But before I get ahead of myself, we should talk about my Ghost Mountain trilogy. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://
The Difference Between Spice and Smut (opens the original)
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5 Reminders for the Girl Who Feels Unloved, Unworthy, or Not Good Enough (opens the original)
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