HeyJaredInk Trails: A Chronicle in Creativity
I'm a writer (podcaster and docfilm maker too!) writing about the mysteries in my own family to crack open conversations about where we come from, how the past defines us, and what we do. Ink Trails is where I share bits and pieces of my creative life.
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Are Docfilm Fans Readers Too? (opens the original)
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In late July the New York Times published an article about the viral trend of TikTok and Instagram users imagining moments from their lives that might lead to dramatic sit-down interviews for a documentary film [gift link: Ready for Your Netflix Documentary? ] As someone who loves watching docfilms1, made a documentary (see Chasing Portraits
Typewriter Q & A Postcard Project. #9, #10, and #11 (opens the original)
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I started the Typewriter Q & A Postcard Project back in July 2025. Originally I posted the postcards in their own edition of my Ink Trails newsletter. Later it seemed wiser to incorporate each postcard into my regular newsletter editions. All of which is to say…. if the last edition you read was number 8, here are numbers 9, 10, and 11:Nine:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!if8o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubsta
I'S B[ee]N busy (opens the original)
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My forthcoming novel, Fern Court Fiasco (about a terrible, horrible, no-good-landlord, a burst water pipe, and the chaos that ensued), has ISBN numbers! Yes, plural, because books need an International Standard Book Number for every version of the book.1 As if that isn’t enough numbers, my book now also has a Preassigned Control Number from the Library of Congress. And… as long as we are talking numbers… you might be intrigued to
The Art of Book Design (opens the original)
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A book’s genre plays a large (perhaps too large?) role in cover design. Whether we like it or not, the fact is that it acts as a visual contract with potential readers, promising a certain kind of story. You know….sleek, futuristic aesthetics for science fiction, dragons and magical glowing things for fantasy, dark alleyways and shadowy figures for thrillers. I mean, you get it, right? Let’s give you a chance to fill in the blank…I say romance, you say: _________. You think you might not know mu
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