HeyJaredIsn’t it Romantic?
Notes from my creative alter ego - an aspiring romance author, cardigan lover, and whimsy enthusiast. Sharing my journey as I work toward my dreams of being published.
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Revelations in Suburbia - Part Two (War) (opens the original)
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Hello, Dear Reader. When we last met, I began to tell you the story of a place that sprung out of the sand after a rumbling in the middle of the night. Of a gated oasis with trees too green for a desert town in the middle of nowhere. A perfect place that has no business being where it is.Truthfully, Solomon’s Cove has no business being at all.And if you were to go for a walk in perfect Solomon’s Cove, and meander down its perfect streets, you would eventually spot a large, new crack in an otherw
An Open Letter to the Man that I, a Woman, Flipped Off on the Highway This Morning (opens the original)
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Dear Sir,I know you were confused when I gave you the finger this morning. Please allow me to explain myself. You see, what happened is that your apparent visual impairment as it relates to signal lights and the imminent end of my traffic lane caused me significant aggravation when I nearly missed my exit.I’m sorry.For you, a Hyundai driving, definitely not potato faced, veritable specimen of male virility, were simply doing nothing more than picking your nose and ignoring the generally establis
Revelations in Suburbia (part one - Pestilence) (opens the original)
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Hello, my lovely Romantics!I wrote this a little while ago for a prompt on another writing site and it’s sort of languished in my laptop ever since. Which is a shame, because it’s an idea that I sort of love? It’s a short story - but I feel like it reads better split up into parts, so that’s how I’m sharing it. Is it conceited to say I think some of you might like it? Have I just doomed this post to algorithm hell? I hope not. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcd
Sorry I'm late, I got bit by an energy vampire... (opens the original)
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Hello Romantics, What was intended to be a short break from posting in the fall of last year has morphed into something much longer than I’ve wanted.I’ve struggled to find the right spot to come back to substack with, and it has felt very overwhelming. I miss posting and want to get over this, so I’m ripping off the band aid and putting my arse back out there. This post is much more of an overshare and ramble than I would normally do, but I think maybe also it might be a little bit cathartic to
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