HeyJaredLeanne by the Sea
A publication with a sense of place: the grit, the grace, and the grind of living, reading, and writing in California.
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Two Truths and a Lie (opens the original)
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I’m going to share two truths and a lie about something I once wrote. It’s a personal essay called “Slipstreamed,” so it’s in the vein of memoir. If you don’t want spoilers, I recommend reading the essay first and then coming back to finish this article.Truth #1: I Told the Truth, Even Though It Hurt.I wrote a scene in “Slipstreamed” where I was talking with a boy I liked a great deal. We were at a house party, and he invited me out back to smoke a joint with him. When I write person
Book Tour Training (opens the original)
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I have lots of travel and other goals on my bucket list, but the very first item on my bucket list is this: “Live long enough to meet my great-grandkids and to see Louise [my youngest grandchild] graduate high school.” This means I need to hang in there until at least the first week of June of 2039.I’ve been especially inspired lately by my middle child, my son Robert, who is also a writer. I’ve written about my son before. He was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis several years ago. The hardship
Episode 3 of Origin Story is Coming with Author Lesley Miles! (opens the original)
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Please join me on Tuesday, October 6th, at 12 pm noon Pacific Time, for the next episode of Origin Story: Writers & the Places They’re From, my new Substack livestream conversation series.My guest will be author Lesley Miles, the author of the memoir All Things Hidden: A Witness to Paradise Lost. In 1977, when she was 21 years old, Lesley traveled to a jungle in a remote region of Guatemala. Her dream was to teach organic gardening to M
AMA with Leanne Phillips & Brenna Humphreys (opens the original)
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Thank you to everyone who showed up for our AMA yesterday. We loved your questions! Here is the recording for those who missed it. Brenna and I spent the hour talking about things like the importance of place in our writing, how to hire a professional audiobook narrator, what to know if you plan to record your own audiobook, and what a writer can do to help a professional audiobook narrator make their audiobook the best it can be. Brenna shared a few of her favorite audiobooks with our guests an
Ask Us Anything! (opens the original)
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Reminder: Please join host Leanne Phillips and guest Brenna Humphreys for our first ever Ask Me Anything (AMA), tomorrow, Thursday, September 17th, at 12 pm noon Pacific Time.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="630" src="https://substackcdn.co
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