HeyJaredMarginalia
A newsletter about reading, books, writing, publishing, and stumbling through feelings about the creative life.
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Make space for magic (opens the original)
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After a long summer hiatus, I’m back in this space, renewed and energized for autumn, my favorite season. And I’ve been thinking recently about the similarities between the act of writing and the act of birding. For the non-birders reading this, it’s currently fall migration, when migratory species pass through to their overwintering grounds, often traveling hundreds of thousands of miles in the course of a few days. Some migrating birds—like the Blackpoll warbler—take trips that stretch from Al
Writing a novel is like going to the dentist (opens the original)
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I’ve had tooth pain for the last four weeks. Throbbing pain that started with my bottom right molars, then seemed to spread to the top right molars and to my right jaw muscle. With regular doses of Tylenol and ibuprofen, the pain faded — only to creep, then rage, back as the OTC drugs wore off and before the next dose kicked in. At its worst, I could feel the pain in my ear. Yesterday, I finally got relief. Turns out, my crown required repeated adjustments. My naturally sensitive teeth, irritate
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