HeyJaredOn the Lam
A Vietnamese American romance novelist and sex educator rediscovering the pleasures of life and in words
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5 Things: September 2026 Edition (opens the original)
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Do you ever sit down on the last day of the month and ask, What the hell did I even do? That’s how I felt this writing this.I flipped through my planner and whew, thankfully I’d written enough things down to jog my memory. September was a busy month because our family was settling into our back-to-school routine including afterschool activities. I spend a lot of time chauffeuring driving my progeny around.So here are the five things that captured my attention since August’s 5 Things update. (Thi
Stickers Can’t Motivate Me to Write (opens the original)
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There are still spots open for my virtual Kickstart Your Romance class at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. By the end of the 4-week class, you’ll learn the foundations of Romance writing and leave with a solid start to your novel.As a sticker hoarder lover, it feels blasphemous to even say that.At the beginning of the summer, I set a goal to finish writing
The Least Important Element of Writing a Sex Scene (opens the original)
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Before I jump into my hot take about writing sex scenes:Grubstreet has generously offered an exclusive discount off my Romance Novel Generator program for you, my lovely reader! Use code LamNovelGen to save $250 off the 6-month virtual program.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DvXO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-medi
5 Things: August 2026 Edition (opens the original)
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Lovely friends, it’s been quite the month around here. As I mentioned in my LavenderCon recap, I’ve been struggling with pain flares lasting 2-5 days at a time with maybe 3 or 4 tolerable pain days in between—if I’m lucky.Don’t worry about me too much. I’m working with my doctors to adjust my pain management and made a little bit of progress on my heist romance this past week.One thing about not being able to focus on writing or other deep work is that I’ve bee
Lavender Con Recap (opens the original)
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Whew! Now that I’ve (mostly) recovered, I can tell you about my weekend at Lavender Con as a speaker and signing author. This was my first time attending in any capacity and hopefully it won’t be my last.Lavender Con is a festival for LGBTQIA+ writers and readers and is organized by Little District Books. It was a lovely, super chill experience—if a little warm. Thank goodness for my portable peri-fan! (It’s just a regular fan.) My only other experience at a standalone book con (as opposed to on
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