HeyJaredRachel S. Donahue
I'm a writer of poetry and sundry other things, a designer and occasional photographer, and the Chief Creative Officer of Bandersnatch Books. (I love my title!)
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My Novel, and Where to Find It (opens the original)
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Today’s the day, folks! After nearly ten years of work and many weeks of angst, the time has come for me to introduce you to Layla.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="484.375" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5nJs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_aut
That Other Thing I've Been Working On (opens the original)
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I have written a novel.Gosh, even writing that sentence makes me squirm.It’s true, though. I have written a novel-length manuscript. All this time that I’ve been writing and publishing poetry, and editing and publishing other people’s books, I’ve also been slowly working on a novel. In fits and spurts, really. Mostly middle-of-the-night scenes and a few days-long writing retreats, with huge swaths of time in between.It’s still a work in progress.If it weren’t for my writer friends, I don’t know
Good News (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedGood News is like that perfect cup of jasmine green tea, the one with the heady aroma that lingers long after the drink, filling your senses with sudden blooms of fragrance, lacing unsavory moments with unexpected joy.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1609016617751-e80552ae6ec2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlY
Angsty Interrogatives (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedBombs drop at strange angles from the sky and we have eyes to see, but can't believe, and ears to hear, but which are lies? And what is true reality? Even the discerning have trouble determining. The physics aren't right, or look at those lines... But what of the children who can't recognize what the physics should be in the real world where we live. Is there an alternative? We knew that this was coming, but now how soon. Ho
Calling All Poets (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published"Answer the Call!" the billboard said to EMTs and Paramedics of the future. Good for them, I thought. Worthy vocations. But where, I wondered, is the billboard for the poets?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1718361482637-754b67950018?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw3MXx8YmlsbGJvYXJkJTIwZW10fGVufDB8fHx
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