HeyJaredShe Sails, Sea Tales
Adventure, travel, and the pursuit of literary dreams: a sailor-writer's journey.
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Tips for Landing a Literary Agent (opens the original)
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A month ago, I teased that I had big, writing-related news. Here it is: I’ve signed with a literary agent!After multiple rounds of revision, batches and batches of queries, several full requests, and dozens of rejections, I’ve accepted an offer of representation from Tali Shammas at Storm Literary Agency. Now that I’ve joined the ranks o
Ephemera (opens the original)
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Happy Sunday, sailors! Now that I’ve moved to Paris to become a starving artist (author), I’ve decided to reinstate paid subscriptions for my newsletter. Don’t worry, I’ll keep my travel diaries/creature features/reading recs free to all. I’ll offer paid subscribers samples of the creative work I produce over the next two years, which will include short stories, essays, and excerpts from longer pieces. ALSO, each paid subscriber will have the opportunity to commission an exclusive piece of writi
Back to School! (opens the original)
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What a whirlwind August has been! I’ve packed up my life, flown to Europe, seen a total solar eclipse for the first time, turned 30, moved into an apartment in Paris, and gone back to school. Let’s do a quick recap. Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eHQJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b66a183-6bfa
Current Location: Bilbao (opens the original)
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Hello from Spain! Last week, my parents and I traveled from Norfolk, VA to Bilbao, Spain, where we met up with my big sister. We started planning this trip more than two years ago, when my sister noticed that the total solar eclipse on August 12th passed over Spain and was only three days before my 30th birthday.As it happens, I had visited Bilbao in 2023 after earning my Dive Instructor certification in Benalmádena. (Check out my dive center here. My course director, Elishia, was fantastic.) To
Summer Reading Round-Up (opens the original)
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Forgive me for getting the jump on “summer” reading, since we’re only barely into August. On my normal schedule, I would upload this post in two weeks, but that’s my birthday week! I’ll also be in a location worth writing about. Stay tuned… In other news, I’ve completed my last (for now!) summer yachting season. After a very successful dive trip in the Florida Keys, my boat journeyed north to Washington, D.C. for the Fourth of July, and from there to <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/rhiann
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