HeyJaredSouthern Writers Guild
We are the Southern Writers’ Guild: a deliberate assembly of stubborn scribes—poets, novelists, essayists, playwrights, songwriters—who stake our claim on this tangled South, by blood or by choice or by some inexplicable pull that won’t let go.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Jul 27, 2026
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Judaculla Rock (opens the original)
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Ole Dually Girl ~ Part Two (opens the original)
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This is Part Two, of the origin of Ole Dually Girl. You can read Part One here, if ya need to catch up. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MWK5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab9472d5-40af-42f6-bb6e-d234d2fff627_1419x1109.png" target=
Ole Dually Girl ~ Part One (opens the original)
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Reading A Peacock’s True Colors (opens the original)
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“You know that pastrami expired last week, right? And the mustard died in 2023.”“I’m really quite happy that you got your new sparkly readers, Grace.”“Oh, me too! It’s like a new lease on life.”“For all of us.” Beau continued to spread mustard on his pastrami sandwich.“Beau, did you know that somebody carved ‘Hank cheats at Solitaire’ into the bottom of this lamp table—in teeny tiny script?”Beau stopped chewing. “Uhm, why are you looking at
What's Really Real? (opens the original)
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When a pseudonym isn’t just a pen name.It’s been over a year since I published, A Girl With No Name, on my blog. And since then I’ve gained a lot more insight on what it means to write under a pen name. I myself have self-published my first book under a pseudonym. Some of my closest friends live entirely as a pen name online. My business partner and fellow Southern Writers Guild founding member Grace is one of them.Musicians are doing it as well. My new favorites include a <a href="https://canar
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