HeyJaredTales from the Ornery Dragon
Recovering faculty member turned fiction writer sharing bits of my hoard.
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Sudden Moves (opens the original)
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After some discussions at P-Con this past weekend (more on that later), I’m going to be working to make these prompt responses into their own short stories, or the beginnings of a novel. This week we head back to the Dragon’s Tale Pub and Xander. This snippet/scene popped into my head and I think it makes a good beginning (maybe) to the novel. Please let me know what you think.******<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!93ZM!,f_auto,q_auto:goo
Station on the Edge is live! (opens the original)
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Station on the Edge, book one of my new series Rebellion’s Edge is now live! Whoo-hoo! The cover was done by the amazingly talented Cedar Sanderson and all mistakes, typos, pacing errors, horrible prose inside are all mine! Please let me know what you think!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ViMa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2c675d87-b1e3-4b62-8ae8-4d8808f041
P-Con 2026 (opens the original)
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The Ex-Fil (opens the original)
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Sunday Gardening (opens the original)
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So yesterday went a bit sideways for us. I did at least manage to check on the garden in the morning and I can report that everyone is hanging in. The lacinato kale is holding its own and hopefully will take off once the weather actually cool down a bit. The Thai basil is still going strong, like really strong. I’m pleased and surprised at that.The regular basil and parsley are hanging on; we’re still getting leaves from them. And of course the rosemary and sage are chugging along. I really do l
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