HeyJaredThe Long Pause
A newsletter about being creative, being stuck, and what to do about it.
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CREEPY POEM OCTOBER (opens the original)
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I’m coming at you today from my garden where my cat is trying to murder some small beast in the undergrowth, and I’m so excited to announce…🕷️CREEPY POEM OCTOBER!🕷️All month I will be sharing my most unsettling poems as a way to celebrate the season with you, and to prep for a really exciting invitation I want to extend to all the creatives out there who are inspired by writing or poems or who use text in their work— anyone, really!Why?Well, two of my books are now out of print, which is a huge
Ass in Chair Collective // October 2026 (opens the original)
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Press Play ▶️ An interview with Davin Malasarn (opens the original)
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What have we learned from our shamelessness? (opens the original)
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Okay, so, if you’ve been here for more than a week, you know I joined forces with some other Writer Ladies TM to share conversations about what it means to promote your own work and own your professional chops and alllll the feelings associated with that because all you really wanted was to make books, but now, like, you have to ALSO tell people to buy them? What? Be More Shameless was so fun, and I think we learned a lot from the writers who share
Ass in Chair Collective // September 2026 (opens the original)
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Hi friends! It’s September again—the cricket song is on blast, the humidity’s melting our clothes into our bodies, and our calendars feel like someone just turned the treadmill up to a steep climb while sprinting.But guess what? It’s also time for the Ass in Chair Collective to jump off that treadmill and steal time for our creative work! We’re kicking off September’s AIC meet-ups on Labor Day, which gives you the perfect excuse to sneak away with your pretzel jello salad and dive into your crea
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