HeyJaredThe Sword & Pen
Insights, Stories, and more from a Retired Marine, Full-time student, Extra-time Dad, and Always-time Husband. Semper Fidelis!
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- Sep 21, 2026
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- Sep 10, 2026
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A Final Livestream Author Reading Before the Novel's Official Release Date (opens the original)
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If finding tech issues was an investment strategy, well, let me tell you, my portfolio would be diversified. Still, this was a successful recording all in all. Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live reading and Q&A that followed. The novel is officially released tomorrow, so this all sorted itself out just in time to not be a lie. A Final Livestream Author Reading Before the Novel’s Official Release Date…Just barely, but before. I hoe y’all will stick around for the adventure that awaits,
A New Excerpt, Live Reading, and Q&A from Novelist, J. Aaron Courts (opens the original)
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Thank you , , and many others for tuning into my live video! I want to apologize up front for the silly audio issue in the FIRST ELEVEN MINUTES of this dadgum recording! SMH. Seriously, the machines were scoring some points against me yesterday. Skip to around the 12-minute mark and that’s where things kick off. Again, apologies for that. I will thoroughly haze myself! In this reading, I draw from a point in the novel where our protagonist is coming to terms with his mistakes as an officer of me
Wine Time: A Fine Art Podcast (opens the original)
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Join me and my guest in discussion about fine art in all its many forms.Kick back, enjoy a glass of wine (or whatever beverage wets the whistle—we’re not operating under the strictest rules around here—and some fine art.I hope you’ll come back and enjoy Wine Time with me.Semper Fidelis,J. Aaron Courts
An Author Reading from the Debut Novel, Refusal to Obey: A Novel of the Massacre at Sand Creek. (opens the original)
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Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! This was a fun, first virtual reading of an excerpt from my debut novel, Refusal to Obey: A Massacre at Sand Creek, which officially releases from Pane Books on September 21st, 2026. There are about 10 minutes of chatting with folks as they dial in, but folks interested in updates on the novel can skip to about the 10-minute mark, and those who just want the excerpt can skip to about 15. My feelings certainly won’t be hurt. I hope those who tun
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