HeyJaredThe Tainted Gardens
At some point, this garden began to sprout thorns, thick and sharp as knives. Biting back when greedy hands want to take too much. The stories are here for those who treat the garden kindly. But be careful or you may loose yourself in the thorn wood.
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Rivendicare (Part 2) (opens the original)
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Rivendicare (Part One) (opens the original)
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Murder in the Mansion (opens the original)
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I’m hosting a Writer's Retreat and it’s FREE (opens the original)
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Ever heard about a writer’s retreat, set in a beautiful cottage in the country side or an old Tuscany castle, where you meet up with fellow writers and enjoy a whole week of unbridled writing?I’ve always wanted to go on one of those and I’m sure so have you.Unfortunately, they are ungodly expensive.Cue, the stay-at-home version.Some of you may have seen my post about doing my own Stay-at-Home Writer’s Retreat. Well, I tested it the past weekend. Here’s my experience.The Plan<a cla
Losing My Face (opens the original)
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It happened on a quiet day in 2025. Something in me tilted that day.All I’d ever dreamed of was to be a story teller. I have tried many different ways in the pursuit of fulfilling this dream, but nothing ever stuck like writing.Yet, if I wanted to be a writer, consensus was that I had to also be a public person on at least one of the larger social media platforms. Better still if I were present on multiple.I work in marketing. This is what I do daily, I told myself. How hard can it be?I guess it
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