HeyJaredUntil We Have Faces
Author of three books of fiction and editor of Story, sharing personal thoughts on writing, editing, publishing, and the creative life.
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One Legal Pad Down, Hundreds to Go (opens the original)
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First and foremost, thank you for all the kind messages, texts, and phone calls after the last newsletter. It means a lot to me. I know I haven’t replied to everyone, but I will (try to!) in time. Way too many of us have disappointing fathers, you know?As usual, once I send a newsletter, I think, boy I need to send those more often, and then of course take six months to write again. But, I have been focused on working on the new novel, and while I do not have a Big Breakthrough to report, I have
The Call is Coming from Inside the House (opens the original)
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Last Monday, I received a phone call from an unknown 502 number.Hi, this is message is for Michael Nye. My name is Rachel. I’m a social worker at Norton downtown, calling regarding a William Nye. If you could give me a call …My first thought was that my father was dead.I haven’t spoken to my father in about fifteen years, and I haven’t seen him in about thirty. The last time I saw him was when he was still an inmate at the Chillicothe Correctional Facility, which is in south-central Ohio.I retur
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