HeyJaredWriterly Ephemera
Craft talk, career truths, and semi-regular existential crises.
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on the craft of devastating readers (opens the original)
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Holy hells. Turncloak, book two in the Silvercloak Saga is out in the world this week! Since it’s mostly writers following me here on Substack, I thought I’d talk a little about the craft of building a satisfying series—how each new installment builds on the last while also having its own identity, its own distinct feel. This is something my very favourite big stories do—think of how different Two Towers feels to Fellowship, for example. That’s what I’m going for.And actually, I think IR
the twelve year publishing journey of the best book I've ever written (opens the original)
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I just made what feels like the biggest announcement of my career. not the splashiest, by any means—no NYT bestseller list, no seven-figure book deal—but the most meaningful to me personally. so much so that I’m definitely not going to be able to get through this post without crying, but I need you all to know the blood, sweat and endless tears that went into THIS:let’s slip back in time, shall we?the year is 2015, and I’m in the first semester of my MA in Creative Writing. I stumble upon a
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