by Jared Garrett | Apr 20, 2013 | Blog
I’ll make this quick. The Cabin is done. Or, at least as done as I feel I can get it without professional feedback from an agent who asked to see the entire manuscript. My beta readers for the most part got back to me. All of them had a lot of good to say and... by Jared Garrett | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog, Writing
The big, nasty, very difficult rewrite/overhaul of The Cabin is now complete. I will make a few more changes tomorrow, but I anticipate that I will have it ready for beta readers by either tomorrow (Wednesday) night or Thursday. Beta readers will have about two weeks... by Jared Garrett | Mar 9, 2013 | Blog
I’ve been slack in my posting here and the time has come for me to put some shape to my goals for 2013. The last 4 years have been filled with remarkable, nearly miraculous progress and growth for my family and me, and they have also been the years for which I... by Jared Garrett | Feb 9, 2013 | Blog, Writing
A Town Called Solemn Chapter 1 “I can’t believe it’s really called Solemn.” I watched the strangely shaped pale blue sign as it faded into the distance behind our van. The letters on the opposite side felt like a joke. Welcome to Solemn. The... by Jared Garrett | Feb 2, 2013 | Blog, Writing
Have I mentioned that I’m a writer? You probably put that together by now. I am beginning to think that being a writer is a physiological and emotional thing. Part of that physiological thing is a constant need to be surrounded by people like me. People who can...