Being Human
There are aspects of each of us that others rarely see—the dark impulses of the virtuous and principled, the warmth concealed or repressed in the distant and unemotional,… Read more »
Posts By: Grant Jarrett
Facebook vs The Novel
I don’t suppose it’s news to anyone currently residing on Earth that there are people, hordes of the loony little buggers, who spend hours every week on Facebook…. Read more »
ABC World Internet Feed Tonight
When a bright, inquisitive eleven-year-old looks at you in befuddlement and asks, “How is that news,” you know something is amiss. But that’s what’s been happening virtually every… Read more »
No Year’s Resolutions
Because I’ve always been certain I would fail to follow through, and because I find the entire concept as irritating as a sandpaper codpiece (I gave mine away… Read more »
Kneed eye same oar? (literary fiction explained)
Litter airy fick shin is some of that stuff where you half to go to the dicshinery and look up stuff and stuff. Theyre’s like, no good guys… Read more »
Creative Anarchy: Are There Rules for Writing?
Although natural talent and great instincts aren’t likely to hold you back, writing fiction well requires learning, as does any art or, for that matter, virtually any other… Read more »
The Importance of a Rigorous Routine to the Self-employed (or Saving Authors’ Lives One Nap at a Time)
People who don’t actually exist often ask me, “How in heaven’s name can you get anything done working at home? Doesn’t that require enormous discipline?” My stock response… Read more »
Publication Date Madness
Dagnabbit, my book launch has been delayed. That’s right, my eagerly-awaited bestselling blockbuster novel, Ways of Leaving, originally scheduled for release on October 15, 2013, has been postponed… Read more »
Instant Clichés, or “Acronumbs”
Many humans and congresspersons are unaware of the origins and primary definitions of the popular acronyms with which the illiterate, who believe they have as much right to… Read more »
Top Ten Tips for Serious Writers
1.) Never use nouns. Too often do we see nouns getting in the way of the action. If there’s some skittering or scudding going on, I don’t want… Read more »
Ways of Leaving
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Chase Stoller is a beautifully mangled all-American mess. Jarrett’s ability to paint a picture of the tedium of small town America, and then to drop a character into this (Hannah) that’s right out of a Wyeth painting, well that sealed the deal for me. With pitch perfect dialogue and writing that felt like a perfect Indian summer day, "Ways Of Leaving" was that rare book that when I read the last word on the last page…I went back to page 1 and read it all over again.