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Jason J. Marchi

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Born

in New Britain, The United States

Website

http://www.jasonjmarchi.com

Genre

Children's, Fantasy, Fiction

Influences

Ray Bradbury, Daphne du Maurier, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, Francis Ford ...more

Member Since

November 2011

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Writer, editor, and publisher. Marchi has worked as an assistant developmental editor for a higher education publisher (which later became part of McGaw-Hill), a newspaper crime and features writer, and a feature story writer for glossy regional magazines. He's also published his own stories and poems in books for young readers. As an editor, Marchi is now publishing fiction anthologies under the SpeKulative Stories Anthology Series trademark, which he founded under his publishing banner, Fahrenheit Books. The publishing company was named in honor of his literary mentor (and later close friend), Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451. ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Jason J. Marchi I don't deal with writer's block well, or I'd have a great many more books and stories already published. I'm a lazy writer too. I cannot sit and writ…moreI don't deal with writer's block well, or I'd have a great many more books and stories already published. I'm a lazy writer too. I cannot sit and write 1,000 words for myself everyday like I should be doing. Unless I have a very clear emotional feeling inside where I want to go with a story, and the story is pressing itself on me to be written, I don't just sit and force myself to write.

On the other hand, if I have an assignment and an editor is WAITING for and expecting my writing then I can work very efficiently. But my own stories . . . I'll let them slide for years before I finally get motivated to complete them.

Let's face it, we all have busy lives today. We have modern technology to replace tasks of drudgery, but also with modern life comes a bombardment of things to do, things to see, etc. etc. I like a neat house and yard, and I publish other writers too, so I only have so much time for my own work.

I veered away from the topic of writer's block, but its all related. Writer's block is not such a bad thing because it allows we to get a lot of other very important tasks done each day, so I am NEVER bored. In fact, the days and weeks are not long enough for all I want to do. And if a story needs to be told badly enough -- it will PRESS me to be born and I'll eventually be able to write it.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Jason J. Marchi The best thing inside me about being a writer is the satisfaction that comes from getting all my thoughts about different subjects into concrete form.…moreThe best thing inside me about being a writer is the satisfaction that comes from getting all my thoughts about different subjects into concrete form. Thoughts written down . . . that's very satisfying and truly makes me feel alive -- especially when I forget about what I've written and go back to it months, years, decades later and say, "Wow, that's pretty good! Who wrote that? I don't remember writing that but there it is!" For others finding purpose in life might come in another form: passion for painting, or sculpting, or playing a musical instrument, or composing a song, or dancing, or singing, or building electronic or mechanical machines, or making ill people well again, etc, etc.

On the outside or ME, the best thing about being a writer is inspiring others. It's seeing all the work required to make good writing GOOD finally come home to roost when you meet a reader who has fallen in love with your work. The reader might only love ONE story of the dozens or hundreds you've written and published, but such acceptance of that one story is an amazing feeling for the writer. The reader is touched and in love. And you, the writer of that story, fall in love with your own story again because someone else now loves it too. Now two people are happy were before it was only one who was happy -- and maybe no one was happy. What I mean by this, I'll forget about a story I wrote years ago that someone I know read. Out the blue one day that person will recall your story and repeat how much he or she loved it. That will awaken my own thoughts about that story -- a story that I'd forgotten about -- and then I'll be happy that that reader has never forgotten about that story. Now, two people are happy because of one story. That's a winner in my book. (less)

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Average rating: 4.23 · 123 ratings · 47 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Venus Remembered by Ray Bradbury, Jason J. Marchi (Goodreads Author), Jonathan R. Eller (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Legend of Hobbomock, the Sleeping Giant by Jason J. Marchi (Goodreads Author), Jesse J. Bonelli (illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Growing Sweater by Jason J. Marchi (Goodreads Author), Ben Quesnel (illustrator) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deepest and Noblest Aspirations by Ronald Reagan, Jason J. Marchi (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Automobilia (SpeKulative Stories Anthology Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ode On A Martian Urn by Jason J. Marchi (Goodreads Author), Noel Belton (Ilustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Automobilia (SpeKulative Stories Anthology Series, #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jason and 2 other people liked Jacqueline Seewald's review of Automobilia (SpeKulative Stories Anthology Series): "This is quite an amazing anthology. I have to say anyone purchasing it will get their money's worth. There are forty-one short stories and nine poems included from many different writers--something of interest for all readers. Jason J. Marchi has inc" Read more of this review »
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Jason made a comment on George King’s review of Automobilia (SpeKulative Stories Anthology Series) " Dear George. It was great fun to put this anthology together. Great thought on the screenplay idea for fiction writers! "
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