Jarrett Smith is a former High School English teacher, turned stay-at-home dad, who’s had a lifelong love for telling stories.
He grew up in Tyler, Tx. As a kid, Jarrett had two real passions – creating stories and tennis. He would write stories and plays and have the neighborhood kids perform them in his backyard for all the parents.
Jarrett competed at a high level in tennis and eventually went to college and played a semester of college tennis before he realized that he’d rather teach than compete. He took that on and went to school for education.
After graduating from The University of Texas at Tyler with a Bachelor of Arts in English, he began to teach.
He has spent thirteen years as an English Teacher and Tennis Coach in Houston, TX. He put his writing passion on the back burner for years, only working on small projects for fun.
After ten years, he realized that he missed writing and started a website to collect all his writing samples. After writing about the New iPhones in 2018 and finding some success, Jarrett decided to pivot his work sample site into JSwordSmith.com, a place for tech and fiction. Eventually, he would write about their travels as well.
Jarrett planned on signing up for dating apps and dating numerous women. He ended up going on only one date and found the woman who would eventually become his wife. He and Nova started a family soon after. They had their first child in the fall of 2020. A few years later, they brought home a second son.
With the expanding family, Jarrett wanted to reduce his coaching responsibilities to allow him to spend more time at home. As a result, he left teaching and became a stay-at-home parent.
Since leaving education, JSwordSmith has expanded and become a hub for tech news, Jarrett’s fiction, parenting stories, travel & entertainment, and writing tips.
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