Shaun Takes Over and Talks About Character
carriejonesbooks Hi! I know this is Carrie’s blog and you all look forward so much to hearing from her, but today I have commandeered it and I may do that once…
January 2021
I Don’t Understand Lipstick Tubes
Back before COVID-19, I went to a board meeting on a Monday night for a local non-profit. The people sitting around the table are passing around a tube of lipstick.…
Ways to Battle Writer’s Block
Back in 2008, I had a big writer’s block and I wrote this on my LiveJournal blog And I think Some of you All might relate. I know. I know!…
Be Brave Friday! Three Steps to Being Brave
Anaïs Nin wrote, “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” Being brave isn’t something that you always are. We aren’t all Captain America. We aren’t all always cowards…
Dear Me In 2031
Dear Me In 2031, It’s January 7. Things kind of suck right now. I hope that you’re still alive. I hope that the country still exists and it moves towards…