Be Brave Friday- The Overwhelm
carriejonesbooks I am not feeling terribly brave today. I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed. My work load these past two weeks (and until Tuesday) has been huge. A lovely writer that I work…
April 2022
Get in your crate, Shaun!
On Thursdays, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer…
The Big Scary Fear Monster Is Really the Rock Star of Your Novel
One of my favorite writing exercises is super simple. I take a bunch of novelists and ask them: What is your protagonists more afraid of happening than anything else in…
Don’t Be Chunky – Put Your Dialogue in Paragraphs
It’s a super quick writing tip again today. Ready? When you’re writing dialogue, make every new speaker a new paragraph. If you’re writing kids books? You might as well just…
So, we got a puppy . . . . and I did not pee on the floor!
On Thursdays, my co-podcaster, Shaun, and husband guy, takes over the blog. He’s adorable. I hope you’ll read what he says even if he does occasionally sound like a surfer…