Get in your crate, Shaun!
carriejonesbooks 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…
2022
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…
Grammar Break Some Day vs Someday
No lofty talk about exposition or your story’s theme this week. Instead, we’re going back to basics with an easy grammar tip. Some day (two words) vs. someday (one word).…