Losing my Rings and my Balance
carriejonesbooks Friday night I took my rings off during the podcast because they were making noises—small noises—against my wooden desk. Noises like that can be annoying. I wear three rings, the…
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The Dreaded -Ing
When I was a baby newspaper reporter, one of my editors, Grady Holloway, used to call me over to his desk. A lot. I loved Grady. He had this great,…
Cheating On Yourself
I was once on a panel at a writing convention in Oklahoma and made fast enemies with the agent (now an editor) on the panel. Why? Because I disagreed. I’m…
The Magic of Numbers – How Novelists and Writers Can Use Them For Impact
I know! I know! We’re writers not accountants or mathematicians, but there is a great lovely magic to using numbers in our sentences and paragraphs. What a lot of people…
Knowing When To Be A Writer Show-OFF
I ended up talking to some of my writers about this, this past weekend, so I thought I’d share it with everyone. It’s pretty fun stuff and a helpful thing…