I’m talking about the reasons to be a writer and specifically one of my main reasons.
There was this movie back in the 1980s or 1990s called SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL.
My favorite part was the kissing scene where Watts tries to teach Keith how to kiss. I mean that is smooth.
Why did I never pull that in high school?
I mean, that is soooooo smooth.
When I was in high school I was more like,
Wow. Is he going to kiss me? How do I make him kiss me? If I lean in, will he kiss me? Will she kiss me? WILL SOMEONE KISS ME OTHER THAN MY DOG? EVER?
Carrie being pathetic in high school, a direct quote from her brain.
And basically I NEVER got to practice kiss with my hot male friend or hot female friend and I ended up being more like Mary Katherine Gallagher:
I think that’s one of the trillion reasons why I write. Because being a writer you can make things happen in stories and sometimes those things involve kissing cute people instead of trees or dogs. Sometimes you can make your characters save the world, that same one you want so desperately want to save. Sometimes you can give your characters hope when hope feels like a mirage.
How about you?
Do you write? Why? What are your reasons to be a writer?
Do you read? Why?
So many whys.
WRITING NEWS
IN THE WOODS – READ AN EXCERPT, ORDER NOW!
My new book, IN THE WOODS, is out!
Gasp!
It’s with Steve Wedel. It’s scary and one of Publisher’s Weekly’s Buzz Books for Summer 2019. There’s an excerpt of it there and everything! But even cooler (for me) they’ve deemed it buzz worthy! Buzz worthy seems like an awesome thing to be deemed!
You can order this bad boy, which might make it have a sequel. The sequel would be amazing. Believe me, I know. It features caves and monsters and love. Because doesn’t every story?
ART NEWS
You can buy limited-edition prints and learn more about my art here on my site.
The yellow 
The Last Gods 
Pixies Beyond – NEED series 
Acadia National Park Time Stoppers Joy 
Living Beyond 
Time Stoppers 
Christina Baker Walks 
Road to Aurora – TIME STOPPERS 
Heading to Save the World – FLYING series 
Freedom 
Beyond the Badlands – Time Stoppers 
Miss Cornelia’s Muses – Time Stoppers 
The Last Gods Chagall Influence
PATREON OF AWESOME
You can get exclusive content, early podcasts, videos, art and listen (or read) never-to-be-officially published writings of Carrie on her Patreon. Levels go from $1 to $100 (That one includes writing coaching and editing for you wealthy peeps).
WHAT IS PATREON?
A lot of you might be new to Patreon and not get how it works. That’s totally cool. New things can be scary, but there’s a cool primer HERE that explains how it works. The short of it is this: You give Patreon your paypal or credit card # and they charge you whatever you level you choose at the end of each month. That money supports me sharing my writing and art and podcasts and weirdness with you.
