Finding Success Even After You Make Mistakes
carriejonesbooks So, Carrie’s been thinking a lot about success lately and if you check out her blog you’ll see she’s had a heck of a last two weeks trying to define…
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Surviving a MFA Program? You can do it even if you’re a scared wimp like me. I swear.
If you guys don’t know there is a smattering of master’s program specifically for writing for children. This is a very cool thing. I went to Vermont College of Fine…
Three Quick Ways to Make A Good Book Better – and also my nana said I was different. Not in a nice way.
Before she died, I heard my Nana Morse say to my sister, “Well, you know Carrie has always been a little… different.” My sister nodded pretty emphatically in agreement. “She’s…
Does Bono Like Donkeys? How to Create Character – Sort of
This episode, Shaun ruins Carrie’s donkey farm dreams by mentioning that there is no money in donkey farming. This sounds sad, right? It’s not. Because we also talk about the…
Top Five Ways To Channel Your Inner Cat and Get What You Want.
So, a lot of times when I’m talking to other writers, they tell me that they are full of fear. I’ve been a firefighter and a dispatcher and a gymnastics…