Boobs, Awards and How to Face Your Fears in front of Katherine Paterson
carriejonesbooks Sometimes our fear of failure gets so super big that it keeps us from going towards our goals. Do you know what I mean? Like sometimes that fear keeps us…
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Wednesday Bullying Post
So Monday I posted about my own bullying experiences and mentioned DEAR BULLY, an anthology that I co-edited. That book happened because Megan Kelley Hall and I felt so powerless…
Revising a Book Is Sort of Like Hell, Basically, So Take Care of Yourself
Back in 2009, I had just finished the revision of CAPTIVATE (sequel to NEED), and after I happy danced, I pretty much passed out. The revision of that book was…
Prom Parties Can Make You a Writer & Teach You About Pacing
Since I have no shame what-so-ever, and since I enjoy humiliating myself I am going to post my old prom pictures here. So, here it is: This is me with…
Writing In The First Person? Quick Reasons Why It’s Okay.
On a listserv that I used to be on a lot of the talk was about first person in YA lit. Basically, everyone except for me said: 1. There’s too…