Writing Without Labels
carriejonesbooks I was just doing a visiting residency at a great school in Vermont and a seventh grader said to his teacher, “Okay, Boomer.” Full disclosure: The teacher was thirty-six years…
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Public Humiliation and Us
To be a writer and a human you often have to be courageous. Writers put their books out there for other people to see. Humans put their selves out there…
My YA Fantasy – THE LAST GODS
I’m Carrie Jones, quirky Maine Author, and I want to bring more of my stories out into the world. Most of you who read my blog know that. That’s what…
Mushy Dialogue Sucks
There. I said it. Mushy dialogue sucks. It’s nothing space in your story and sometimes it’s nothing space in your life. You know what I’m talking about, right? You meet…
Worst Case Scenarios are Bad For Your Heart and Good For Your Writing
Shaun used to call me, “WC,” because he is evil. No. Really. He called me that because I’m always thinking up the worst case scenario for every situation and planning…