How Do You Procrastinate and How Do You Stop?
carriejonesbooks So, when I started the first draft for the FOURTH (yes, fourth) book in the NEED series, I continued the life-long tradition of Carrie Jones Procrastination. So, you might wonder…
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My Nana’s Funeral Was Awful – Seriously Awful
Because my family is a bit – um – all over the place, I ended up having multiple grandmothers when I was growing up. I had a Nana, a Grammy,…
How to Be Happy Even If You Are a Writer
When people love you or praise you? They are giving you a gift. It's not cool to turn that away. You don't want to be an arrogant butt face, but…
Easy First Steps to Marketing Your Books from Marvel and Me
It’s hard for a lot of traditionally-published writers to think of writing as a business. Like self-published writers, we think of writing as craft. We’re compelled to create it, to…
How To Write Sucky YA Novels
So, you want to write a young adult novel and you want it to be bad? I hear you. You’re tired of trying to write good novels for kids. Writing…