It Doesn’t Matter If The Rock Retweets You
carriejonesbooks Okay, you all. We know this is harsh, but it’s truth time. Life isn’t about random interactions. Success isn’t about it either. When Carrie became Andrew Yang’s Twitter friend, it…
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Making Powerful First Lines
Everyone talks about first lines and how important they are for establishing voice, setting the tone, hooking your reader and never letting go. It’s intriguing to see how first lines…
Writing Pet Peeves
Carrie’s number one writing pet peeve is when authors write, I thought to myself. Seriously. You are always thinking to yourself, sweet writer, unless you’re telepathically communicating to a zombie…
Thrill Me, Baby. Thrill Me. Let’s Talk About Story Tension.
My first three books are hardly suspenseful in that Marvel movie way. There are no car chases. There are no end-of-the-world scenarios. They’re stories about identity and love with a…
Mayo Vs Miracle Whip, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Chill
Ruth Bader Ginsberg died last week and our timelines lit up with people mourning her death and some people exulting in it. Politics are often polarizing, but grief is often…