Women Are Allowed To Laugh, Aren’t We?
carriejonesbooks When I was growing up in Bedford, New Hampshire, humor was something that was somehow cultivated in our school system and in my family. To put it into context, Bedford…
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Imaginary Land and the Parallel Zone
The awesome Megan Crew once posted about this imaginary world she created with her friend in fifth grade. It involved unicorns and stuff. It made me wonder how many of…
Aw, Ah, Aah, Awe, or Ah is that Underwear?
None of us are perfect with the grammar, especially not us native-English speakers. We’ve got all these words that mean totally different things but sound EXACTLY THE SAME! And today,…
Writing Your Darn Story, The Easiest Plot Structure Ever
Are you ready? Because I’m writing this while I have a fever, which means it might be a weird, wild ride. A lot of the writers I teach get really…
“Least Threatening Woman in the World” Self perception and writing
I am the least threatening woman in the world. When I sat down to write about something, that’s the sentence that flew off my fingertips: I am the least threatening…