Girls on the Back Stairs, How Nils Lofgren Made Me a Pain
carriejonesbooks It’s the 1980s in Manchester, New Hampshire, and I was hanging out with my best friend, J, who had a terrific crush on Bruce Springsteen. While some people loved The…
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Writing Prompts For the Weird
Carrie’s brain is not the sort of brain that needs writing prompts. Carrie: I’m just weird. My brain needs constraints. Like when I wrote poetry, I loved forms like sonnets…
Wednesday Writing Hints – How To Keep Readers Reading, Part Four
The main element when we write a book is that we want our readers to keep reading. So, I think I’m going to start what I like to call (Drumroll…
Friday Writing Life – Save Yourself Today
“The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself,” said E.E. Cummings. Unlearn who you are. It’s a tall order because…
Dealing With Failures, Quick Tips, Part Three
About 10 days ago, I posted on Facebook (Yes. I am still on Facebook. Don’t judge) about feeling like a failure. It wasn’t a big depression or anything clinical, although…