Why Do I Smell Like A Dog
carriejonesbooks Let me preface this by saying that even before Covid-19, I was one of those people who wash their hands all the time and also one of those people who…
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As writers, how do we give kids hope?
As I struggle to finish the first draft of my new novel before my April 1 deadline, I can’t stop thinking about hope and suffering and how it relates to…
Losing Brilliance to AIDS
I posted this twelve years ago on WORLD AIDS DAY. It was WORLD AIDS DAY again on Sunday. So I am posting it again. Back when I was in college…
Writing Without Labels
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…
A.S. King is Awesome – Throwback Interview
I love A. S. King. She is brilliant, raw, authentic, and an all-around bad ass when it comes to championing people and moments and writing. I found an interview I…