Carrie Jones

My Hobbit Dad’s Cancer and the Boston Marathon

Carrie Jones — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:48:16 +0000

It is Thursday and an oncologist whose last name is Snow has just told my father that he has a few weeks to live. Sometimes poets use snow to signify death. As I wander through the tiny patch of woods off the Glen Mary Road in Bar Harbor, I think that this is appropriate in [...]

SPOILER! SERIOUSLY! TOTAL SPOILER!!!

Carrie Jones — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:18:03 +0000

This is a random extra scene for ENDURE, the last book in the NEED series. ENDURE is coming out in paperback in May sometime and if I were a better at publicity I would actually know when. But I am horrible at publicity. Anyways, this is TOTALLY SPOILERY. I mean COMPLETELY BIG-TIME SPOILERY, so do [...]

Boston Marathon

Carrie Jones — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:18:10 +0000

So, I was at the Boston Marathon today to take pictures of my friend, Lori, running and then crossing the finish line. Before the marathon I had lunch with my daughter Em. She was nervous. “I have a bad feeling,” she said. “You need to be careful.” “You have no faith in me. I am [...]

If you want to be friends, it is best not to be insulting.

Carrie Jones — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:51:32 +0000

I totally don’t want to blog. I mean it. I seriously don’t want to blog. And then I looked at the actual prompt for the day. Day 11: A story where the characters go without power for a day. Carrie had no power. Therefore she could not blog. She was happy. The end. Best [...]

YASH – YA SCAVENGER HUNT! BOOYAH!

Carrie Jones — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:27:21 +0000

Welcome to YA Scavenger Hunt! This tri-annual event was first organized by author Colleen Houck as a way to give readers a chance to gain access to exclusive bonus material from their favorite authors…and a chance to win some awesome prizes! At this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each author, you [...]

A box in her pocket.

Carrie Jones — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:05:26 +0000

Day 10: Start story with: “She touched the little box in her pocket and smiled…” She touched the little box in her pocket and smiled. Smiling was a cliche. It didn’t matter. She was done with worrying about cliches and poor writing and adverbs and men. She was through with worrying about plot points and [...]

Bar Harbor is the best city that isn’t a city

Carrie Jones — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:09:23 +0000

Day 9: A story in 250 words or less about your favorite city. Once there was a city named Bar Harbor, only it wasn’t a city. It was a town. You couldn’t convince Bar Harbor of that, though. It wanted so badly to be a city. “Look, little Bar Harbor,” said nearby Bangor, which in [...]

Grover Before He Was a SuperHero Internal Cheerleader

Carrie Jones — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:05:02 +0000

Day 8: Write a prequel to that Superhero. Pre-Superhero life. Maybe their childhood. Before he became my super heroic internal cheerleader, banishing self doubt, writer’s block and many issues stemming from the fear of not fitting in, never being as morally good as John Green, never being as intellectual as M.T. Anderson, and never being [...]

Super Grover

Carrie Jones — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:35:01 +0000

Day 7: Create a superhero. Have he/she save the day. So, my super hero is Grover. I didn’t create him. Sesame Street did, but he’s the soft, lovable, blue Muppet in my head who is my internal cheerleader. He’s the guy who is my counter part to the internal editor. Most authors have internal editors. [...]

Why a Man of Adverbs Must be Dumped

Carrie Jones — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:46:31 +0000

So, I am doing the 30-Day Blog Challenge and I am totally stuck on Day 6. Day 6: Start your story with: “He glanced at his watch impatiently…” I would never start a story with an adverb! Sigh. Okay…. here goes…. He glanced at his watch impatiently and she realized what a tool her new [...]