Carie Juettner

My Home Office is on Display at The Decorative Writer

Hi Internet Friends, I have some fun news to share. The talented and creative Annie Neugebauer has kindly added my home office to the writing spaces featured at The Decorative Writer. I’m so excited to be included among the other beautiful and unique offices on display there! If you’d like a peek inside the room where mostContinue reading “My Home Office is on Display at The Decorative Writer”

Writerly Ramblings on a Rainy Afternoon

“Up a Tree” won 2nd Place in the Austin Poetry Society’s 2014 Moving Along Award After two years of writing, I still expect stories to pop out of my head and form, nearly-finished, on the page. Despite more than a decade of telling students to slow down and take their time, I still rush. AlthoughContinue reading “Writerly Ramblings on a Rainy Afternoon”

Review: The Schwa Was Here

The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m not sure why I avoided The Schwa Was Here for so long. (It sat on my bookcase at school for years without me reading it.) And it’s hard to say why I finally picked up the audio version at the library.Continue reading “Review: The Schwa Was Here”