The Night Before Deadline ‘Twas the night before deadline, and all over my desk not a character stirred—the manuscript was a mess. The computer was on, the cursor was blinking in hopes that a plotline would soon enter my thinking. The coffee cups were empty, the blogs had been read, yet nothing—no nothing!—danced inContinue reading “The Night Before Deadline”
Author Archives: Carie Juettner
Things That Could One Day Find Their Way Into a Poem
This week I’d like to share a poem with you. It holds the record for the longest title of any piece I’ve written so far. * Things That Could One Day Find Their Way Into a Poem (in no particular order) the way I hold my hot tea by the cup instead of the handleContinue reading “Things That Could One Day Find Their Way Into a Poem”
Christmas Songs for Writers
1. The First Novel 2. O Holy Plot 3. All I Want for Christmas is Muse 4. Revisin’ Around the Christmas Tree 5. It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fiction 6. The Twelve Years of Revising 7. God Rest Ye Weary Typing Hands 8. Go Pitch It at a Conference 9. Do You ReadContinue reading “Christmas Songs for Writers”
Carie Juettner 