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”

Podcasts & Coloring Books

I select a purple Sharpie from my mug of markers and hit play on my laptop. The first smooth line of ink coincides with the first notes of music. Then I take a deep breath and color in a teardrop-shaped leaf in this wilderness design, as Aaron Mahnke’s voice fills my ears. The page beneathContinue reading “Podcasts & Coloring Books”