Carie Juettner

The 10 Best Books I Read in 2015

This year I read 78 books. You can see the full list on my Goodreads page. There’s a lot of good stuff in that list—poetry, nonfiction, young adult, middle grade, horror, modern, classic—it was a good year for my book-loving soul. But a few books stood out above the rest. They’ve stuck with me, lingeringContinue reading “The 10 Best Books I Read in 2015”

The Night Before Deadline

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”

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”