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Newsletter #16: Winning Poems, Ghostly Tales, & Gratitude for the Change in Seasons
Date: November 23, 2025
Highlights: I announce a new Spooky America book, celebrate poetry prizes, and reveal my crush on autumn weather.
Newsletter #15: Tricks, Treats, & A Sneak Peak
Date: October 17, 2025
Highlights: I share tips for successful school visits, offer a discount, invite people to a Halloween Bash, and *almost* announce a new book.
Newsletter #14: Why don’t we call it a Joyletter instead?
Date: September 4, 2025
Highlights: I query agents, save wildlife, finish my Book Bingo game, and try to get my cats to behave like civilized beings (without success).
Newsletter #13: Hello, it’s me. I still exist.
Date: February 2, 2025
Highlights: I wake up from writing hibernation, collaborate with a ghostly book club, and offer readers bingo prizes and black cats.
Newsletter #12: An October to Remember
Date: November 3, 2024
Highlights: I reflect on a month full of author events and spooky Halloween fun.
Newsletter #11: Spooky season is coming! Check out the events I’ll be haunting this year.
Date: September 26, 2024
Highlights: I welcome the arrival of October and share upcoming author events.
Newsletter #10: Conference Recap, Poetry, & Answers to Questions No One Asked
Date: July 7, 2024
Highlights: I attend a conference, announce a book event, and take a road trip with raccoons.
Newsletter #9: In which I’m humbled by a hermit crab
Date: June 13, 2024
Highlights: I get a job as an opossum Uber and publish some new poems.
Newsletter #8: Embrace the Impermanent
Date: April 8, 2024
Highlights: I celebrate the fleetingness of eclipses and flowers and wonder why I haven’t won Book Bingo yet.
Newsletter #7: February can be scary (especially when you query)
Date: February 25, 2024
Highlights: I get frightened by a book, the publishing industry, and my cat.
Newsletter #6: New Year, New Goals, New Superstitions
Date: January 11, 2024
Highlights: I discuss superstitions, reveal what I’ve been working on, and read a ghost story to my dog.
Newsletter #5: The Importance of Basking & The Inevitability of Tangents
Date: December 12, 2023
Highlights: I bask in the delights of the holiday season and introduce my new cat.
Newsletter #4: Finding Joy in Nature & Books
Date: November 8, 2023
Highlights: I hang out with wildlife and share where readers can find me at the Texas Book Festival.
Newsletter #3: Fall Fun, A Book Giveaway, & Why Kids Creep Me Out
Date: October 17, 2023
Highlights: I explain why kids are creepy and offer readers a chance to win a free Spooky America book.
Newsletter #2: Spooky, Exciting, & Embarrassing Updates
Date: September 26, 2023
Highlights: I embarrass myself in front of a UPS driver & join a writing community.
Newsletter #1: Book News, Spooky Happenings, & More
Date: September 7, 2023
Highlights: I introduce my latest book, a bookstore invites me to do an author event, and my cat sees a ghost.
Carie Juettner 