Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande My rating: 4 of 5 stars I often read writing books really slowly. After all, the best writing books make you want to WRITE, which makes them easy to put down. It took me almost a year to finish this little 175-page volume by Dorothea Brande, but I’m gladContinue reading “Book Review: Becoming a Writer”
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There’s a New Version of Me in the House, and She’s a Little Wacko
My hubby refers to the person he’s living with right now as “Summer Carie.” Summer Carie is a little crazy. She stays up late but also, somehow, gets up early. She reads for hours on end, only stopping to skip over to her husband, kiss him on the cheek, and tell him her latest ideaContinue reading “There’s a New Version of Me in the House, and She’s a Little Wacko”
Because I Was Reading
A few years ago, I convinced myself that I knew my books (all 700-ish of them) so well that I could identify them merely by touch. I sat on the couch with my eyes closed and my hands over my ears while my husband brought me five books at a time. Then, keeping my eyesContinue reading “Because I Was Reading”
Carie Juettner 