In 2015, I added another hat to my hat rack. In addition to my Writer hat and my Poet hat and my Library Clerk hat, I started wearing a Substitute Teacher hat, which stills fits a little lopsided. In October, I wrote two blog posts about my new role: Adventures in Subbing, Part 1: TheContinue reading “Adventures in Subbing, Part 3: The Whole Truth”
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My First Guest Speaking Appearance (And a Few Hilarious Misspellings)
This past Friday, I drove up to the Harmony Science Academy of North Austin to be a guest speaker in an eighth grade poetry class, and it was a blast. I’d never been a guest speaker before. I’d hosted guest speakers in my own classroom and been to see plenty of them at bookstores and libraries,Continue reading “My First Guest Speaking Appearance (And a Few Hilarious Misspellings)”
10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 4 – The Reluctant Reviser
Your story, poem, novel chapter, or query letter is not good enough. You know this either because it’s been rejected three times or because a critique group gave you negative feedback, or because you just know, in your gut. Even so, you’re having trouble finding the motivation to revise. These are your words, and youContinue reading “10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 4 – The Reluctant Reviser”
Carie Juettner 