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About Me

I write things.My latest novel is called NEED and its made a lot of lists, which is cool. The sequel, CAPTIVATE, arrives in January 2010.There's a website my publisher made about them here:http://www.needpixies.comMy first YA novel, TIPS ON HAVING A GAY (Ex) BOYFRIEND (Flux), came out May 2007. It won the Independent Book Publishers Award (IPPY) and the Maine Literary Award, which was incredibly cool. It was short-listed for the Cybils Award and Gayle Wilson Award for Excellence in Writing.The sequel, LOVE (AND OTHER USES FOR DUCT TAPE), appeared on March 1, my birthday! How cool is that?The third appeared in August 2008. It's called GIRL, HERO.I just graduated Vermont College's MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.I live in Maine. I like to kayak.IF YOU SEND ME A MESSAGE AND YOUR PROFILE IS SET TO PRIVATE I CAN'T MESSAGE YOU BACK AND THIS MAKES ME FEEL AWFUL. I AM NOT BLOWING YOU OFF! PLEASE JUST FRIEND ME SO I CAN RESPOND. I HATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS.Here's my webpage: www.carriejonesbooks.comHere's my livejournal: http://carriejones.livejournal.com/Here's the video for TIPS:
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Big Foot, but since that's unlikely, anyone who writes, reads or likes people who write and read. And, um, Stephen Colbert.

My Blog

Grover and me

Last week I took Grover for a little field trip to a wedding. It was Grover's first car ride and he was feeling a little bit cocky. You know, all LET ME DRIVE! LET ME DRIVE!.. Pretty please with a coo...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:06:00 GMT

Start Spreading the News...

I'm leaving... tomorrow...I'm heading to New York, which is only a NINE-HOUR car drive from here. Pshaw... Just a mere nine hours. So easy.But, there are some problems:1. The Emster is sick. She's on ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:28:00 GMT

Writers Strike

Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:27:00 GMT

No, I’m not begging or anything.

So, the super cool K.L. Going who has a fantastic new book out The Garden of Eve, is featuring me in the author interview/chat part of her forum. It would be very cool if you check it out.You can ask ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:46:00 GMT

Link me up

So, the fantastic Colleen M. has created a Winter Blog Blast Tour that goes on all week and I get to be one of the people. I was interviewed by Hip Writer Mama, who is, truthfully, way too hip for me....
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:45:00 GMT

Power Out

This weekend the remnants of a hurricane came and our power went out for about 24 hours thanks to a big 65 mph wind gust knocking a nice tree on top of a power line. Seven other trees fell all around ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:44:00 GMT

Three-hole-punchers are evil

In the weirdness that is my life, I have developed Grover as my internal cheerleader.Why do you think this is weird, Cawwie?I don't know. . . Maybe because you're blue and a Muppet, Grover. But I am a...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:09:00 GMT

So, basically, I love my dad.

So basically every so often (usually on a Thursday) I become overwhelmed with crushing self doubt about the whole writer thing. Yes, I know I'm published. Yes, I know that's amazingly lucky and cool. ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:03:00 GMT

Okay. I’m neurotic

I am an easily stressed human being. I know this. I mean, it's really, really obvious. And my stress level is going SKY HIGH because I have some signing things coming up.Why is this stress inducing, C...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:35:00 GMT

Jennifer Echols and THE BOY NEXT DOOR

Okay. Basically I adore Jennifer Echols. And she has a new book out called THE BOYS NEXT DOOR. This makes me incredibly happy.Jennifer is the author of the National Readers Choice Award-winning Majo...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:58:00 GMT