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Advice and enthusiasms about books and writing. Also where Carrie shares info about upcoming programs and classes.

Sign up for the newsletter on the sidebar here. The archives are all online, but here are some favorites:

  • On the notebooks and wisdom of Harriet The Spy.
  • What to do when you have that gross, jittery, too-much-Internet feeling, with help from the movie Spirited Away.
  • Some of the terrible writing advice given to Shirley Jackson and Sylvia Plath, along with Shirley Jackson’s own (excellent) advice on getting started on a story.
  • The number-one, best piece of advice for when you’re stuck on a creative project.

#77: Mr. Collins Vs. Mr. Collins


#76: I Have Been To Lots Of Parties And Acted Perfectly Disgraceful


#75: On The Difficulty Of ‘Staying Inside’


#74: Emily Brontë and Other Killer Beasts


#73: A Visit To The Sylvia Plath Archives (and announcing Beast Accelerator!)


#72: The House of Old & Haunted Internet Links


#71: Recommendations — ‘Coco,’ Festivals Of The Dead, And A Call For Your Favorite Old & Haunted Links


#70: Recommendations — Two Words + A Prized Rich Rejection


#69: Recommendations — Bears, Crocodiles, And Books


#68: Recommendations: Creativity Vs. Reactivity


#67: We Have Always Lived in The Casita + more info on the Beast Retreat


#66: Costumes Like Armor + Beast Retreat Hocus-Pocus, April 26-29, 2018


#65: Jane Austen Counts Opinions & A Few Fun Links


#64: Sylvia Plath And The Climb To ‘The New Yorker’


#63: Sylvia Plath And The Writing Of “The Pursuit”


#62: Sylvia And The Month At ‘Mademoiselle’


#61: Sylvia Plath And $$, Part I


#60: Some ‘White Teeth’ Passages and A Little Patter


#59: Love And Zadie


#58: Lit Me Up

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