Here’s the lowdown about Me…
1. I can not drink coffee. It makes me insane. Do not give me caffeine, although I LOVE it.
2. I am very responsive to loving strokes on the hair, kind of like a puppy. However, do not do this without asking first unless you are a ridiculously handsome man or an editor who is about to offer me a trillion dollars for the first draft of my her novel.
3. I am secretly really, really shy even though I'm pathetically outgoing in person. I have a very hard time calling people. So, if you want to talk to me, or friend me, make the first move. And, if you’re my in-Maine female best friend, Jennifer, do NOT get mad at me because I am so bad at returning emails.
4. I sometimes wear mismatched socks, if you do not think this is cool, do not tell me. You will hurt my feelings.
5. I really, really want you to like my books. Please like my books. PLEEEAASSSEEEE. I’ll be your best friend forever. That is, if you want a friend who is shy about calling and emailing and who wears mismatched socks and can’t drink caffeine and likes being pet on the head. Hhmmm….
6. I am obviously not above begging.
7. I like Belle in TIPS ON HAVING A GAY (ex) BOYFRIEND drink Postum. It’s for the same reason, too.
8. I love Great Pyrenees dogs. They are huge and white, and furry and it looks like they have white eyeliner and mascara on, which is way too cute. Do you have one? Send a picture!
9. I live in Maine. I have a hard time with this in the winter. It is bleak in Maine in the winter. Imagine everything shades of gray and brown and no green anywhere except for in people’s noses. This is Maine in Winter. Maine in summer is the best place in the world, so it’s a trade-off. Feel free to invite me to your house in the winter, but not if it’s in Greenland, Canada, or anywhere north of Florida.
10. Forget that. I'll still probably come.
Music
I can't qualify this one.
Movies
All. I'm a movie whore.
Books
Yep.
Heroes
Ralph on the Greatest American Hero. Does ANYONE remember him? Or the theme song?
Grizzly Adams. I used to watch the reruns and fell totally in love with his bear, Ben. What does that say about me?
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.com
My 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.com
Here's my livejournal: http://carriejones.livejournal.com/
Here's the video for TIPS:
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~ Something so Feminine About a Mandolin ~ ~~ By Jimmy Buffett & Jane Slagsvol ~~
"It was late in the evenin', just a few of us pickin' But the lady she played so easy and fine And the chords that she strummed were so tastefully clever They planted this song in my mind
'Cause there's somethin' so feminine about a mandolin The way that they feel, the way that they ring Just to see slender fingers, movin' so quickly Made this boy want to sing
And when I get older and I have a daughter I'll teach her to sing and play her my songs And I'll tell her some stories I can barely remember And hope that she will sing along
And maybe one day she'll take a fancy to pickin' 'Cause when that bug bites you, you live with the sting And if she could just strum a few simple measures She could make some young man sing
'Cause there's somethin' so feminine about a mandolin Way that they feel, the way that they ring And that evenin' in a pasture somewhere near austin That mandolin made me sing
Her mandolin made me sing" ~~~ Yay! It's May! I hope your weekend gives you something to sing about. Hugs, Marilyn
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Hi Carrie
I'm going to be signing copies of my latest book The Scrimshaw at Barnes & Noble in Framingham tomorrow, so if you find yourself in the Boston area, hope you'll stop by and say hello!
All the best
Ric
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