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The Gingerbread Queen is Coming!

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 A Brand New Queen 👑 Hello, reader friends! It's been a while. Life has been full of pitfalls and trials, but I am still here, poking away at the keyboard and making up stories. And I have some exciting news to share!  On November 15, 2022, I'll be launching a new novella for you on the Kindle Vella platform! If you're not familiar with Vella, it's a place where authors release stories in episode form (think of old Charles Dickens writing weekly episodes for the newspaper). The first couple chapters are free to read, and then there's a token system to get the next episodes (don't worry, it's easy!). I'll be posting 2 new chapters a week--just in time for winter's cozy reading season. Here's a bit about The Gingerbread Queen:  Hansel and Gretel's tale continues... Thirteen years after fleeing the witch’s gingerbread cottage, Gretel must return to hide from townsfolk who accuse her of being the evil crone’s successor. When the walls start to

Happy March, St. Patrick's Day & Spring!

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 Happy St. Patrick's Day ! ☘   Hello there!  Are you excited about springtime's imminent arrival? I certainly am.   My yard is all a-twitter with little birds and soon there will be cheery daffodils and blossoming forsythia to bring color to the winter-dulled garden.  As we're waiting for all that, here's a fun little video. Please share it with your leprechaun-loving friends.  And...if you haven't signed up for my newsletter, please click on over to that section of the blog and pop your name in the box. You'll get a free short story, and every month I'll have some kind of unique giveaway. Also, it's the best way to keep up with my newest projects and to find out where I'll be.  ☘ Saol fada agus breac-shláinte chugat! (Long life and fair health to you!) ~Carrie  P.S. If you haven't read The Gold-Son, the Kindle edition is on sale for $.99 through 3/31/22.  Click here!  

It's February!

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Hello there, reader friend! How's your February going? Well, if you're a neat freak, you might want to skip this paragraph. I've been slowly reorganizing my office, so my desk is a tornado of books and papers. There's also a packet of gummi bears, a glass of water, various hedgehogs, and a tiny Lego Millennium Falcon, Han Solo, Chewbacca, R2D2, a