Cara Brookins's Blog, page 7
July 7, 2015
A Shelter for Writers
Staying grounded doesn’t always mean staying on the ground. Sometimes you need planes, trains, busses, ferries, and a couple great friends before you find shelter. My visit to New York City this summer followed a consistent pattern. Before my neck adjusted to the tall buildings I found myself in wide, green expanses. Most years this means Central Park, but […]
June 18, 2015
Great Radio Storytelling
I spent hours of my childhood listening to records. No, not the kind all the cool kids listened to. Mine were story records. Some came with a book and played a chime to turn the page. Others were full story and musical productions. My favorite was a Tom Sawyer album with a gravely voiced narrator […]
June 16, 2015
Hear My Pen
The one special moment you take away from an event is rarely what you expected going in. I recently spoke at the 71st Arkansas Writers’ Conference. It’s a smaller conference than many I attend, but I see the same amazing thing I find in all writing communities, writers help writers. That’s right, it’s a huge support […]
June 13, 2015
Let’s Do The Math
I inherited my mad math skills from my dad. Peek at kitchen counters, table tops, and desks in either of our houses and you’ll find receipts and junk mail covered in equations and scribbles. It makes us both look a lot cooler and smarter than we are. The reason we have to write it all […]
June 8, 2015
Rise Announced in Publishers Weekly
While my kids and I were building Inkwell Manor, we never considered documenting the experience in a book. Terrible things had brought us to such a low place that building our own home while rebuilding our family felt like the only logical option. But by the time the house was complete, good things were beginning to outweigh […]
June 4, 2015
Join AWC Writers This Weekend!
This weekend I’ll be at the 71st Arkansas Writers’ Conference in Little Rock at the Pulaski Technical College NLR Campus. (June 5th-6th) I’ll be speaking about optimizing your social media at 9:30 on Friday the 5th. Come learn how to turn hard marketing work into fun. Our conference theme is Growing Your Writing! We have […]
May 22, 2015
The First Lady’s Tea
I’ve attended hundreds of tea parties. But most of them involved pink lemonade in thimble-sized cups and vanilla wafers on mini saucers. My oldest daughter, Hope, presided over those parties with dolls and stuffed toys looking on and her younger siblings tolerating the formalities only to get their little fingers on the sweets for the promised sugar […]
February 21, 2015
Gadget Geeks Makeover!
Gadget Geeks Makeover? I know those three words aren’t often seen together, but in this case they totally work. My middle grade novel, Gadget Geeks, has been made over by the great folks over at Goldminds Publishing! Follow an industrious boy and girl dumpster diving for parts to build cutting-edge robots. They have to watch... Read more »
January 16, 2015
Are You Listening?
I’m a huge podcast fanatic—but you probably already knew that. I listen on my daily commute, while I’m doing laundry or cooking super, and while I do yard work. Every spare second I’m gathering stories, facts, and simply being entertained by fabulous radio. And if I’m not listening to a Podcast, there is a really... Read more »
November 20, 2014
Paperback Available: Little Boy Blu!
I have never been so excited about announcing the release of a new novel! The paperback is available now, and the eBook release will be announced in December. Little Boy Blu is my first psychological thriller for adults. And while I love writing for young adult and middle grade students, writing for adults offered a... Read more »
