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Quick writing tips to help you become a better writer and author from NYT best-selling author, editor, and writing coach Carrie Jones

In this audiobook, I share my horrific experience with sexual trauma and my journey of recovery. After my assault, I spent the first few years feeling angry, hopeless, fearful, victimized, and powerless. I blamed God for letting this happen to me and for the evil that exists in the world. I blamed others for not doing anything to stop this evil. With the help of God, my family and friends, and the courage of other survivors, I began my healing journey.

Welcome to Carry Me Home, the podcast that goes behind the scenes of public service, to find out what works and what doesn’t, and how city leadership is spending our tax dollars - I’m your host Carrie Nowocin, and I have a passion for public service. Directing my efforts toward helping homeless, veterans, addicts, kids who have aged out of the foster system, there are many people who find themselves up against a wall that they can’t get over. That’s where Carry Me Home Productions comes in. Our charity identifies the gaps and advocates for health and safety. Basically, we help people ...

Gift your kid the inspirational tale of Martin Luther King Jr. Inspire courage, honor, and unlimited possibilities.

It's the first day of school and Little Tortoise is ready with a backpack filled with new school supplies. Little Tortoise can't wait to get to school and tries very hard not to be the last student there. But soon Cheetah, Llama, and even a snail on a scooter, overtake her. And then when she gets stuck in the gutter of the book, she's sure she'll be the last pupil to arrive! But the timely arrival of Mr. Sloth, her new teacher, changes everything.

Morgan and her two sons move to a farm after her husband dies. They need a fresh start, but the farm isn't the right place to make one. Never mind that the farm needs a lot of work. Do mind that a gruesome event occurred there on Halloween, and it's looking to repeat that event this Halloween.

A Musical Affair is a novel about divorce, deception, love affairs, expensive secrets, long-overdue forgiveness, the power of beautiful music, and just how Celeste, with a little help from some new friends, manages to raise more than $300,000 to fund an international music festival and turn her life around.

Gift your kid the inspirational tale of Babe Ruth! Inspire drive, generosity, and unlimited possibilities. Are you looking for an inspirational audiobook to inspire the inner genius of your kids? Can you imagine your little one having so much fun listening, they prefer listening over screen time? Then, you will love our children-friendly biography of Babe Ruth! Use this exciting biography audiobook to instill timeless values and principles in your child.

I am Carrie Woodcock - mother, musician, writer, entrepreneur, P90X Live! instructor, personal trainer, life coach, and dreamer. Crossroads (the complete set) is a six-book series and my collection of journal entries and songs that I composed in an effort to work my way through the many curve balls life threw at me - divorce, suicide of a close family member, building a health and wellness business, parenting, heartbreak, and losing my father…just to name a few.

Etta Litali has grown accustom to the superstitious behavior that comes along with being in an Italian family. But when her dad begins to spend his nights stealing signs from every city pole within three miles of their home, her house becomes overrun with dirty poster boards, and the neighbors begin to notice.

Fall 1810 in Virginia was a wonderful time for a long carriage ride, or perhaps a race on horseback. The Commonwealth was still young, but thriving. Unfortunately there still were those who sympathized with the British. Martha Osborne's stepmother has again traveled to England, her very young son in an academy. Equestrian Phillip Paulson is sympathetic to Martha's desire to have her half-brother returned home.

At the turn of the 18th century, the French priest, St. Louis de Montfort, became a warrior for his queen. Few preached on the role of the Mother of God better and with more passion than him. St. Louis spread far and wide the practice of Marian consecration, a means by which we give our entire selves to Jesus through the hands of his mother. In this enchanting audiobook, Dr. Carrie Gress, author of The Marian Option, provides a fun and thrilling way for children to participate in this centuries-old practice.

Maddi is excited to start her new dream job at the zoo. But strange events plague her, starting on day one. A hostile employee wants her to leave. The animals are restless and injured. All too soon, Maddi realizes that something evil lives within the zoo. Something that wants to destroy everything in its path.

Die New York Diaries: Geschichten, die das Herz berühren. Im Herzen von New York City steht das Knights Building, ein ziemlich abgelebtes Wohnhaus. Etwas schäbig und daher nicht ganz so teuer, ist es perfekt für junge Leute, die hungrig auf das Leben sind. Sarah Hawks lebt schon lange im Knights, und obwohl nichts darauf hoffen lässt, dass ihr großer Traum in Erfüllung geht, hält sie stur daran fest: Musikjournalisten mag es viele geben, aber niemand hat so ein Gespür für Musik wie sie. Dann lernt Sarah kurz nacheinander den Sänger Will und den Musikproduzenten Charlie kennen.

The campground holds the grisly secrets of what happened there years ago when jealousy tore friends apart, leaving a terrifying aftermath. Gary and Linda plan a relaxing camping trip with their two sons. But it's anything but relaxing. When their oldest son begins to experience visions, his terror nearly drives him insane. As his worried parents try to help their son, they, too, experience the horrifying secrets of the woods - a secret which comes alive again after too many years.

Lou was having a really bad day. Her best friend stole her boyfriend. She was fired for no reason. Rent was due, and her roommate was out of town...again. Then, she found out her wonderful Grandma G had died, leaving Lou the Sweet Hearth Bakery in the small town of Whispering Mountain way up north in the Pacific Northwest. But when a ghost who smelled like heaven saved her life and Grandma G’s pretty tabby cat with the multi-colored eyes started talking to her, it was time to ask some serious questions. Was there really magic in the town...or was she just going crazy?

They met when they were 11. He was the con man and hero of The Great Brain book series; Carrie the mesmerized reader. Instantly they bonded. His pranks and capers carried her through her teens and early adulthood. In her early 30s, Carrie found more books about her literary hero, John D. Fitzgerald, and his family. She fell in love all over again. Only this time, she saw differences. Differences that nagged. Both sets of books had been sold as family reminiscences, yet certain characters had been changed. Which was which? What little Carrie found on the Internet didn't satisfy her.

On the surface, material objects are just that. Inanimate things that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, tasted, and sometimes all five. However, us humans have a way of associating meaning to even the most ordinary seeming of items, from allergy-inducing grass blades to delectable candy and everything in between. Some objects bring us all-encompassing comfort, while others bring us undeniable distress. The saying one person’s trash is another person’s treasure certainly rings true here.

Black Tie Optional is an audiobook for the front of the store, and an excellent recommendation for book clubs. Carrie Knowles’ short stories are spare, tightly woven narratives with crisp, compelling dialogue. They cut to the bone. The themes in this collection are far-reaching, touching on family ties and friendship, infidelity, loss, Alzheimer’s and impending death, fear of terrorism, border patrol, and life after death. The stories are guaranteed to challenge perceptions and assumptions and to spark lively discussion.

What if the life of your grandmother, even a grandmother you never knew, is somehow woven into the fabric of your dreams, your desires, and your destiny? Knowles' riveting novel, The Inevitable Past, challenges the notion of who we are and what compels us to make life changing decisions as it carries us from the past to the present through two cities, two centuries, and some terrible secrets buried in the past. It's a timely look at women's right to not only vote, but to have a voice. It's a story that will haunt you.