Carrie Callaghan

Hey history buffs, this sounds interesting, re Germany - "He’s asking how, after a country has temporarily and for whatever reason turned homicidally insane, it accounts and atones for its sins. His answer, in essence, is: incompletely." washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/out…

'Follows the Taylor family in the 1950s as the 'American century' turns sour. Touching and beautiful.' #EditorsChoice: Last House by @jessicashattuck, review by @CarrieCallaghan historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/last-h…

@KatherineGypson Congratulations!!

I'm thrilled to be on the short list for @histnovsoc First Chapters Competition for The Secret Map of Freya Stark - a novel telling the hidden origin story of a female Indiana Jones searching for treasure in 1930s Persia! #historicalfiction #histfic

@tnlewis1 I did get a little writing in after the work day was over!

@CarrieCallaghan writing time?

I'm not complaining about more snow today ❄️🩵

There's no better way to spend these snowy days than inside with a good book! Use code WINTER30 at checkout for 30% off these wintery titles. Valid 1/10/2024-1/31/2024. buff.ly/3vpftlw

@jbyacovissi @WIRoBooks @brandvistas @OlesyaAuthor @ReadColleenK @BPegged @ChloeYMiller @shastagrant @brownbaglit Yay for reading @linneaharts's fantastic books! I've been thinking about rereading them this year...

And shouts out to @WIRoBooks reviewers @brandvistas, @CarrieCallaghan, @OlesyaAuthor, @ReadColleenK, & @BPegged, as well as to @ChloeYMiller & @shastagrant at @brownbaglit. Wishing us all a 2024 filled with wonderful reading! washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/my-20…

@cabockwrites Yay poetry!!

I'm here with my best book! Glad to see that I'm not the only fiction writer on the list reading/being inspired by poetry (frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss @dlseuss) but looking at you, @CarrieCallaghan 😎 #writerslift @WIRoBooks @HSmithWrites

@Bareera_yg @WIRoBooks @ZiaSiamak So glad to have you review this!!

Wrote this piece for @WIRoBooks about @ZiaSiamak’s English Language debut! Couldn’t have done it without @CarrieCallaghan ‘s expert editorial guidance! ✨

Anneke Ernst is full of wisdom: You never know what could be lurking beneath the waves… What secrets does the sea hold in my upcoming debut A SWEET STING OF SALT?

@jgnoelle @hfchitchat That's a good point 😂 And if you're alone, you can probably feel less anxiety over getting it "right." If I'm writing out loud it's usually at work in front of my boss, and that's a little anxiety producing (like we're working on a project together)

@CarrieCallaghan @hfchitchat I'm still learning how to do it, but one key takeaway I've had is that dictation is not the same as recording (unless you're using a recording app). So you can just...stop talking it you need a minute to think.

Q2. Fall can be seen as a beginning (school year) and ending (end of year). #HFChitChat

@hfchitchat 🥰

@CarrieCallaghan So glad you are, Carrie❣️

@hfchitchat A3: Mmmm 🎃 My character loves to eat all sorts of things - she lived through WWII and the post war austerity, so is delighted with whatever riches come her way. #HFchitchat

Q3. Last question! Let’s face it, pumpkin spice lattes (among various other PSL-flavored products) are everywhere this time of year. #HFChitChat

@jgnoelle @hfchitchat That's impressive! I can't imagine writing that way, the words that come out of my mouth are usually word salad when I'm trying to write.

@hfchitchat #HFChitChat A2: I recently took a course in writing via dictation and still haven’t done all the homework & started all the recommended practices so that’s a new goal. Meanwhile, I’ve still a ways to go in my WIP but am seeing a slight hint of light at the end of the tunnel.

@hfchitchat @HeatherWalrath Totally!

@HeatherWalrath Beginnings and endings are sexy to boast about but staying the course is what it's really all about - where we spend most of our time. Congratulations on keeping on! #HFChitChat

Thank you so much @Hasbro for fixing our broken Starscream!

Join @WIRoBooks as we kick off #BannedBooksWeek with our inaugural installment of “And the Banned Played On”—@CarrieCallaghan’s thoughtful assessment of the graphic novel THIS ONE SUMMER. Reading Is a Leap of Faith | Washington Independent Review of Books washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/readi…

@kriswaldherr 😘

It's not a writing retreat if there isn't an old, old cemetery to walk through. (Thanks to my spouse for facilitating my escape here!)